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products to sell or a sufficient number 
of possible buyers often costs more to 
run than it is worth. Too many mar¬ 
kets along a road tend to cheapen and 
handicap all. It is better to combine 
at a few good points and have a larger 
volume of business at a lower overhead 
cost, each farmer paying his share. 
Consumers often compare the prices of 
inferior, poorly-packed produce in the 
city with the prices of higher quality, 
well-packed produce in the country, 
and feel that the country prices are 
unjust. To be fair to the roadside 
market care should be taken to con¬ 
sider the quality, grade, pack and 
freshness of the produce offered for 
sale. k. h. 
on the south or southwest sides of the 
trees, showing that the alternate freez¬ 
ing at night and thawing in the day¬ 
time by the Winter sun caused fully as 
much injury as outright freezing. 
Freezing due to low temperature 
showed on the trees in the crotches, 
where the hark turned black and peeled 
off, and also in the heart of the tree, 
where entire limbs died hack. 
Certain apples have done exception¬ 
ally well, and are to be recommended 
for this section and the colder sections 
of other States. With early apples, 
Yellow Transparent has given the best 
results, though Early 'Harvest, Che¬ 
nango Strawberry, and Duchess of 
Oldenburg are satisfactory. All of 
these are bearing six years after plant¬ 
ing. The Alexander and Red Beitig- 
Apples in Bushel Baskets 
One of the pronounced departures from 
the custom of all time since the apple in¬ 
dustry reached a commercial basis in 
New York State, was the practice this 
season of employing the bushel basket as 
a container. It would seem from the in¬ 
creased use of the basket, displacing the 
barrel, that there is a strong -and steadily 
mounting demand for apples in units of 
less bulk than the barrel package. Many 
of the old observers have been astonished 
at the demand for this package, and this 
in the face of a price for barrels consid- 
heimer have both grown well and pro¬ 
duced the first fruit at five years of 
age. For late fruit. Maun, Northern 
Spy, and Golden Russet have all made 
satisfactory growth, and can be recom¬ 
mended. 
The best applo for this section, both 
on the experimental grounds and in 
local orchards, is the McIntosh, The 
tree grows well and the fruit is ideal, 
having a fine color and good size. It 
must he sprayed often to he kept free 
from scab. Fameuse, belonging to tlie 
A Load of Bushel Baskets for Apple Packing 
erably less than that of last year, when same family as the McIntosh, is also 
the price went to high points. very satisfactory. In a survey through 
The bushel basket makes a handy pack- entire section, the three varieties f 
age, one that appeals to the consumer 
who wishes to lay in a moderate supply of 
fruit without, incurring the cost and de¬ 
cay loss in the purchase of a barrel. The 
latter size is more and more becoming 
impossible, with the cramping and econo¬ 
mizing on storage space in urban homes. 
Likewise the sale of peaches in bushel 
predominating were Wealthy, Oklen- 
burg, and Pound Sweet, and these 
three will probably live where no other 
apples will survive. A few varieties 
have winter-killed, and cannot be 
recommended. They are Baldwin, Pri¬ 
mate, Twenty-ounce, King, Sutton, 
baskets lias been a source of surprise to 
many in the lust few years. With such a 
delicate and perishable fruit as the peach 
the supposition might easily be that con¬ 
sumers would prefer a package of much 
less capacity than the bushel basket, but 
it is surprising to see what tremendous 
sales are made from year to year by the 
growers who use this style of package. It 
seems as though, if anything, the use of 
the peach bushel is jumping by leaps and 
bounds, on top of a price for the fruit 
which in late years has advanced rather 
than receded. Some idea of the quantity 
in which the baskets are ordered will bo 
shown by a glance at the large truck load¬ 
ed with the bushel containers. A. H. P. 
Hardy Fruits for Central New York 
The severe Winter of 1010-20 has ma¬ 
terially reduced the fruit varieties that 
can be recommended for planting in the 
colder sections of the country. On the 
experimental grounds at Morrisville, 
X. Y„ a number of trees died the Spring 
following it lie exceptional Winter, and 
some varieties which seemed to survive 
Gravens!ein and Hubbardston. 
With pears Clapp’s Favorite, Bartlett 
and Kieffer ha\p all made satisfactory 
growth, and with these three varieties 
a succession can he had which covers 
the fruiting season. The Seckel pear 
gave very unsatisfactory returns, and 
the trees wore injured by the cold. 
No sweet cherries can he recom¬ 
mended at present, though the new 
cherry, Ida, seems perfectly hardy in 
the bud. All other varieties have died 
out. The sour varieties, Early Rich¬ 
mond, Montmorency and English Mor- 
ello, are all satisfactory,' and to be 
recommended. A few sour cherries 
were killed by the severe Winter, but 
the location seemed to have more effect 
than the variety., those in pockets suf¬ 
fering severely; also those on exposed 
southern slope. There are enough va¬ 
rieties which show hardiness, so that 
no farmer need go without fruit. 
T. H. T. 
have weakened and died during the 
past Summer. The sour cherries in one 
block split open along the trunk just 
below the head, and after sending out 
a few sickly leaves, withered and died. 
All the cracks on the trunks appeared 
Keeping Sliced Bacon 
Ham and bacon may be sliced, partly 
cooked, then packed in glass tumblers and 
covered with the fat that fries out. It 
will keep the year around, and is very 
convenient to use. a. il L. 
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