. Apple growing in the Pacific Northwest; a condensation of lectures, experiments and discussions. ly decided to come to Ore-gon. He did not know Oregon conditions, but was sure he would likethem, so bought land in Eastern Oregon and was going to grow we looked him up he was 150 miles from a railroad. That iswhat I mean about good markets. Be sure and have good trans-portation if you are going to make a success. Buy near a railroad, forcountry road transportation is very difficult. If you lay out an or-chard a long way from a railroad, but are sure that there is goingto be a railro
. Apple growing in the Pacific Northwest; a condensation of lectures, experiments and discussions. ly decided to come to Ore-gon. He did not know Oregon conditions, but was sure he would likethem, so bought land in Eastern Oregon and was going to grow we looked him up he was 150 miles from a railroad. That iswhat I mean about good markets. Be sure and have good trans-portation if you are going to make a success. Buy near a railroad, forcountry road transportation is very difficult. If you lay out an or-chard a long way from a railroad, but are sure that there is goingto be a railroad in five or six years, it is all right. It makes a greatdifference whether apples have to be hauled five or ten miles. There are two or three different kinds of markets to be taken intoconsideration. Some people like special markets. They have so many(Customers, and those customers will pay them a good price, like somepeople have markets for chickens, eggs, butter, etc. If you want amarket of that kind, you must go near a big city, and you want a lot 30 APPLE GROWING IX THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. «l tiijiaj iiiy an apple t jichard in the of money to start with, because it is going to cost a large amount toput this market in shape in order to bring high prices. The market almost all apple-growers want to go to is the whole-sale market. It does not make much difference where you go, justso you go near a railroad. Some time ago people used to ship applesin sacks. They did not know the best way to get apples to market,nor understand packing as we do. With our up-to-date packing ap-pliances and our much improved expressing, we can grow apples righthere and put them on the market in Europe just as easily as a mancan get apples in Ohio and send them to New York City, because wehave the first-class means to get them there. After we have takenthese things into consideration, we have decided to buy near a rail-road, of course. Two railroads are better than one. TJien you want to take a lo
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