412 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THE CANADIAN FRUIT MARKS ACT. 



PROF. SAMUEL B. GREEN. 



The Canadian Fruit Marks Act has for its object the establish- 

 ment of a high grade for Canadian fruit. It has been very helpful, 

 and in the English market, on account of this law, Canadian fruit 

 is ranked even higher than fruit from the United States. 



At the recent meeting of the American Pomological Society the 

 subject of a fruit marks act in the United States was discussed at 

 considerable length, and it was the general opinion that such an act 

 could hardly be made compulsory, but if growers were given the op- 

 portunity of availing themselves of it and could mark their fruit as 

 inspected, many of them would be glad to have their fruit properly 

 inspected ; for it is well known that fruit that is certain to be up to 

 grade will sell much higher than that which is bought on the market, 

 where the buyer largely takes his chances. 



The two principal clauses in the Fruit Marks Act are as follows, 

 and state what good fruit is and what shall be considered false 

 representation : 



"6. No person shall sell or oflfer, expose or have in his possesion 

 for sale any fruit packed in a closed package, upon .which package 

 is marked any designation which represents such fruit as of No. i 

 or XXX, finest, best or extra good quality, unless such fruit consist 

 of well-grown specimens of one variety, sound, of nearly uniform 

 size, of good color for the variety, of normal shape and not less than 

 ninety percent free from scab, worm holes, bruises and other defects, 

 and properly packed. 



"7 . No person shall sell, or offer, expose or have in his possession 

 for sale, any fruit packed in any package in which the faced or 

 shown surface gives a false representation . of the contents of such 

 package ; and it shall be considered a false representation when more 

 than fifteen per cent of such fruit is substantially smaller in size 

 than, or inferior in grade to, or different in variety from, the faced 

 or shown surface of such package." 



MOWER COUNTY FRUIT IN 1905. 



GEO. W. STRAND, TAYLOR FALLS. 



The present season is rather an "off year" for the apple and 

 plum crop, but notwithstanding that southern Minnesota orchards 

 have been yielding a bountiful supply of apples to more than supply 

 the^ocal demands. The fruit shown at the recent Mower County 

 fair, at Austin, Minn., the county seat, showed more evidences of 

 scab and insect ravages than usual, but on the whole was a very 

 instructive advertisement for that section. 



