attention, but the endorsement, of many engineering authorities. The undertaking now resolves itself into a matter of expense and international arrangement between the countries most concerned by any deflection of these two great oceanic rivers.

Starting with the southeasternmost point of Newfoundland's shore, the jetty is planned to extend seaward over the Grand Bank for a distance of two hundred miles. A breakwater of this extent sounds like a stupendous undertaking, and such, indeed, it would be but for the natural forces which Mr. Riker proposes to utilize. In brief, he seeks to have the Labrador Current and the Gulf Stream complete what they have already built in the shape of that mountain of sand. By dropping upon that plateau a riprap or narrow backbone of broken stone, the ridge will catch from the Arctic Current principally the detritus that that current is continually moving southward. Mr. Riker says in his book, "Power and Control of the Gulf Stream," that the the "scouring action of the Labrador Current will form a natural deposit of about three thousand to one against" it, and by successively raising hills or ridges in this manner, it would be but a matter of from three to five years only before a substantial barrier would arise well-nigh to the very surface of the sea. Nature is ready to lend her co-operation in other directions. There is abundant stone nearby, and plenty of water power that could be used not only to quarry the rock but to transport it to shipping points. This, of course, would greatly reduce the total outlay which Mr. Riker has purposely overestimated, and which critical students of the problem have figured would not exceed an ultimate cost of $20,000,000. In order to carry the rock to the points of deposit, Mr. Riker would build unusually large dumping barges, and these would have their bottom doors so arranged that their emptying could be

sweeps down along our coast, thus forcing the warm tide of the Gulf Stream farther seaward from our shores. This is quite probably the cause of our changed and changing climate, and this is being more and more emphasized by alterations which are going on under the sea and upon the top of the Grand Bank's plateau. It is to check this hidden working off the coast of Newfoundland and to re-establish the ancient sweep of the Gulf Stream along our seaboard, that Mr. Riker proposes his wonderful jetty. There was a time when a project of this sort would have met with ridicule the hydrographic engineer had not then accomplished the marvels which have since become commonplace by repetition-but today both mechanical facilities and practical experience have altered the viewpoint. As a matter of fact, Mr. Riker's

apples for the trade, in addition to their order for several thousand barrels of apples for the general market. One New York commission man thereupon signed a contract for 6,000 apples for which he was to pay fifteen cents each at Lebanon, the number being limited to make them sufficiently exclusive.

Each apple was perfectly sound, of high color and uniform shape, not less than three and one-half inches in diameter, nor more than a quarter of an inch larger. Each stem had at least two perfect leaves attached and each apple was packed in an attractive pasteboard box and the top sealed.

which closed the pores of the skin and leaves, causing the latter to retain their natural color, and conserving in the apple the original flavor. After the solution had dried, each apple was wrapped in soft tissue paper to hold it firmly in its box in which it was immediately placed. The leaves were carefully arranged on top of the wrapping paper so that they would not be folded or crumpled, and the top was sealed.

The major part of the order was filled with Ben Davis apples, but Ganos, Minklers, Willow Twigs, and Ingrams were also used. Twelve boxes were packed in an attractive carton and

CUTTING THE FORTYCENT APPLES FROM THE TREES. WITH SCISSORS.

six cartons made a shipping case. The apples were sent to New York in refrigerator cars about the first of November and placed in cold storage, to be withdrawn as required.

Twenty-five cents per apple represents the cost of transportation and the profits for the commission man and for the hotels serving the apples.

The patron of the hotel cafe indicates to the waiter the variety he desires, and in due time the sealed box and a special knife for opening the box is served on a plate. The consumer himself opens the box, removes the apple and returns the empty box to the waiter with the usual tip for service.

This enterprising grower also packed 1,000 boxes of fancy apples for exclusive family trade, for which fifty cents per box was received at Lebanon. These apples did not have leaves attached nor were they dipped in the special solution. Each one was wrapped in soft tissue paper. The name of the growers and of the variety contained was attractively printed on the top of each box. These boxes retailed at one dollar each.

The prime crop of this orchard amounted to 150 carloads this season,

5,000 barrels of which were packed as extra fancy and placed in cold storage for the holiday trade. The other 13,000 barrels of standard-grade apples were sold, at considerably more than market quotations, to commission men who were willing to pay something for the grower's reputation in addition to the value of the apples. These will be placed on the market after the cheap, orchard-run fruit has been worked off.

It is stated that orchards properly cared for in the Missouri Ozarks will produce apples superior in color and flavor to those grown in any other part of the United States, the irrigated orchards of the western country not excepted. The ridiculed Ben Davis variety was the leader in the individual boxpacked apples to sell at forty cents each in New York City.