. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. '915 BETTER FRUIT /i fruit is offered to those who are to select his apples and at what price. He must decide whether he should sell his own crops or sell through associations, and he must know where he may most advantageously dispose of his fruit. Such preparation is not easily ob- tained, hence the weeding out will take place rapidly; but the man who is thus armed for this competition can hardh fail to succeed. Newspaper reports indicate that the apple growers of New York State, real- izing the ajjple crop is short this year, at the present time are very
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. '915 BETTER FRUIT /i fruit is offered to those who are to select his apples and at what price. He must decide whether he should sell his own crops or sell through associations, and he must know where he may most advantageously dispose of his fruit. Such preparation is not easily ob- tained, hence the weeding out will take place rapidly; but the man who is thus armed for this competition can hardh fail to succeed. Newspaper reports indicate that the apple growers of New York State, real- izing the ajjple crop is short this year, at the present time are very firm in their ideas of prices. It is stated that New York growers, believing the crop to be one-half of last year, think ajjples should sell for twice the money sold at in 1!)14. Those who solil at are asking .^ per barrel this year. There are many who are holding for $ per barrel for Standard Bald- wins. Very few sales have been re- ported up to the present time. Dealers operating in New York State intimate that the price from .*2.()(l to .* ought to be the limit for this year's crop. Dealers believe that by starting the crop off at a moderate price consump- tion will be stimulated at the begin- ning, the demand kept up throughout the season and a better obtained. average price Mr. ,1. \. Westerlund, member of the Board of Control from Southern Ore- gon, attended the meeting of the North- west Fruit drowers' Council in August, where he also met Mr. Brand and mem- bers of the Federal Trade Commission, composed of ,Ios. E. Davies of ^Viscon- sin, chairman; Edward Hurley of Illi- nois, vice-chairman, and the following other connnissioners: \Vm. J. Harris of Georgia, ^Vill H. Parry of Washing- ton and deorge Bublee of New Hamp- shire. The Federal Trade Commission is making an extensive tour of the United States to ascertain just what trade conditions are and for the pur- pose of seeing what can be done to im- prove business conditions. Boutell Apple Paring Machi
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