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Second — The name and address of such packer or dealer shall be 

 printed or stamped on said closed packages in letters not less than one- 

 quarter inch in height. 



Section 3. No person shall sell or offer, expose or have in his posses- 

 sion for sale, in the open market, any fresh fruits or vegetables packed 

 in a closed package and intended for sale, unless such package is marked 

 as is required by this Act. 



Section 4. No person shall sell or offer, expose or have in his possession 

 for sale, any fresh fruits or vegetables packed in a closed or open pack- 

 age upon which package is marked anv designation, which represents 

 such fruit as '^No. 1," ''Finest," "Best," "Extra Good," "Fancy," 

 "Selected," "Prime," "Standard" or other superior grade or quality, un- 

 less such fruit or vegetable consists of well-groAvn specimens, of nearly 

 uniform size, normal shape, good color, for the variety, and not less than 

 90 per cent free from injurious or disfiguring bruises, diseases, insect in- 

 juries or other defects, natural deterioration and decay in transit or 

 storage excepted. 



Section 5. No person shall sell or offer, expose or have in his possession 

 for sale, any fresh fruits or vegetables packed in any package in which 

 the faced or shown surface gives a false representation of the contents 

 of such package, and it shall be considered a false representation when 

 more than 20 per cent of such fruit or vegetables are substantially smal- 

 ler in size than, or inferior in grade to, or different in variety from, the 

 faced or shown surface of such package, natural deterioration and decay 

 in transit, or storage excepted. 



Section 6. Every person who, by himself, his agent or employe, know- 

 ing violates any of the provisions of this Act shall for each offense, be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be 

 punished by a fine not exceeding f 10, or by imprisonment in the county 

 jail for a period not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and im- 

 prisonment, in the discretion of the court. 



THE KENT COUNTY FRUIT SECTION. 



BY HON. ROBERT D. GRAHAM^ GRAND RAPIDS. 



The writer came to Grand Rapids in September, 1864, and for some- 

 thing more than a year lived on Fountain street, just east of the present 

 site of the Peninsular Club building. In the spring of 1866 my father 

 purchased a small place on the hill out West Bridge street and engaged 

 in fruit growing and marketing gardening. While not very old I was of 

 a suflScient age to assist in the work and from that time to the present 

 day I have been more or less actively engaged in fruit growing. 



On this little farm was an orchard of apples and peaches planted by 

 the former owner, perhaps five or six years old, standing in the sod and 

 somewhat neglected. Fortunately, the varieties were good and after a 

 year or two of careful cultivation this orchard proved to be a very pro- 

 ductive and profitable investment. It contained about 200 apple trees 

 and 400 or 500 peach trees. The market at that time was entirely local 

 and our crop was either sold to the local grocery men or, more often, 

 peddled from house to house. Of course, we were not the only ones grow- 



