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December  2,  1910. 
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LARGE*"**  SHALL  ~NA  *D  ANBpOWER 
FR1ENDMFG.  CO.  gasport.n: 
plain  just  what  the  fruit  is,  and  every¬ 
thin?  was  sold  at  $1.50  to  $2  per  bar¬ 
rel.  For  our  best  Baldwins  we  received 
$3.50  per  barrel,  with  $3  for  No.  2  size. 
Our  customers  demand  Baldwins.  I  do 
uot  think  this  variety  equal  to  Sutton, 
but  people  are  familiar  with  the  name 
and  the  appearance  of  Baldwin,  and  they 
want  it.  1  have  given  up  trying  to  “ed¬ 
ucate"  customers,  but  let  them  have  what 
they  want  if  possible. 
Sour  Apples — One  man  tells  me  that 
candy  is  largely  responsible  for  the  groat 
da,  then  they  intend  to  drive  North  demand  for  sour  fruit.  He  says  that 
through  Alabama,  Tennessee,  Kentucky  children  eat  twice  as  much  candy  as  they 
and  Illinois,  reaching  home  in  August  or  used  to.  When  be  was  a  boy  it  was 
September.  There  will  be  no  long  stops  something  of  a  reproach — almost  a  sin — 
anywhere,  but  they  will  wander  along  for  a  child  to  have  a  box  of  candy.  Now, 
as  they  see  fit,  stopping  as  they  want  in  many  families,  candy  seems  to  be  re- 
to,  and  starting  on  as  they  get  ready.  It  garded  as  a  food — almost  as  much  so  as 
is  a  sort  of  gypsy  life  brought  up  to  milk.  Scientific  men  and  “food  experts” 
date,  and  they  are  having  a  great  time,  are  hired  to  prove  that  chocolate  candy 
They  are  alone  in  the  world,  and  have  is  a  food,  and  wherever  you  go  in  the  city 
worked  hard  to  pay  for  a  farm.  Now  you  see  great  signs,  which  state  that 
they  have  rented  it  for  a  couple  of  years  candy  is  a  necessity !  At  any  rate  chil- 
and  will  take  this  vacation.  dren  eat  more  than  ever  of  it,  and  my 
The  Outfit. — For  motive  power  they  friend  claims  that  this  is  why  apples 
"have  a  fine,  young  horse — big  and  strong,  Den  Davis  arc  losing  hold  while 
with  speed  enough  to  carry  them  at  a  oe^  frnit;  is  in  demand.  Scripture 
good  pace.  They  have  a  light,  one-seated  Rtates  that  *‘the  fathers  have  eaten  sour 
wagon,  fitted  out  with  great  ingeuuity.  grapes  and  the  children’s  teeth  are  set 
There  is  a  light  tent  for  camping  if  they  011  ”  The  present  children  have 
desire,  a  bed  and  clothing,  a  trunk  and  a  eaten  so  much  candy  that  the  "edge”  has 
big  umbrella  for  shelter.  There  is  a  b‘,(in  taken  from  their  teeth.  They  find 
small  alcohol  stove  and  a  full  outfit  need-  they  cannot  bite  into  the  world  without 
ed  for  cooking  a  meal.  They  have  a  sup-  more  “set  ’  on  the  teeth  so  they  crave 
ply  of  tools  and  parts  likely  to  break,  a  sour  apples.  At  least  that  is  the  way 
rifle  for  hunting  and  a  fishing  outfit.  m.y  friend  argues,  and  he  claims  that 
On  several  nights  they  have  camped  out  "’ill  finally  put  such  apples  as  Ben 
by  the  roadside,  but  usually  they  stop  Davis  out  of  business, 
at  some  hotel  or  farmhouse.  The  beauty  Good  Fruit.— I  think  that  is  true  of 
of  it  is  they  do  just  as  they  please,  and  a  homP  trade  like  ours.  There  never 
simply  wander  on  without  worry  or  care  were  more  beautiful  apples  than  our  Ben 
regarding  work  or  business.  Davis  this  year.  I  think,  too,  they  are 
Would  You  Like  It?  Mr.  Olds  says  better  than  usual  in  flavor  but  no  one 
the  horse  is  better  than  a  car  for  such  wni  touch  them  while  they  can  buy  Bald- 
a  trip,  for  it  makes  it  more  human.  They  wjn>  Ppy  or  Greening.  We  offer  them 
could  go  faster  in  a  car  aud  cover  more  f01.  a  dollar  less  per  barrel,  but  no  one. 
ground,  but  they  are  in  no  burry.  They  seems  to  want  a  second  bite.  I  know 
did  not  take  to  the  road  for  speed,  or  to  that  they  do  sell,  because  I  see  peddlers 
see  how  far  they  could  go,  but  they  want  jn  Now  York  City  going  about  with  big 
to  see  and  enjoy  life.  Ro  they  prefer  the  ]oa(is  0f  Ben  Davis,  and  yelling  their 
good  old  muscles  of  the  horse  s  leg  to  wares.  This  fruit  and  also  Ivieffer  pears 
gasoline,  for  they  see  far  more  of  human  are  bought  by  people  who  eat  them  out 
nature  and  true  life  from  their  wagon  0p  the  hand  and  smile  like  charter  mem- 
than  tin  y  ever  could  from  a  whizzing  |jers  0f  the  Apple  Consumers’  League*  I 
car.  When  a  fellow  has  the  power  of  bear  of  places  where  they  serve  Ben 
speed  in  his  grasp  his  desire  is  to  get  Davis  and  pour  a  spoonful  of  vinegar  or 
there"  to  the  next  town  at  oner  and  soiap  stronger  liquor  over  each  apple- 
he  loses  interest  in  the  things  which  lie  while  baking!  I  know,  therefore,  that 
between.  Yet  those  things  “in  between”  this  variety  does  sell,  aud  that  I  have 
are  what  the  farmer  ought  to  know  most  been  roundly  abused  for  tolling  what  I 
about,  for  they  are  the  quiet,  homely  know  about  it.  All  the  same,  with  me 
things,  which  have  most  to  do  with  farm  the  Yar;nty  is  not  profitable,  for  our 
life.  That’s  one  trouble  with  many  trade  demands  a  sour  apple.  I  could 
Farmers.  In  their  efforts  to  improve  not  a(]vise  planting  Ben  Davis,  especially 
things  and  get  more  of  their  rightful  where  the  fruit  grower  expects  to  develop 
share  they  are  apt  to  reach  off  into  the  a  near.])y  trade.  As  for  me  1  expect  to 
big  things  of  life  when  their  future  lies  have  our  trees  of  Ben  *  Davis,  Maiden 
in  a-  better  understanding  of  the  condi-  Blush  and  some  others  top-worked  to 
tions  right  at  home.  I"  wonder  if  you  Baldwin  and  McIntosh.  I  think  every 
’ould  be  satisfied  to  start  out  in  this  farmer  within  150  miles  of  the  upper 
tvay  and  travel  in  this  slow  and  quiet  Atlantic  Coast  must,  sooner  or  later, 
winner?  My  children  think  they  would  come  to  something  of  this  decision.  I  do 
ike  nothing  better,  and  they  are  after  not  care  whether  he  raises  apples  or 
ne  to  take  a  vacation  next  Summer  and  zebras,  he  will  be  compelled,  sooner  or 
litch  up  old  Bob  and  try  it.  later,  by  hard  competition,  to  put  the 
“Be  sure  to  go  where  the  fishing  is  highest  quality  into  what,  he  produces 
mod,  ’  says  Cherry-top.  I  do  not  know  an(j  get  yjfl  Gf  the  things  which  his  cus- 
low  long  they  would  stand  it.  I  must  towers  do  not  want.  H,  w,  c. 
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The  reputation  built  by  all  of  these  plants  now  serving  thousands  of 
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