H. S. WILEY & SON, CAYUGA, N. Y. 
PROFITS IN FRUIT GROWING 
Twenty-five years ago the great cry was on the European markets, and are eagerly 
"you will overdo the business." This same sought for; and the promise in the near 
prediction has been made many times since, future of much quicker time and cheaper 
but largely by people who neglected to transportation in reaching foreign markets, 
plant, or those who after planting failed to make prospects bright for better profits in 
care for their orchards intelligently. Our the future. 
improved facilities for disposing of our One of our customers in Kennebec Co., 
crops, and the enormous increase in popula- Me., Mr. J. M. Pike, who planted an orchard 
tion wrirrant us in saying that twenty years of our trees twenty years ago, has recently 
hence one of the best pieces of property a refused an offer of $5,000 for the five acres, 
man can own will be a good apple orchard. This orchard was set twenty years ago, and 
With our present refrigerator service our Mr. Pike asserts that it has paid him four 
fruits reach the cold Northwest, and by the per cent, interest annually on $20,000 for the 
same service our Apples and Pears find sale past four years. 
APPLES 
PRICE OF APPLES EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE NOTED 
Each. Dozen. Per 100. 
Selected, S'A to 7 feet $0.25 $2.50 $20.00 
Medium, 4>4 to 5 feet 18 2 00 15 00 
I.ight, 4 feet 15 1.50 10,00 
Add 2j4c extra per tree for R. I. Greening to the 100 rate. 
GENERAL LIST Bailey Sweet— Large, mottled and striped 
<- . . deep red; good. October 
Summer Apples Maiden's Blush-Medium size, flat, quite 
Early Harvest — Medium, pale yellow, ten- smooth and fair; pale yellow, with beau- 
dfer, juicy; one of the best. tiful red cheek; pleasant acid flavor. Sep- 
Red Astrachan — Large, beautiful deep crim- tember and October. 
son. August. Twenty Ounce— (Cayuga Red Streak.) Very 
Sweet Bough— Large, pale yellow, tender, large, nearly round; yellow striped with 
sweet. August. red; quality good; popular. November to 
Yellow Transparent— Earliest and best; December. 
white, tender, juicy, sprightly, sub-acid. Fameuse-(Snow Apple.) Medium size. 
r>,:~,l. T • 1 » 11 • • J c 1 roundish, oblate; striped with deep red; 
Primate-Light yellow ju.cy and fine qual- flesh very white, juicy and pleasant Tree 
ity. August and September. „ery hardy, one of the most valuable 
Autumn Apples Northern sorts. November and December. 
„ . Duchess of Oldenburg— Of Russian origin. 
Gravenstem— Large, striped and beautiful; Large size, roundish, streaked with red 
tender, juicy and high flavored; produc- and yellow; juicy; flavor sprightly sub- 
tive. September and October. acid; tree a vigorous grower, very hardy, 
Wealthy— Originated near St. Paul, Minn. early and abundant bearer. September 
Fruit medium; skin smooth, mostly cov- Fall Pippin— Large, yellow, tender and rich 
ered with dark red; flesh white, fine, juicy. One of the most valuable of its season 
very good. October. October to December. 
