Ihe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Improved Marketing for Fruits 
Aitlks and Egos Itv I’arckl Rost.— 
One nf tlie* most encouraging features of 
fruit and vegetable growing in this sec¬ 
tion is the interest; that is being given to 
more Up-to-date methods in marketing. 
Many of our growers are getting tired of 
receiving 3 cents of the consumer’s dol¬ 
lar, and arc striving to devise means of 
getting sonic of the other 71 cents. One 
large apple-growing firm near here has 
worked up unite a large trade in package 
apples. They are packing 24 apples in a 
corrugated fiberlwmrd container with par¬ 
titions. and arc setiding this package di¬ 
rect by parcel post to the consumer. They 
have worked off quite a large amount of 
Wealthy and Jonathans at prices ranging 
around a dollar a box of 24 apples. An¬ 
other neighbor, who is in the egg-produc¬ 
ing business, markets practically all his 
eggs in Xew York City through parcel 
post, and reports very satisfactory re¬ 
sults. lie uses a metal container which 
is returnable, and which, he claims, is 
the most satisfactory package to mail in, 
as the goods are thoroughly protected, so 
that even though the postage bill may be 
slightly more, the eggs will carry so well 
that they bring a premium, and the loss is 
so mnt*|i reduced that the saved eggs will 
more than pay the extra mailing expense. 
Roadside: Pumpkins.—A nother grower, 
located on a State road, lias worked up a 
splendid retail trade. One of the hardest 
articles to dispose of in our local market 
is pumpkins. A store that, will buy per¬ 
haps a lialf-dogen, then will not need 
any more for a week. This man had a 
lug crop, and solved the problem of mar¬ 
keting by piling up a great heap along 
the road and putting up a sign, “For 
Sale." lie disposed of the entire crop at 
prices ranging from 10 to 25 cents per 
head. lie says it. seemed as though every 
auto liiad that came along wanted some 
pumpkins. They never would have gone 
to the store and asked for one, but when 
they saw the heap, everyone was pos¬ 
sessed with a desire to secure n pumpkin. 
Perhaps one-half that, wore purchased 
were never Used, but he sold bis crop, and 
went three miles to a neighbor and pur¬ 
chased two truckloads, and disposed of 
this lot also. 
Appi.es, One for a Cent. —He Is en¬ 
thusiastic over roadside markets, lie had 
a lot of drop apples. These were placed 
on a table in a heap and a sign put up, 
reading. 'One Cent Each." They sold like 
the proverbial liotCakes. People would 
stop to pureliaso other goods, and, seeing 
the sign, would pick up two or three ap¬ 
ples or a half-dozen. It was only a few 
pennies at a lime, but it sold all of his 
drops, lie sold all of his crop in this 
manner, and. more than that, he worked 
up a good trade in other articles. 
Extending Trade. —lie added bananas 
and watermelons to the list, also took or¬ 
ders for everything that, is produced in 
this section. If a party came along today 
and asked if he would have some certain 
articles next week, be always said "Yes" 
Then, if he did not have the goods him¬ 
self, he would go out and purchase of 
others. He made money, ami says that 
next season he is going to build an open- 
front shed along the highway, and start 
in to build up a trade that will tie lasting. 
He is located on a State highway leading 
between two of our cities, one of 110,000 
and llie other 20.0(H), so that much of 
Ids trade is permanent, being residents 
of these two cities who travel between 
the two places. Also, much of the travel 
from Xew York to the Catskill and Shuw- 
nngiink Mountains passes by the door, so 
he has both permanent and transient 
trade. Many people claim that a yellow 
apple will not sell as well as a red one. 
hut this nvau states that as long as his 
Fall Pippin apples lasted, he could not 
sell any other variety: everyone picked 
out the large yellow ones. He is proving 
his belief in this apple by setting out 1(H) 
trees this Spring. Also, lie is setting 
Yellow Transparent, and other Summer 
apples. He claims that under his cen- 
dit ions he has no use for a Winter apple, 
as his market is a Summer proposition, 
lie believes iti giving people what they 
want, when they want it, as long as they 
are willing to* pay the price. With his 
roadside market he can make more from 
Summer drop apples than he can from 
best hand-picked, long-keeping Winter 
apples. C. o. WABFORD. 
New York. 
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