. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Pas-c 18 BETTER FRUIT October. JAMES HANDLEY. Founder of Nat MH. HANDLEY was born in Rhode Island, spending much of his early life in an apple orchard, consisting of Rhode Island Greenings. When a boy he moved to Missouri, living for a few years in the vicinity of St. Joseph, where he continued his interest in orchariling and fruit growing, becom- ing a member of the local horticultural society. Dui'ing his school life he de- voted much attention to the study of botany, studying the growth of trees, plants and flowers. Afterwards he moved to M(mtana. While there
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Pas-c 18 BETTER FRUIT October. JAMES HANDLEY. Founder of Nat MH. HANDLEY was born in Rhode Island, spending much of his early life in an apple orchard, consisting of Rhode Island Greenings. When a boy he moved to Missouri, living for a few years in the vicinity of St. Joseph, where he continued his interest in orchariling and fruit growing, becom- ing a member of the local horticultural society. Dui'ing his school life he de- voted much attention to the study of botany, studying the growth of trees, plants and flowers. Afterwards he moved to M(mtana. While there he learned the printer's trade, becoming associated with the press and doing nnich work in a publicity way in de- veloping the fruit industry <if that state. While in Montana he i)ublishe(l a pam- phlet on the resources of that state, making ])rominent the orchard indus- try. Later he returned East and settled in Quincy, Illinois, his present home, where he assisted in organizing the Mississippi Valley Apple (irowers' Asso- ciation. For fourteen years he has been secretary-treasurer, a great tribute to his ability and shicerity in behalf of the fruit industry of that section. The asso- ciation came into existence for educa- tional |)urposes and for the purpose of observing more closely the causes of failures in the production of fruit. Through the efforts of Mr. Handley, QUINCY, ILLINOIS ional Apple Day who conducted a very careful campaign of research work, it was determined to a large extent that the poor crops were due to a lack of care and treatment on the part of the owner. Therefore Mr. Handley concluded that it was wise to set apart one day of the year to be observed in giving serious attention to the causes of failure and to other fac- tors that might be introduced for the purpose of arousing a more general and concerted action on the part of the growers, with a view to obtaining bet- ter results. Incidentally, confidence was inspired, and the idea was so popular tha
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