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Fruit Marks Act would not allow us to grade more than io% 

 No. I out of such fruit as yours." 



If the farmer is fairly intelligent, he sees the force of this, 

 and next year will spray his orchard or get rid of it altogether. 

 If he happens to be a chronic kicker, he may. set up a howl that 

 the Fruit Alarks Act prevents him from selling his fruit, but 

 this is usually received with the sarcastic reply from his neigh- 

 bors : "It is fortunate for us that we have a Fruit Marks Act." 

 And, lacking sympathy, the chronic grumbler is seldom heard 

 from the second time. 



The present dry spell has injured the apple crop perceptibly, 

 both by limiting the size and causing a great many apples to 

 drop prematurely. The crop of winter apples is likely to be 

 very short in Canada by the middle of January. I would not 

 be at all surprised to see the exports from Canada after Janu- 

 ary 15th curtailed by one-half. 



Do not hesitate to call upon me for any information which I 

 can give you with reference to specific features of the Inspec- 

 tion and Sale Act, which I can assure you is working for the 

 very great improvement of the Canadian apple trade, but doing 

 it indirectly and, therefore, perhaps without as much credit as 

 it might otherwise get. 



Yours very truly, 



A. McNeill, 



Chief, Fruit Division. 



