The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-10-23

"Strickt,y fancy Mcintosh continue
to meet a good demand 81 about top
on best state offer ngs, some lots he'd
higher. hut best marks OF Vermont
commanding up to So
The quotation is taken from the
Producers Prlce-Current, published
in New York City. trade paper de
voted to agricultural pre- ducts. The
writer is not Vermont booster. He
merely set, forth condit 0ns as they
exist on the New York apple market.
The date was Monday. October Is.
In other words. Vermont Mcintosh
Reds are topping" the New York
market by 81 10 50 per barrel That
may be news to many residents 4
the Green Mounta state who mod,
est'y tank that they can produce
nothing to compare with the irus Of
states that loom larger in the big
markets Vermont apples have the
quality and the quantity should in
crease.
The Herald Wi hazard the guess
J that some OF the Vermont apples that
are commanding the ton prices come
from the McRae orchard az CastletCn.
| II the apples offered in New York
are Of the same quality as those from
that famous orchard left at the edit
ors desk Yesterday, New York buy
ers are lucky to get them for 81 a
barre. They are apples fit for a
king. rich In color. large in size and
with q flavor that rivals the far-famed
nectar of Olympus or legendary re-
cord.
Vermont apples are further signal
| lied IN the market report quoted by
being designated by the name of the
state from which they come Yer
mont apples are the only apples 50
designated in this particular report
That means that the Vermont grow
ers who are producing quality stuff
have established il as such on the
| New York market That will make II
eas er for other Vermont growers tc
market their stun, but IL must come
lnp tc standard always
The price 81 per barrel is not q
record but Il Is regarded as unusually
good for n biz crop year as 1920 Yer
Ifnout apples of the first quality ugu
Tally command q premium of 81 to 3,
! over those from other states and what
he Mcintosh Red the current season
able apple is doing In October, the
Northern Spy viii do in later mC nths
Tho apD'e morket IS pretty much d,
moralized bv the food of offgrad,
stuff being dumped on t by growers
who do not produce the quality fru
Desnitc somewhat glutted condition
OF the market, Vermont apples car
command a fancy price Vermont an
nles cannot d. this unless their aual
ty Is rieht The quality cannot b,
right unless the trees have beer
sprayed regularly and the orchard
have been given scientific attention
Producers OF these quality anp'e
, will tell YOU there is not the slightes
{ difficulty in market ng them at goo
; prices--eyeu In 1920 The McRae OF
| nhard is not the only one in the stat
, that is getting these big price an
Y v McRae. tho proprietor. woul
be the last to make any such boast
2 He is cited as the nearest and mos
. available Illustration and The Hera'
believes him when he says any grow
1 er in Ne'mont can do rs we'll by 70
!. lowing the same methods.
{ Ana by the way II is interesting {
. recall once more that Gull Mclns0s
: Reds being sold in Rut' and stores d
+ Is cents 20 Sl2j peck figure frol
Q 81 to SIS o barrel as against the $
J. the finest quality brings in New Yorl
I OF course the New York price is IN
}. wholesale quotation paid the pro du
|, er Rutland Herald