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cities, etc. Some had no special market. A number sold at 

 local markets; this number included men whose orchards are 

 near some town or city and generally their orchards were 

 small. Some growers sell through associations and of course 

 the associations sell at the market which demands fruit at 

 that particular time wherever that may be. A majority of 

 the export appears to go to England. Many of the apples 

 which are sold in Richmond are put in storage there and lat- 

 er in the season reshipped to other cities, particularly 

 Bouthern cities. 



It is interesting to note that so many growers are 

 finding their markets in the south, Baltimore, Washington, 

 Richmond and many other southern cities. Virginia fruit- 

 growers hare the advantage of proximity to the southern 

 markets as compared to their competitors in the north and 

 northwest fruit-growing regions. 



Markets and Varieties . - "Does your market demand 

 particular varieties?" The answers to this question do not 

 bring out any very definite information, but they give some 

 significant suggestions. Nearly half of the growers who 

 answered this question were of the opinion that the markets 

 were not particular as to the varieties provided the fruit 

 was of good quality, clean and well packed. But other grow- 

 ers had observed that it pays to sell certain varieties in 



