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an offence within the meaning of the 

 Act." 1 

 Irish Board The Irish Board of Agriculture have lately 



issued a most valuable leaflet on " Fruit Pack- 



ing ing," which should be in the hands of all those 

 really taking this subject seriously. People 

 have only to write to the Secretary of the 

 Department of Agricultural and Technical 

 Instruction, Dublin, to obtain a complete 

 copy ; but I think the following extracts are 

 well worthy of a place for their practical 

 simplicity. 



SCHEDULE 

 Section i. Gathering 



" Apples and pears must be hand-pulled. 

 4 Windfalls,' or fruit shaken off trees, must 

 not be mixed with hand-pulled. Discretion 

 must be exercised as to the best time to pull 

 late-keeping apples and pears. (See Depart- 



1 Woman s Agrlc. Times , Feb. 1903, pp. 1 1 6, 1 1 7. 



