PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR MARKETING FRUIT. 



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tricts I thought this might be of interest to 

 you. — M. Steele, M.D., Tavistock, Perth 

 County." 



The hardiness of this peach may make it 

 very valuable for sections outside the peach 

 belt. Coming in with Yellow St. John and 

 Champion it would not be of any great value 

 where these succeed. The peach is attrac- 

 tive, skin cream with red cheek, flesh white, 

 tender and juicy, of the flavor of the natural 

 fruit which is excellent eaten with cream 

 and sugar. 



The Russell is a new apple shown us on 

 the 3rd of September at the Industrial by 

 Mr. J. P. Cockburn, of Gravenhurst. It 

 originated, he said, near Ottawa, in the 

 County of Russell. It is another of the 

 Fameuse type, 2^ x 3 inches in size, a 

 bright red color, and white tender flesh, 

 very agreeable. Its season is September. 



The Mammoth Dewberry is shown in 

 the Rural New Yorker, of Sept. 7th. 



The McPike Gra<>e, a seedling of Wor- 

 den, was on exhibition in Buffalo. It seem- 

 ed to be similar in appearance and season to 

 Campbell's Early. It is being introduced by 

 the Silas Wilson Co., of Atlantic, Iowa, and 

 was originated by H. G. McPike, of Alton, 

 111. The introducers speak of it as follows: — 



We have in this new wonderful grape great size, 

 superior quality, hardy wood and bud, very large 

 leathery leaves. Fruit ripens same season as Wor- 

 den, which is one week earlier than Concord. This 

 new grape ripens evenly, and only has one and two 

 seeds ; skin tender and pulp melting. Mr. J. P. 

 Jones, a member of the Alton Horticultural Society 

 of Alton, 111., one of the oldest horticiolt-aral 

 societies in the great Mississippi valley, reported 

 .to the Alton Horticultural Society that he made a 

 trip to England in the fall of 1 898 and took with 

 him a basket of this wonderful fruit, and after be- 

 ing on the road 13 days the fruit opened up in 

 Liverpool in fine condition and was pronounced 

 worth 60 cents per pound in Liverpool market. 

 This grape has taken all premiums at all the gjeat 

 state fairs in the fall of 1898 and 1899 wherever ex- 

 hibited, over all competitors, including Campbell's 

 Early. Many testimonials could be printed if 

 space would permit regarding the success of this 

 wonderful grape. 



PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR MARKETING FRUIT. 



•"F. a. WAUGH, VERMONT. 



W¥ it seems necessary to ship to two or 

 aN three markets, stick to a single commis- 

 M= sion house in each city, but, as tar as 

 possible, ship to a single market. The man 

 who is conducting business on a very large 

 scale, like J. H. Hale or Roland Morril, and 

 who can keep his hand on the commission 

 men, can aff^ord to transgress this rule. 

 Such men are superior to all rules. Most 

 of us are not. For the ordinary fruit 

 grower and shipper this rule of dealing 

 always with one commission firm is of the 

 utmost consequence. 



Ship the same varieties year after year, 

 and make the grade I'ust as uniform as pos- 



*From advance sheets of Prof. F. A. Waugh's 

 book entitled "Fruit Harvesting, Storing, Market- 

 ing." Published by Orange Judd Co. Price, 

 postpaid, $1. 



sible. Even if something short of the best 

 fruit is shipped, uniformity of grade is highly 

 advantageous. The commission house knows 

 what to expect, and customers get used to 

 the brand and the grade. There are hund- 

 reds of shippers growing all classes of fruits 

 whose products are commonly already sold 

 when they arrive in the market. Uniform 

 and honest packing does it. 



Select a brand which is neat, catchy, and 

 not too large, and see that it goes on every 

 package. Some men have made reputations 

 and money out of their brands. 



Grade and pack with the most rigid hon- 

 esty. Don't try to cheat a commission man. 

 It can't be done. The commission man has 

 the last turn, and he is absolutely sure to 

 protect himself, whatever happens to the 



