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In parts of Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia, 

 Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Washington and 

 Biff Monev ^''^^ish Columbia, Apple growing has 



— 2 i been highly developed, and has become 



in Apples the source of very large profits. The old- 

 — — — — time gold mines of the Western States 

 seem to have been little more profitable than their 

 orchards are now. Yields of $500 to $3,000 an acre net 

 are the regular thing. In fact, $1,000 an acre is con- 

 sidered conservative by the most practical growers, 

 and if an orchard will not do that well, nearly all the 

 time, they say there is something wrong with the 

 management of it. $1 ,000 to $6,000 an acre is frequently 

 paid for bearing orchards in Northwestern States, and 

 the buyers get high rates of interest on the investment. 



These are plainly-stated facts, which any one can 

 prove for himself. The figures are wonderful, how- 

 ever, and so much different from the results of the usual 

 orcharding experience in Eastern and Central States, 

 that, before the average man of these sections is con- 

 vinced that they are possible with him, they must be 

 explained. The big yields, the perfect fruit, the early 

 bearing, and the high prices, are not due to special con- 

 Tlift TTrkw iJTirl ditions. They are due to applied 

 ine nowdiiu know-how. That is, folks awake to 

 the Why what could be accomplished by up-to- 



date, scientific methods of orcharding 



believed in what they saw, went ahead and planted 

 right trees, and gave them the proper care. Now, they 

 are reaping their harvest in a way which makes the 

 rest of the country "take notice." The favorable con- 

 ditions are not in any particular kind of soil, or climate, 

 or rain, or in the locality, but to a large extent they 

 are in the heads and hands of those who start and 

 run the orchards and market the fruit. 



There are tens of thousands of acres all over the 

 country, and especially in the East, on which just as 

 much money can be made to an acre with fruit as is 

 now made in Hood River, Oregon, or Wenatchee, Wash- 

 ington, for instance. The soil, air, sunshine, rain, 

 winters, and summers are practically the same. Eastern 

 markets are 3,000 miles nearer — a half cent an Apple 

 nearer. Labor and land are cheaper, cultivation, fer- 

 tilizer, spraying, pruning, picking, and packing can be 

 done as cheaply and as efficiently — the know-how and 

 the men are here as well as there. Also, it is everywhere 



acknowledged tnat Eastern-grown Apples have a 

 richer, higher, better flavor than those produced in the 

 West. They do not have quite so high a color, but this 

 is a small item compared with the combination of 

 Pflcf flnri Wpcit better quaUty and shorter shipping 

 i2.abi anu w ebt distance. Eastern and Central grown 

 Compared Apples enter the high-priced markets 



-' prepared to compete in every way 



with those from the sections where orchards pay 10% 

 interest on $5,000 an acre valuation. 



Apple growing would still yield working profits if 

 the market prices now received were cut down by half, 

 or even to one-fourth. The prices this year are from 

 $2 a barrel, for the poorest, to $10 a barrel for the 

 best grades and varieties. Counting Apples at only 40 

 cents a bushel, an orchard will yield an average, for every 

 year, of $300 an acre during the first 15 years from 

 planting, and after that the average, in the same way, 

 will be over $400 an acre. 40 cents a bushel is about one- 

 fourth to one-half of this year's prices. An awakening 

 has taken place regarding the food value of all fruit. 

 Apples eaten raw, or cooked while fresh, aid digestion, 

 and help a lot in solving the problem of "how to keep 

 well and live long." Not only are there more fruit 

 eaters each year, but every one eats more fruit. Apples 

 naturally come in for the largest part of this increased 

 demand, not only because of their high food value and 

 fine flavor, but because they can be kept longer and 

 easier in a fresh condition, and because they will stand 

 handling and shipping better than any other fruit. 



Barren hillsides, too steep and stony to grow much 

 other than grapes and Angora goats, will raise the 

 Soils and ^^^^*- S'^s-de of Apples. The best soil, in the 



most productive field of any farm, will do 



Locations f^r better, and in all probability, produce 



;— five to ten times as much if planted in Apples 



as if given to standard grain or hay crops. 



Choose the right varieties, get "right" trees, study 

 your local conditions, and watch other successful and 

 unsuccessful orchards to see what kinds thrive. Plant 

 only sorts you are sure of, and but two or three or four 

 of them, use fillers of early-bearing dwarf and standard 

 trees, make use of orchard cover crops (asparagus, 

 strawberries, potatoes, tomatoes, or any cultivated small 

 fruit, or a legume) spray, cultivate, fertilize, prune, and 

 protect your trees, and properly pick, pack and sell the 



In thirty-acre orchard of E. P. Cohill, Hancock, Maryland, Harrison trees were planted twenty feet apart each way. This 

 orchard produced two thousand barrels of apples when seven years old, and three thousand barrels when eight years old. 



