Contents xi 

 CHAPTER VIII 



COOPERATION IN THE HANDLING, DISTRIBUTING, 

 AND SALE OF FRUIT (PAGE 197) 



PACK 



The Fruit-distributing System 198 



Agencies of Distribution 199 



The Broker 199 



Fruit-distributing and Marketing Corporations . . 200 



The Jobber . 201 



The Commission Merchant 201 



The Auction Company . 202 



The Warehouseman ....... 203 



The Retail Trade 204 



Abuses in the Fruit Trade 206 



The Handling of the Fruit Crop by Cooperative Associations . 212 



Bad Handling and the Fruit-rots 213 



Cooperation in the Harvesting of Fruit ..... 215 



The Remedy for Decay in Citrus Fruits .... 216 



Cooperation in the Grading and Packing of Fruit . . 218 



Methods of insuring Uniformity in Grading and Packing . 220 



The Hood River Apple-growers' Union .... 221 



Constitution and By-laws . . . . . . 222 



The Central Packing- house 226 



The Pooling of Fruit 227 



Cooperative Cold-storage Plants . 231 



Cooperation in the Distribution and Sale of Fruit . . . 234 



The Associated Methods of Selling Fruit . . . .235 



A Small Association ....... 236 



A Large Volume of Business 236 



Perishable Fruit 237 



Fruit with Long-keeping Qualities 238 



The Citrus Fruits of California 239 



Selling the California Citrus-fruit Crop 241 



The California Fruit-growers' Exchange .... 241 



The Local Associations . , 242 



