July, 1916. 



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the fruit was grown. These inspectors 

 traveled from place to place visiting fruit 

 houses, giving instructions and incidentally 

 notifying the inspectors at the docks when 

 they had reason to believe that improperly 

 packed fruit was being shipped, also from 

 what place it was being shipped and the car 

 number. This enabled the men at the dock 

 to more quickly discover poorly packed 

 fruit. 



Now things are different. Nearly all the 

 inspection is done at the point of .shipment, 

 that is at the fruit house or orchard when 

 the fruit is packed. The fruit growing dis- 

 trict is divided into sections. We have one 

 " ini'dred and ten large packing houses and 



eh inspector is assigned a section em- 

 Niacing a number of these houses. In the 

 larly part of the season he visits orchards 

 where fruit is being packed. 



These inspectors are constantly on the 

 move and visit all points in their section as 

 often as possible. They inspect fruit any 

 where they find it ready for market and for- 

 ward their reports direct to the office of the 

 Fruit Commissioner at Ottawa. Instruction 

 is our strongest point. Inspectors act as 

 instructors as well as detectives. We find 

 that the percentage of growers who are dis- 

 honest when once they thoroughly under- 

 stand how fruit should be packed, is very 

 small. The fact that fruit was never better 

 or more honestly packed than it was last 

 year is a strong argument in favor of in- 

 spection at the point of shipment, where 

 instruction can be given to the men in the 

 fruit packing houses. 



Leamington new cabbage has appeared on 

 Toronto market, and sells at $1.50 per 

 bushel. Leamington hothouse tomatoes and 

 cucumbers have been a feature on that mar- 

 ket for some time. 



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