Evening star., 1905-11-11
MS YEAR TnE GROWERS GOULD AEfoRD no RARR 1NER

PIppin is due to their keeping qualities
in cold storage. They will come out much
frmer, jucier and of much finer flavor in
the spring than the Northern Spies
many others of the old favoritcs. They
stand transportati ton better too.
Baldwins and Greetings. however. hold
their own pretty well, especially for tho
barrel trade.
Big Prices Expected.
Some idea of the price apples are ex-
pected to reach this winter may be gath
cred from the fact that they are talking OF
s6 and IS barrel for first-class Mcintosh
apples laid down in Newport. They must be
very fine. however, and packed with great
care, tightly, so as not to shake and bruise.
and the hiding of inferior fruit in the mid
die of the barrel sold at such price would
do the shipper a good deal Of harm in fu-
ture shipments.
Most of the apples sent abroad are seat
In boxes of the same sort those used I'm
packing the apples for the fancy New York
trade. Apples graded carefully TO size
may be packed much closer In boxes than
in barrels, and thus packed will stand the
rolling and pitching OF ship at sea much
better. Besides apples packed in boxes
stow much more economically in loading
a shin than when packed iu barrels
While the farmers are getting good prices
for what apples they have to sell this year.
they not getting such prices the
might indicate.
The dealer who has apples TO offer that
will bring such prices will undoubtedly Sc
cure them IN buying the entire product OF
certain orchards and by careful selection.
He will realize enough more profits from
this careful selection to make it pay well
but in order to do so he will have to pay
a running price of 50 or 50 TO the farmers.
Probably outside prices of good fair apples
run from 50 to 81 in the orchards this year.
Contrasts in Apple Years.
Out of that those who barrel their own
apples will have to pay for the barrels.
say from % TO 40 cents.
When prices are good. as Trey are this
year, the price of the barrel can easily be
borne. but there have been record years
when apples in packages brought say n
dollar a barrel only-in which the 25 or 40
cents was too great burden to be borne.
In such years the farmers sometimes
ship their apples, almost ungraded, I'm
bulk, at ruinous prices; prices that barely
pay for the harvesting, and the apples if
packed at all, are packed by the city deal
ers. 1t is in such years that the consumer
is troubled by decaying apples. Years like
this, save when the fruit comes from easily
tempted growers, he may depend upon
good sound fruit
It is the experience of many fruit dealers
in the cities that the temptation to put
poor apples in the middle of the barrel.
even when prices are high. is much more
generally resisted nowadays than il was
a few years ago. The dealers take partic-
ular notice of the markings on barrels and
other packages and when any given brand
is found to mean that the apples in tho
packages are likely to be of good quality
the grower who uses that brand is sure to
find his fruit in steady demand.
Contrariwise, the grower who is careless,
or worse, in packing his fruit may be GER
tain that he will be made a note of. and
that his packages will be viewed with the
suspicion natural in such cases and his
prices will be a bit below the regular mar
ket.
The growers have generally found this
out and governing themselves accord
ingly.