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H. S. WILEY, CAYUGA, N. Y. 
It is with a good deal of pride I introduce the faces of a feiu of ihe most 
distinguished commercial Fruit Growers with whom I have the pie, sure of 
dealing. My business relations with these men cover a period of years of 
most pleasant dealings in which they assure me that my stock has given ihem 
good satisfaction and I am glad to show their faces as an indorsement of my 
business methods. 
H. S W. 
PHINEAS WtllTTIER. Franklin Co.. Maine, has lone been known a.s one of 
the leading: Apple firrovvei-s in liis state and for many years has been prominent in horticul- 
tural matters and his judgment and advise are eagerly sought by the younger men of his 
state on fruit topics. 
I?. VAN DVSER, Orange Co.. /V. K,, has gained a remarkable reputation for pro 
ducing choice Peaches and Pears which he grows extensively for the New York markets. 
JOHN T. ROBERTS, OnondagaCo., /V. K., is first Vice-President of the New York State 
Fruit Growers' Association and grows small fruits and Peaches in considerable quantities. 
ALBERT WOOD, Orleans Co.. /V. Y.. is one of the largest Apple growers in the 
state. He sold his last crop of \)2 for 57.00(1. Mr. Wood is Vice-President of the Western 
N. Y. Horticultural Society and also of the New York State Fruit Growers' Association. 
WM. HART, Dutchess Co., /V. Y., is a very extensive Apple grower and has the 
reputation of growing the finest Spy Apples that can be produced. His last planting con- 
sists of a 35 acre orchard, a large percentage being Northern Spy. 
F. £. DAWLEY, Onondaga Co., N. Y., is a fruit grower of considerable prominence 
also Director of Farmers' Institute for State of New York and Secretary of the New York 
State Fruit Growers' Association. 
STEPHEN ROY, Sussex Co., N. J., is an extensive Peach grower. 
EDWARD VANALSTYNE, Columbia Co., N. Y., is a prominent fruit grower and an 
enthusiastic Institute worker. His large crop of Apples and Pears found a ready market at 
good prices on account of superior quality and good packing. 
ALBERT WARD, Kennebec Co., Maine, is also an extensive Apple grower. 
DR. C. A. RING, Niagara Co.. N. Y., has without doubt the largest acreage of 
Peaches of any one grower in his county and his methods are up-to-date. He is a life mem- 
ber of the New York Fruit Growers' Association and a member of its executive committee. 
JOHN l»C. L.STEVENS, Addison Co., 1/r., is among the practical up to date Apple 
growers of his state. 
H. L. BROWN, Orleans Co., N. Y., makes a specialty of growing Quince. Pears, 
and Apples, his crop of '"2 sold for more than S4.000. 
IRA PEASE, Oswego Co., N. Y., is one of the representative Pear growers in his 
county and produces large crops of fine fruit annually, principally Bartletts ; is also one of 
the \Mce-Presidents of New York State Fruit Growers' Association. 
JOHN B. COLLAMER, Monroe Co., N. Y., has about 125 acres of orcharding con- 
sisting of Apples. Prunes, and Pears. He packed in '02, 7590 barrels of Apples. Mr. Col- 
lamer is one of the Vice-Presidents of the N. V. State Fruit Growers' Association; his farm 
is known as the Orchard Valley Farm of Monroe Co. 
HENRY D. LEWIS, Dutchess Co., N. Y., is known not only at home but also in 
Europe as a very successful grower of Newtown Pippins, selling at six to ten dollars pOj. 
barrel. 
WILLIS T. MANN, Niagara Co., N. Y., is an extensive grower of Apples. Peaches. 
Plums and Pears, one of the best cultivators 'and caretakers of Western N. Y., chairman of 
the committee on statistics of N. Y. S. F. (i. Association. 
WM. R. KEEFER, Franklin Co., Pa., a lawyer of prominence, having large fruit 
interests in the Cumberland Valley, grows largely Ben Davis and Vork Imperial. 
DANIEL BAILEY, Sussex Co., N. J., is known as one of the most extensive Peach 
growers in his county which borders on the famous Pine Island Peach belt, in fact I believe 
they cover large orchards in Orange County, N. Y . also. 
GRANT HITCHINCS, Onondaga Co., N. Y., is known widely as an enthusiastic 
grower of .Apples on the principle of the mulch method rather than by cultivation. That he 
grows fine, high-colored fruit and plenty of it no one can deny who visits his place. He has 
just completed arrangements for the planting of a one hundred acre Apple orchard. 
PROF, C. B. COOK, Willow Dale Farm, Shiawassee Co., Mich., is a gentleman 
of no little importance in fruit industry, a graduate of Cornell University and well up along 
the lines of horticultural. 
I shall be pleased to give the P. O. address of any of the above that you 
may correspond with them in relation to my stock and my business methods 
