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a large margin of profit. The grower who puts a poor product upon the 
market, and sells it upon its appearance, which is deceiving, can have no real 
pride in the transaction. We find a wretch, once in a while, who brags about 
a sharp trade that he has made; how nicely he outwitted somebody; and got 
the best of the bargain; and we occasionally find an apple grower who flaunts 
to the world the fact that he has cleaned up a fine season’s business from an 
orchard of apples of such poor quality that he would not use them in his own 
family. But the man who goes into the culture of fruits ought to be of the 
type which will not be satisfied with transactions of this character. 
There is no apple for all purposes that ranks higher than the Northern 
Spy. In commending it, however, we are met at the outset With the objec- 
tion that the man who plants this variety does so with the expectation that 
his children will reap the reward, and not himself. The quality of the fruit, 
however, has led to careful experiments by horticultural experts, who find 
that the Northern Spy can be grown as a top graft and come quickly into 
bearing. But, it is objected again, the Northern Spy is so tender of skin that 
it cannot be shipped to a distant market. It is nevertheless true that the 
grower of peaches in California who ships them successfully to London 
would find nothing in this objection to hamper him, for the quality of the 
product is such as to make a demand for the fruit at a remunerative price. 
Careful methods of packing and shipping will overcome this technical 
objection. 
The Hubbardston is scoffed at by many growers because it is not attract- 
ive in its appearance, and wfill not sell upon the general market. This is 
simply an admission that the grower must cater to ignorance rather than to 
wisdom. I know grow r ers of the Hubbardston w T ho never fail to get the 
highest price for their product. 
Perhaps the most common objection to apples of high quality by the market 
grower is that they are so tender in texture that thes^ are not good shippers. 
This objection is made to Shiawmssee, Oakland, Mother, McLellan, Norton 
Melon and Ohio Nonpareil — varieties unequaled in quality, and which give 
the keenest satisfaction to the consumer. My contention is that it is of far 
more importance with the grovrer to solve the problem of putting these fruits 
of high quality into the hands of apple lovers than it is to develop a variety 
which will ship long distances at the expense o'f quality. 
Why do we find so few of the Large Yellow Bough, Peck Pleasant, Swaar, 
Oakland and Rambo upon the market? It is because the grower has mag- 
nified the importance of putting upon the market sorts that will capture the 
eye of the ignorant apple consumer, rather than give any thought to the edu- 
cation of the buyer to a knowledge of the very best sorts and a desire to 
secure them. It may be that they follow the line of least resistance, but they 
are not following the line of the largest profit and the keenest satisfaction 
in the culture of apples. 
The tradesman is keen to scent the desire of his customer, and to so cater 
to it as to increase his trade. He finds it profitable to do so. He goes farther 
than this, and calls the attention of his customers to the new and best things 
in his line upon which he can make a larger margin of profit if he can only 
get the custom. This is good sense, and when he points with pride to the 
customers he has made through practices along new and better lines, he says, 
“These customers know good things when they see them,” and he takes a 
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