Watsonville High School - Manzanita Yearbook (Watsonville, CA)

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back on. Truck gardening and a little stock raising were very highly recom- mended in connection with the apple business. Be sure that your apples are packed properly and advertised honestly. A good reputation is about the best asset you can have. The very first thing to do when you have your orchard is to join an apple growers' association. They do more for the growers than any one thing. If you put your apples in the hands of the association all you have to do is to raise a good crop. We have a fine association here with competent men in touch with the big warehouses that look after the apple markets all over the world. No lone farmer can do this by himself. and it's up to him to put his apples in the hands of people who can. These are a few suggestions which l hope you will find helpful in lessening the hazards of apple growing. I hope you will decide to come to Pajaro Valley because there's not a finer place on earth. Your old friend, PETER PIPPIN SALLY TYLER '29 Him- Zlmun Qlnmplaima You've romped on me, You've stomped on me, And spoiled my dress of green You've sat on me, You've lunched on me. And left me none too clean: You've kicked at me. You've picked at me, Oft in your bluest moods: You've rumpled me, You've crumpled me. l've thought you very rude. Then someone came Who was so kind: He pitied poor old me. He passed a law That left me free And easy in my mindp Woe unto you Who step on me! Demerits you shall gain. My dress all green, With brilliant sheen, Will adorn me after the rain. -HELEN TOTTEN Page Twenty-six