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Member. Do you attribute your color largely to the lime stone 

 dust? 



Mr. Repp. I can see where I put it — the color has never been 

 better than this year. 



Member. Do you think that brings the color on ? 



Mr. Repp. It brings the size. It is hard work to tell as to 

 color. I thought so; and the man that worked for me did also. 



Member. What does it cost per ton? 



Mr. Repp. We get it delivered for $3.50 per ton. 



Member. What is the actual fertilizer application per acre ? 



Mr. Repp. Two or three handfuls per tree the first year, and 

 keep it up. C5ld trees as high as a ton an acre. 



Member. What time do you apply? 



Mr. Repp. In the spring of the year. 



Member. Is ground lime better than air-slaked lime? 



Mr. Repp. It lasts longer. Air-slaked is quicker, but it is 

 gone sooner; the ground lime will act for years until it is used up. 



Member. Is this Wine Sap that you have here anything like 

 the Stayman Wine Sap? 



Mr. Repp. Nothing like it. 



Member. It is not so large? 



Mr. Repp. No, it is not so large as the Stayman, but we get 

 the quantity. 



Member. What tools do you use for your orchard cultivation? 

 Mr. Repp. Bateman's Riding Cultivator. 



Member. Can you give us any figures as to cost of erecting 

 a cold sorage of say, 10,000 barrels capacity, and operating cost of 

 same per diem? 



Mr. Repp. Impossible for me to answer this question correctly, 

 but about $20,000. 



Member. Do you grade fruit before or after storage? 

 Mr. Repp. After storage. 



Member. What have you found the best picking basket? 

 Mr. Repp. We use a bag. 



Member. What is the best package for apples while in storage ? 

 Mr. Repp. Hampers. 



Member. What ladder, if any, do you use ? 

 Mr. Repp. Tilley's Orchard Ladder. 



Member. You doubtless have a regular rule of proceedure in 

 picking and transferring apples to storage. Will you kindly de- 

 scribe it? 



Mr. Repp. Apples picked and placed on sorting table and then 

 placed in hampers and then loaded on a platform wagon made es- 

 pecially that hold 74 hampers. W^e do not have any bruised fruit. 

 All culls are thrown out by the sorters at the tables. 



Member. What sprayer do you use? 



Mr. Repp. Demming Gasoline Sprayer. 



The Chairman. As a committee to look over our fruit and 

 report at a later session, I will appoint Mr. Bassett, Mr. Repp and 

 Mr. Anderson. We do not offer any premiums ; but we shall be 

 very glad to have you look over the exhibit, and make any sugges- 

 tions that you think may be to our benefit. 



