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A. The name and address are on each barrel so the re- 

 sponsibility can be traced immediately. 



Q. What is done with the barrel that is not np to the 

 standard ; is it allowed to go in to the market, after it is condemed ? 



A. Yes. if the shipper likes he can send it, but it is branded 

 "Falsely Marked." 



Q. Is there a penalty? 



A. Yes, I forget what it is, but it is sufficient to stop any- 

 one from doing it. The law is working very satisfactorily indeed, 

 and although there are some barrels that still escape the inspec- 

 tor's eye, yet the number of barrels that are falsely marked are 

 growing less every year. 



"THE CHERRY." 



I do not know that very many of you have any special 

 interest in this fruit. Although this is one of the most popular 

 fruits to be had it is the most unpopular fruit to grow commer- 

 cially. I have had occasion to get information from every state 

 in the United States and from all parts of Canada and I find 

 * it is in very few states indeed that the cherry is grown to any 

 extent, although cherries can be grown from Maine to Dakota 

 and from Dakota to Georgia, yet, although there are some large 

 cherry orchards in a few states, it is not grown to any extent. 

 There are several reasons for this. One is that the cherry has 

 to be handled in a very short time. It is a perishable fruit, 

 so full of juice it goes by very quickly, and unless there are 

 pickers to handle the crop it is wasted, and as it comes early 

 in the season it is sometimes difficult to get pickers. Then 

 another thing, unless the crop is disposed of almost imme- 

 diately there is not much profit in it. You can't hold cherries 

 as long as you can apples for instance. Then the buyer does 

 not of course like to handle a very large quantity of the fruit 

 for unless it is consumed very quickly it goes bad on his hands. 

 There is not the temptation to plant large cherry orchards as 

 there is apple orchards. 



These are the principal reasons why cherry growing has not 

 developed as rapidly as it might, but every one should grow a 

 few cherries for his own use, and then the question may be 

 asked: "Why are not more cherries grown around the home?" 

 There are two reasons for this : One is on account of the black 

 knot and the other is because of the birds, both of which are 

 troublesome, the latter so much so that often when one has a 

 good crop one seldom gets sufficient for his own use. Both 

 these difficulties can be overcome if we want to have 



