THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



idea and unsatisfactory representation oi the 

 real article, which, if reproduced, would 

 hardly be distinguishable. By manipulat- 

 ing- the blocks and punnets which we have 

 had enj^raved for this purpose, we hope to 

 give on paper a skeleton key, so to speak, 

 of some of the most attractive and best 

 methods of window dressing. All the fruit- 

 erer will have to do is to take the illustra- 

 tions and work by them according to the 

 few simple instructions given with each 

 illustration. 



For this purpose the window board should 



be the whole length of window, and wide 

 enough to allow of taking show baskets and 

 punnets. Fruit to be placed in these bas- 

 kets appears in type. The window board 

 should be covered with white paper each 

 time the window is dressed. Some soft 

 packing material should also be placed in 

 the bottom of the baskets, the whole to be 

 covered with a sheet of tissue paper. Choice 

 dessert fruits should also be packed about 

 the base in tissue, thus forming a nest or 

 cup for the fruit to rest in. 



—Journal of Greengrocery . 



Fit;. 1975. A Fruit Window. 



Note.— The show or baby baskets and punnets, as set out in our illustration, are sufficient to cover 

 a window-board 5ft. 6in. wide. Eachbasket to be filled with fruit, the names of which appear in tj^pe. 

 Vox larger shops the window-boards may be increased in length, but not in width, as 3ft. 4in. will be 

 found quite wide enoue;n if the fruit is to be got at easil3\ The baskets will be increased in number 

 accordingly. As regards punnets, those shown are large sized ones so much in use now in window 

 dressing for exhibiting selected fruits. It will be seen we have introduced two of the newest fruits, viz. ; 

 the Per.simmon and Mango. Even if the fruiterer has no sale for these they should have a place in the 

 window, as one of the most important points to be remembered in window dressing is to cause attraction, 

 and this these fruits are doing wherever they are exhibited. 



