The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20
Vermont Apples

the Boston Fruit Show The Even
ing Transcript remarked that Yer
mont Had her own way" an newt
able comment, since Vermont varie-
thirds, fourths. and fifths among
the prizes The significance OF Yer
mont superiority was recognized by
the Providence Journal which said,
Vermont is entitled to much credit
ties were awarded IA first, seconds,
for starting competition with the
Western growers. The other New
England states should join in the
movement for producing and selling
apples at home"
The practical question which now
faces the apple growers OF Vermont
is, how shall Vermont live up to
these appropriations of Vermont's
leadership. We have proven that
Vermont's best is, or may be, the
best of all. But we must not boast,
since our best is so small proper
ton of our output, and our output is
so much smaller than we ought to
make it,
Recent events force upon us a
privilege, duty. If we can produce
the best here and there, now and
then, we ought to produce the best
always and every where. II we al
low a befooled public to deceive them
selves in the enjoyment of what is
not the best, but is skillfully produc,
ed and sold as such by masters of or.
ganization and advertising, how can
we III our neglect of opportunity and
disloyality to duty face our ministers
on Sunday, or our consciences during
the week?
We must put the goods back of our
good name Forever Symbol of the
Best in Fruits of Field, and Arts OF
Shop and Gift of Mine, in Men and
the Deeds Men do Thus alone can
we capitalize the name Vermont as
applied to Vermont products,
We must not allow the Vermont
apple to go the way Of the Vermont
turkey, which is too often a mere
word synonymous with perfection
Imagine what our state income would
be if all the so-called Vermont tur-
keys sold in the great cities were
really produced in Vermont and paid
for at the price of a fancy article
To avoid such fate for the Vermont
| apple, we must survey Vermont as
an apple region and then. faithful to
the result of our study, get together
to produce the best, nothing but the
best, and enough of the best to salts.
fly buyers from New England, from
the West, and from Europe.
AT the annual meeting of the
Greater Vermont Association. held at
Brattleboro on May 18th, 1915 the
Association voted to seek the cooper,
alton of the Vermont Horticultural
Society, the State Grange, and the
County Agricultural Associations in
making an apple survey of Vermont
At the close of this season Of 1915,
now when the Vermont apple has
just been glorified, now seems the on
perfume time to carry out this project
by which we study the situation, find
out what we are doing. what our
problems and difficulties are, what
are the needs and possibilities OF Yer
mont as the apple state.
The object of this survey is three
fold: to increase the interest, not
only of farmers and orchardists, but
also of merchants and manufactur.
ers and bankers; to secure definite
information about increase in orch
ards, methods of culture, handling of
the product plans of marketing, as
they are now practiced; to stimulate
thought and improve methods
through the assembling Of informa-
ton and suggestions in report
based on this survey which will re-
feet the collective wisdom and eY-
| perience of the apple growers OF
| Vermont
We seek, then, your official approx
| al of this survey project and your
hearty personal cooperation in Civ
ing us the data and in encouraging
| others to do so. James p. Taylor.