Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1901-01-03

The picking is done chle11y by Wom-
en- and children and Mrs. Alderman
has a decided preference for women
This work is paid for by
the quantity picked. The apples are
picked in bags Of graduated sizes
and accurate measurement. The
pickers sort the fruit as they pick it,
putting only high grade fruit in their
bags and dropping the rest on the
ground. The overseers watch to
see that the sorting is carefully done
and keep the accounts with the pick
ers. The bags are emptied in heaps
on the ground and the barrels are
rapidly filled. The facing of the
barrels is then done by the overseers;
this being the fitting in of an even.
layer on top. The barrels are then
carted away to the apple house
where they are stored until an order
is received for them. They are
then headed and shipped immediate
ly.
Is the marketing difficult" was
asked. "Oh, no." was the reply.
we have practically no competition
in the state and the supply is never
equal to the demand, so that make
the work Of marketing easy and
keeps the price uniformly good.
We never sell any fruit to commits
sion men unless we have a crop that
exceeds our expectations. Then as
We deal wholly in fall apples we are
Isomatines obliged to dispose of the
surplus over our orders in that way.
The fruit is sold directly to retail
dealers at the best prices, for the
farm has established a reputation for
high grade fruit that makes its pro
ductlnuch sought after
The placing of the crop is done
largely by Mrs, Alderman's son.
Mrs. Alderman is just embarking
with her son in a new venture this
year, which is to supply the apple
market OF her territory with winter
apples by buying in New York anc
shipping them in. The crop from
her own orchard this year was about
5000 bushels, and a few of these
sold for less than dollar a bushel
The picking begins very early, fol
1 there is a market for the Duches:
|apples for pie material when they are
not more than half grown.
The spreading of Mrs. Alder
man. fame as an orchardist ha
brought with it the penalty of success
in business. She has become mari
for the attentions OF the imatrimonia
agencies and the people seeking t,
make matches by correspondents
The agencies want her to enroll he
name with them, as they think tha
her situation in life would make he
a splendid matrimonial prize. Th
offers she has received by mail hav
afforded her amusement as we'll a
annoyance. Some of her other le
ters from unknown correspondent
I. have been almost as absurd. On
: man in Philadelphia, an Englishma
: with longing for the "gooseberr
tarts that his grandmother used t
/ .nake,o sent her a lament over th
4 fact that they didn't seem to kno,
t anything about gooseberries in thi
] blooming country, and he wanted t
: inquire if she raised gooseberrie
and if 50, whether she shipped an
: to the Philadelphia market.
S There must be an unsatisfed Ions
G ing for the felicities OF rural life, f
Mrs. Alderman was not the only or
d present at the horticultural conve
e ton who had encountered it. Or
G bright, active little fruit grower h;
G a husband whose business takes hi
$ away from home great deal. II
d brother of one Of her village acquai
s tapces who happened into the pla
e occasionally, was in the habit of &
r ing out TO get fruit. One day
Q fairly took the little unsuspectir
!: woman's breath away by blurtil
I out an awkward but urrnistakab
$ business-like proposal, in which
y stated that he was tired Of city !
and thought he would just like nj
d little quiet place like this, and
it thought it would make things nu