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town. By the time they reach the green- 

 grocer's shop, they are more or less bruised 

 and spoiled, and only realise second instead 

 of first prices. Take the case of apples, these 

 are picked and thrown unsorted into half 

 sieves, or pots, with a few good ones on the 

 top to deceive the buyer. What is the 

 result ? In the market the whole contents 

 of the basket is condemned as u thirds " or 

 worse, and the really good apples fetch no 

 price at all, whereas if they had been sorted 

 and graded and carefully packed the same lot 

 of apples would have obtained good prices in 

 their different grades if they had been true 

 to sample. The Canadian Government have Canadian 



. . . Fruit Marks 



adopted strong measures to stop the iniquitous Act 

 practice of cheating buyers with the contents 

 of the packages. In the Fruit Marks Act 

 of 1901 it provides: "That the face of 

 all fruit packages must fairly represent 

 the fruit throughout," . . . " and to dis- 

 pose or have in possession for sale fraudu- 

 lently packed or marked fruit is constituted 



