Southern Illinois Record

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FLOR.V. ILLINOIS. Till RSD.VY. 0(TOHEU 2.$. 191:1
NO. 4
SURPRISED AT ADVANTAGES
An
Experienced Apple Grower
Surprised At Indifference
Shpwn Here
Is
CLAY COUNTY   APPLES   BEST
Has Been Proven That We Put on
the Market the Best Flavored
Apple in United States
''I liuve fur a miinber of years lieard of Uie advantaKes tliat (.'lay county offered tho apple (frowers. I have seen the fruit prodiK-ed here In various markets, and know it to he superior in l]av(jr to any produced in tlio Triited .s*tate.s. and I made up uiy mind to visit this country and see for myself and I have arrived, have .seen, and am surprised that the owners of the orchards will no^lect tliem, when they would if properly cared for, hrin^f tliem larger returns each year, than the price they are offering to sell them for." This was the statenienl made by a pentle- man to a Record representative this week.
He said "1 have had years of ex- perleni'e In Krowintf apples. I have been In al)out all the noted apple sections of the United States, and no place have I found the people so in- dilTercnt to tho possibilities that are before thom, as rlglit In this section, and I am unable to understand why your farmers and orchard owners pay so little attention to an Industry that If carefully followed would make this one of the most wealthy sections In the country. Its advant¬ ages for growlnjf apples are as fjood or better than those of the famrnis Ilood Klver country of the north¬ west, you are iiuich nearer to market, nearer the center of consumption and raise a much better flavored fruit than they, yet their orchards are valued at from one to Hve thou¬ sand dollars per a(.Te."
We were unable to shed any lljflit on this (|uestkin, In fact we have asked It ourselves often and have never Iiad a satisfactory answer. Probably tliere is something' abo ul it we