The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-10-08
SOME FACTS ABOUT
THE APPLE CROP

apple market will be. II is worrying
all OF us that have apples to sell
n great deal and the dealers and cold
storage men a great deal more. wha
the result will he no one can say
with any degree of certainty. One
fact stands out clear and distinct
and that is that there is practically
no market At present at any price.
One can always hear. and there are
thousand tongues to repeat the
story that prices are better at other
points than at home. For instance
few days ago rancher brought to
Canon City q load OF some TWEEN
odd boxes OF Jonathan apples al
left them with a local dealer; takini
receipt for them at eighty-five cents
box. In about an hour he return
ed to the dealer and said. Il wan
my apples back. When askec
what was fhe trouble he said iona
thans are selling in Pueblo for twr
dollars and seventy-fve cents a box
who told YOU inquired the dealer
to which he replied. mir. Blank says
that is the regular price down thor
for the best quality OF Jonathans an
that we are not getting enough 70
them in Canon City. You can't hold
me up any longer at eighty-fye cents
box and I am going to take my
crop to Pueblo hereafter" The ap
pies were returned to him after II
dealer had sndeavored to convince
him that 1t was n mistake and he took
them to Pueblo and disposed OF them
at n dollar and twenty-five cents &
box. He spent four days selling les
than thirty boxes OF apples and 20
about ten dollars more for them thar
he received here. He lost more thai
half n weeks time for himself an
team. which was worth considerable
to say nothing OF the hotel and liver
stable bills which the trip entailei
The two dollars and seyenty-fiye
cent price ne learned had been uai
for a box of premium apples at o.
state fair. but had not repeated.
What we r.anohers need is to qu
chasing rainbows and work togethe
for the common good. There are cr
tain people In the community TIM
are talking OF the organization OF
new fruitgrowers association.
have two good associations and sew
raj good dealers. Why not be ioyu
to what we have and work in har'
mony together?' What We ranchmen
need is to Le honest with ourselves
lie us try more thorough eultlva
tion. pruning. fertilization. spraying
and pack in the hope OF getting be-
ter crop. One great trouble is "
our pack. We dc not sort our ap-
pies carefully enough to get the best
prices or the market 1 know II 8
hard to discard nuit that is n little
OF In color and has but slight imper-
fections. but It pays to do SO. II the
result is not apparetn in a better
price this year if Will be next sea
son.
My crop his year looked good. but
when II came TO packing II only
got about twenty per cent fancy
apples. They were carefully handled
and packed and sold them at n dol
lar a box without trouble. They had
size. color and uniformity and you
could have offered n premium for an
unworthy apple without the slightest
danger OF having to pay IT, Our
failure to make discriminating
pack hurts the reputation Of the com
munity as a grower OF irst class ap-
pies and is especially bad for the
individual placing such fruit on the
market. / raw a grower bring load
OF apples 20 town recently that he