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Export of Tomatoes. - - From the 

 English market reports it would appear 

 that this fruit can be exported profitably 

 in cold storage. "The Fruit Grower," 

 London, dated July 22nd, quotes Guern- 

 sey tomatoes at from 6 to 10 cents a 

 pound, and speaks of the supply as be- 

 ing abundant. When we consider that 

 this fruit often sells as low as J4 cent 

 per pound in this country, it is evident 

 that we are encouraged to attempt its 

 export. 



Bartlett PEARS under the name 

 Williams are now, July 22, being sent 

 into the English market from France, 

 and quickly snapped up. French Jar- 

 gonelles are sent into the English mar- 

 ket in cases of from 48 to 56 fruits, and 

 selling at from 60c. to $1 per case. But 

 these are poor in quality. The best 

 pears promise to bring a good price, as 



home grown fruit in England is a short 

 crop this year. 



Uncle Sam has placed the duty on 

 fruits as follows : — Apples, peaches, 

 quinces, cherries, plums and pears, green 

 or ripe, twenty-five cents per bushel ; 

 apples, peaches, pears, and other edible 

 fruits, including berries, when dried, 

 desiccated, evaporated or prepared in 

 any manner, not specially provided for 

 in this Act, two cents per pound ; ber- 

 ries, edible, in their natural condition, 

 one cent, per quart. Currants two cents 

 a pound ; grapes 20 cents p^r cubic foot 

 of capacity ; plums 2 cents a pound. 



Thinning pe.\ches seems to be help- 

 ful in preventing the spread of rot. This 

 year the Alexanders were so heavily 

 loaded that we thought it advisable to 

 thin, and accordingly we removed from 

 one third to one half the fruit from the 



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