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large and choice Pears should be packed in boxes, when 2s. 

 to 45. per dozen may be realised for them. Large fruits of 

 Doyenn6 du Cornice with clear skins, from walls, make up 

 to is. each. 



CHAPTER XXI 

 PACKING FRUIT FOR SALE 



THE matter of grading should have careful attention from 

 growers, as it is of vital importance. All kinds of Pears 

 and Apples pay well for grading, and when marketed as 

 firsts, seconds, and thirds, will usually realise 50 per cent, 

 more than the same fruits would sell for if sent to the 

 market unsorted. 



Large growers should register a special "brand" name 

 on a distinctly coloured paper, and thus secure a reputation 

 for quality and honest packing. The printing of the paper, 

 after the first cost of a wood block, would be but a small 

 charge, and a half-sheet could be placed after the usual 

 packing paper had been bent over the top of the basket, 

 the corners being turned down into the basket rim. 



When once a reputation has been thus built up for 

 high quality, it not infrequently happens that the produce 

 is all booked before it reaches the markets, at prices greatly 

 exceeding the rates of the day. 



The packing and grading of Apples is a matter of the 

 most serious import for the future of the British fruit trade. 

 Success depends largely upon the growers adapting themselves 

 to modern methods of marketing. They must realise that 



