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Via Portland as "Canada apples," thus bringing the liigiicst price 

 instead of the lowest. Whichever of these statements is correct, or 

 if both are so to some extent, the facts ought to be ascertained and 

 made known. It we are building up tlie reputation of Canada 

 apples at our own expense, and in anotlier quarter getting the 

 reputation of "• deaconing" our apples, t)otli practices are reprehen- 

 sible. I do not believe that our apples as a whole are packed less 

 honesth' than those ot other States. 



Athekton. I saw a large quantity of apples brought into 

 Ilallowell, a year ago last fall, for a l)uyer from Boston. They were 

 in flour-barrels, and were oorapletel}' covered with [lour. Flour- 

 barrels should never be used for packing apples without being first 

 thoroughly cleaned. It is utterly inipossil)le to sweep them clean, 

 so but the flour will show upon the apples ; they should be washed 

 with water and dried, then there is no trouble. 



BoARDMAN. With regard to the price of apples in the Liverpool 

 market. I was at the house of Mr. Carr, in Winthrop, last year, 

 and saw there a gentleman from Montreal who was engaged in 

 shii)ping apples from Portland. They were put up at Mr. Carr's 

 house, in Winthrop, where he had apples stored and were packed and 

 marked as Canada apples ; and the reason given by Mr. Carr, was 

 that the home people had a preference for their own apples, and 

 Canada apples brought a higher price in Liverpool than those from 

 the States. A large proportion of the Carr apples are sold, known 

 to be Maine apples. I believe as a rule that it is the design of fruit 

 growers to pack well so far as they understand, and as required by 

 the shippers. 



Pope. If pai'ties come in and purchase our apples, how can w^e 

 prevent them from putting the Canada brand upon them. It is very 

 little use to put them up to keep up a reputation in England putting 

 the larger ones in the ends and small ones in the centre. Their 

 method there is to burst out the head and pour the apples out so 

 that they are all in sight. Whether the apples are put u[) in poor 

 or good shape it is known immediately, and known where they come 

 from. It is a new business putting up apples for a foreign market, 

 and it is not generally' understood how the}' should be packed. 



The President. I believe it is necessary to keep our apples 

 branded from Maine and wait patiently, and in time we shall get a 

 reputation as well as Canada. 



