man's Pipe
and the Solanum, all good in a limited way. The climbing roses are all
right to use, although they lack foliage background and have to be laid
down every winter. However, I like to believe the man who designed the
first pergola had the grape vine in his mind in so doing, for the two
fit conditions like hand and glove.

It is a structure of charming possibilities. Its lines curve as well as
any other feature. Its proportions should be always light and graceful.
It adds much to almost any garden or home grounds when carefully used.
Its open work overhead typifies the freedom of the outdoors. It also
recalls the vine and its growth to the light. And if we temper our
enthusiasm with good sense, its use will be fortunate and the result a
happy one.

Packing and Marketing Apples.

H. M. DUNLAP, PRES. ILL. ORCHARD CO., SAVOY, ILLS.

The growing of apples is one problem, the marketing is another. The two
are intimately related but entirely different. It is essential in
obtaining the best results to first grow good apples for the market.
This, like the darkey's receipt for rabbit soup, comes first. The darkey
says, "first kotch your rabbit."

Many a grower who understands fairly well how to produce good fruit is
lost when it comes to selling it to an advantage to himself. You notice
that I said "to himself." It is often done to the advantage of the
buyer. Like most inventors the apple grower usually needs assistance in
selling what he has produced. The grower who connects up with the best
methods in this particular gets best results.

No one can long be successful whose methods are not careful and honest
in the packing of apples.

_Equipment for Harvesting the Apple Crop._--There are some who insist
that the only way to pick apples is to use a basket lined with cloth.
These insist that the use of the basket in picking is the most careful
method and that the bruising of the apples is reduced to a minimum. I
have, however, seen apples handled very roughly in baskets. The picker
hangs the basket on the tree, on the ladder rung, or sets it on the
ground and then proceeds to shoot the apples into the basket from
distances of one foot or six or eight feet away.

The bottomless picking sack, with broad straps across the shoulders, has
come into use within the past few years in many commercial orchards. My
experience is that either the basket or sack is good if rightly handled,
and either may be objectionabl