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the good to that of the inferior. Above all things never 

 seek to hide the inferior beneath the superior. It never paid 

 any man in the long run. If the price will warrant, ship 

 the under sized berries in separate crates. If not, use them 

 ug in some way at home. 



Mr. George holds that country shippers should make it 

 their aim to send none but merchantable articles to Chicago, 

 if they wish to obtain ready sales. Poor lots, not fit for use, 

 and such which country shippers would not use themselves — 

 they being good judges — should not be sent to market. It 

 frequently occurs that freight charges are hardly obtainable 

 for some consignments, and such cases always create dis- 

 satisfaction among shippers. Freight charges are no more 

 for good articles than poor ones, and there is always better 

 sale for merchantable goods than poor unsightly appearing 

 lots. Shippers, also, should be careful in shipping, and also 

 in making their purchases in the country. 



Always fill berry boxes well, and ship full quart boxes. 

 This will enable sellers to make quicker sales and obtain 

 better prices than if the boxes were only half full, or the 

 measure small. Do not put good fruit on top and poor on 

 the bottom, for the sake of deception, as the fraud is gener- 

 ally detected, and will in the future injure the sale and repu- 

 tation of your brand. Honesty is the best policy. It is 

 easier to loose a good reputation than to regain it. Neither 

 should you make the honest error of packing small berries 

 with large, to fill spaces. The larger the berries are, and 

 the fewer that go to make a full quart, the better the price. 

 The same rule works with all fruits. 



The first of small fruits — that may be shipped in larger 

 packages later, as cherries, currants, gooseberries, whortle- 

 berries, cranberries, etc. — should be shipped in quart boxes. 

 Sixteen boxes to the crate is a good number for ease in hand- 

 ling. Later these may be shipped in chests of drawers, and 

 if of superior quality these should have compartments — a 

 slight frame without top or bottom, that may be lifted out 

 for ease in measuring. 



Have handles to each case of drawers. It saves rough 

 usage in transit, and it saves packages being turned upside 



