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man and the peaches comprising the two or three top layers had 

 chased each other around the basket until they were scarcely re- 

 cognizable. The peaches had evidently been dumped into the 



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basket and they settled as soon as placed upon the cars. Our 

 method of handling peaches is the very best advertisement of the 

 handsome Pacific coast fruit. In that fruit, every individual peach 

 is sound and perfect ; in eastern fruit, the peaches often run 

 through the package and are sold in the liquid state ! 



