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string, and surely find that they have made nothing by 

 their dishonesty. Not only this, they create the impression 

 that fruit men generally are dishonest. It yearly takes hard 

 work of respectable horticultural societies to disabuse the 

 false impression. An old commission merchant of Chicago, 

 and a long time friend of mine, Mr. George, of 95 South 

 Water street, has kindly furnished me much valuable in- 

 formation in relation to packing, shipping, how fruits are 

 disposed of and returns made. Few men, even in the trade, 

 understand the technics of the business better than he, and 

 he also knows all about the growing of small fruits, having 

 graduated from the garden, and he now owns a fruit farm 

 at Racine, in your state. 



ABOUT SHIPPING. 



The general directions tls to packages, marking and ship- 

 ping, etc., may be stated as follows: All articles should bo 

 packed in clean and desirable packages, such as common 

 sense would dictate. Use care to pack in the neatest possi- 

 ble manner. Never use packages for any fruit that have 

 been used once for that or any other purpose. Above all do 

 not ship green apples in barrels that have contained flour or 

 sugar. 



DO NOT BE ASHAMED OP YOUR NAME. 



Articles sold by weight should have the gross and tare 

 marked plainly on each package, and those sold by count 

 should have the number contained. 



The address should be marked plainly with marking ink 

 on each package, also from whom consigned. Nail or tack 

 an invoice on each package, and also send an invoice by 

 mail. 



Put your own name and address on each package. If 

 you are known as an honest grower or packer, it is a guar- 

 antee of quality. If not, it shows you, at least, are not 

 ashamed of your fruit. 



SHIP ONLY MERCHANTABLE GOODS. 



Let the quality of each package be as nearly alike as pos- 

 sible. Undersized fruit, mixed with better, always degrades 



13-H. 



