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a box F.O.B. California. To compete with these CaHfornia prices, peaches 

 might be quoted 90 cents a box F.O.B. St. Catharines or Grimsby. In 

 fact, with one exception, prime Crawford peaches sold in advance of this 

 price, and the average net price obtained for No. 1 Crawfords, counting 

 the price of the box, was 92 cents- 



Package, — 4^ in. x 12 in. x 18^2 in ; cost, 8c. 

 St. Catharines. 



The low price on the last lot — 74c. net — was due, not to any inferiority in the 

 fruit, but simply to the uncertainty in the method of sale. 



Fig. 7 shows two boxes of Ontario peaches with a box of California peaches 

 between. It may be seen that the California fruit is larger ; but in other par- 

 ticulars the Ontario fruit is superior. The photograph does not do justice to the 

 fine colors of the Ontario fruit. A close inspection, however, will reveal these 

 colors. The CaHfornia box of fruit is uniformly pale, while the Ontario speci- 

 mens show dark and pale alternately. The dark is, of course, the colored side of 

 the peach, and the fine appearance of the original, as contrasted with the pale- 

 ness of the California product, is at once evident. 



