Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-03

THE GROWING AND
MARKETING OF FRUIT.
BY James Handy.


In an address on Growing and Mar.
neeins Fruit" before the Wisconsin
~roitcultura society. James Handy of
quincy. IN, said:
ioo much judgment can not be aIA
p-.eu III selecting the right land for
n,Ws,Hs truit; / know of land in the
'nau west that would grow 100 bush
~ OF corn to the acre. and yet. would
nv. ne worth consideration for orchard
pu.poses. 1T lacks the essential ele-
,nen.s lor fruit growing. If the grower
.nusi nave cheap ands far away from,
a..oaos' such land should be selected
Nut Il moral certainty that shipping
faculties will becom. contiguous AS m.
".Snaro develops in passing wears. EN-
c,so. said that the education of
oml'd should begin before 1t is born.
nns Inuit grower should feel a full re-
.po'lsipl'lty OF proper caring for his
trees IN their young and tender cordi.
'ion. They may receive inilries ar mi.
.r,tlsal period. which. while they may
noI destroy life. may leave blishts. tina,
wnI greatly affect their usefulness
.hroush all periods of existence.
.ninh mat the fruit grower should b.
very familiar with ali the coInno,r.,
parts Of the soil. and should he rnady
;tt an times to make good the drafts for
sus.erance of growing trees, md. re
'nembering that wood and fruit ARE
of distinct elements. he
should not forget to freely use !. for
ttlizer that will furnish the food ~
CURED for the fruit.
iselerring again tn the wOr,, of mar.
ke,'as iru't. taking it for granted that
me orchardist would pack nothing mi
good fruit. 1t is quite apparent that the
pest results in making sales In neigh
orhoo not exactly convenient to mar
ket would be by forming fruit aSSocia.
IONS along lines as indicated hy the
letters already given. In cases wher.
tne apple grower does not care tn sor.
his fruit, 1T would seem to be better
Tor him to sell his orchard in a lun,,,
to the buyer. and let him do his own
sorting. on the other hand. If h grow
err understands all conditions, and is
wiling to meet all requirements, the
buyer. nine times out OF ten, would be
Wiling to pay an extra price for fruil
sorted n packed. Tho movement OF,
the part ut commission men in buying
orchards in a lump was started solely
for the reason that the packing done
by the growers In too many instances
was unsatisfactory: and m doubt most
or them would be willing to again buy
b: the barrel.
1t must be bor.,e in mind that an
pies should be placed III cold storage az
quickly as possible when picked. If ar
apple grower should have his own stor-
age house, he should he careful ia
pack the apples so we'll thai they will
need no %repackins when shipped IL
market. II he has no cold storage. and
the apples are not sold. he should
make all possible haste to place the
fruit In h nearest cold storage house.
a friend OF mine in Illinois. who buys
largely of New York apples. recently
told me that he had made Some very
serious mistakes by shipping the APP.
pies to Illinois instead OF placing the,n
In cold storage at once in New York.
AS a rule. at the time Of annie hnr-
vests. there ia a great rush in the ship
ping of apples. and it is sometimes very
d'frlcllt 10 get car service, and as u
consequence this delay in taking care
OF the fruit inficts injuries which havs
"A telling effect in decay and rottins
we'll secured in a cold storage they can
be out at the wner pleasure
and shipped at times when there is 4
lack of competition in securing car ser.
vice.
1T is essential that the retailer who
hauls apples to town in boxes and bas-
kets puts his fruit in clean packages
The old saying. Not how much. but
now good is II good motto in grow
ing fruit for market. We all know
that fancy apples will frequently sell
for IS to $40 per barrel. when the poor
market at 81 per barrel. 1t certainly
would be less trouble to handle ter
barrels OF apples worth 500 than 100
barrels worth the same amount. There.
need be no fears or anXieties of dis
posing of Il crop of the best apples tina,
ean be produced. IT can be depended
upon with the most reasonable assnr-
ance that wherever and whenever FIRST
class fruits are produced. some enter
prf5ing buyer will d%iscove the scent.
and trace the trail until the prize is
secured"