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Mr. Lewis. The class of people that are doing that are the 

 wealthy clas^. but the people that I fear are almost at the starving 

 point cio not seem to consider that at all. They do not seem to 

 care about it. 



W. S. Adams. AMiat are your leading varieties? 



Mr. Lewis. That is a hard question to answer. W'c have 

 77 varieties in bearing and there are only a few of those that are not 

 profitable. If I were to set another orchard I would not set more 

 than nine. 



E. C. Tyson. If you Avere growing apples with a view of mar- 

 keting in carloads you would not want so many varieties. Xot over 

 nine. 



Mr. Lewis. Some people advise two or three. 



Member. Have you selected a list of nine that you consider 

 best for your locality? 



Mr. Lewis. Yes. nine or ten. I could give you that list for 

 our location, but you know something about our latitude and our 

 soil is a silty loam. It is a little different soil from anything they 

 have ever found in this state. Our altitude is 750 feet. If you 

 will bear those conditions in mind I will give you the list. If we 

 want to start in early we take the Yellow Transparent, then the 

 Red Astrachan for the first general purpose apple. Xow, I do not 

 know Avhat }'our conditions are here as to local markets. I do not 

 know if it is advisable to grow summer apples in carload lots. You 

 come nearer getting a supply of good eating apples in the winter 

 than in the summer. It seems to me that the summer apple is the 

 profitable apple if it is taken right oft* the tree and sold without any 

 handling and without storage. 



Gravenstein, AA'ealthy, Duchess, 



]\IcIntosh, Smokehouse, AA'agner. 



Baldwin, Stark, 



They are all good bearers, have good color and all the quality 

 that we can ask of an apple in our section. 



W. W. Boyer. The best grade you talk of shipping all over 

 the world, in what package do you ship them, and hoAV do vou 

 find the market ? 



Mr. Lewis. \\q ship them in barrels and boxes, wrapped. 

 AA'e find the markets partly through, fruit shows, advertising in that 

 way. If you were able to go into the remotest corner of the United 

 States and do something just a little bit better than anybody else has 

 ever done it. you could not hide it, the people would ,2:et there to find 

 out about it. If you will box apples that are just a little better than 

 the average in the city markets, it is just a Question of finding here 

 and there a customer. One customer will tell another, that one will 

 tell another, and in that way you will get your market. 



Member. Do you ship direct to the customer? AVe ship di- 

 rect to the consumer. 



Member. Do you know what your storage cost vou? 



