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well as size and condition of No. 2. Some buyers will accept for No. i 

 apples, free from all defects and above 2^ inches in diameter ; others will 

 accept down to 2^4 inches. 



I. N. Stebbins. 

 Orleans Co., N. Y. 



The custom of selling fruit in two grades at a uniform price per pack- 

 age for both is not uncommon, and one of the objects in making such a 

 sale is that the buyer may grade it or have it graded to suit himself. Cer- 

 tainly there can be no injustice to the grower in such a case in permitting 

 the buyer to do as he pleases. He may after buying put the fruit all in 

 one grade and call that No. 2, or he may make his No. i a fancy grade and 

 put the bulk of the fruit in another, and call it No. 2. In either case 

 ought the grower to complain, as he gets the same price per package with- 

 out regard to the grading. There are no rules that are binding in this 

 matter. The National Apple Shippers' Association has adopted rules of 

 grading, but they can be enforced only by individual contract. The rules 

 suggested by the New York State Fruit Growers' would not cover such a 

 case, because they do not include a second grade, the purpose being to base 

 the reputation of New York State fruit on high grade only. If, however, 

 the inquirer has reference to the line between the No. 2 and culls or re- 

 jected fruit he might be greatly injurd by allowing the buyer to dictate. 

 There should have been a distinct understanding at the time of sale and 

 the contract should have covered the point as specfically as possible. I 

 know of no rules that would govern the case in the absence of such a 

 contract. 



W. T. Mann. 



Barker. X. Y. 



IS FRUIT GROWING 0\'ERDONE? 



(By Prof. H. E. Van Deman, Ex-U. S. Pomologist.) 



Editor Rural World : Almost every day we hear of some big orchard 

 or other fruit plantation being planted or plans on foot for establishing it. 

 There are already in bearing thousands of orchards of such extent as 

 would have seemed foolish to even contemplate 25 years ago. and others 

 still larger that are not old enough to bear. The same is true of the vine- 

 yards, especially those of California, and of the strawberry fields as well. 

 The question comes into the mind, whether it is expressed or not. "What 

 will be done with all the fruit that will be produced ?" Yet the product of 



