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at the same time, to the large sea port distributing markets. 

 I'ublie Auction Sales are held in Liverpool, on Mondays, 

 AVednesday and Fridays. In Glasgow, on Tuesdays and 

 Thursdays. Those who advocate private sale consist mostly 

 oil men who are anxious to get into the fruit business, but 

 have not the equipment to sell by auction and for that reason 

 decry that method. Public Auction acts as a preventive 

 of any species of fraud, for a Catalogue is practically a De- 

 tective Officer. I will not say that those who sell privately 

 are not honourable, but the door is opened by that method, 

 much more than it possibly can be by any other method, fof 

 peculation, and there are not lacking instances having hap- 

 pened in this direction. 



THE LONDON METHOD of handling apples is some- 

 what different from that pursued in the provincial towns, 

 as, on account of the magnitude of the City, the docks, where 

 the fruit is landed, are at a considerable distance from the 

 market centers. Therefore, it is necessary to have the fruit 

 brought from the docks to the immediate vicinity of the mar- 

 kets where it is sold. Upon the arrival of the ship, the fruit 

 is discharged in the usual waj^ Those receivers who have 

 sufficient warehouse room for storage purposes, have vans 

 waiting at the time of arrival of vessel, so that the fruit is 

 simply taken from the ship's side to the van. Those who 

 have not sufficient warehouse room are obliged to leave the 

 fruit at the dock till an opportune moment occurs for them 

 to handle it. It is carted from the docks to the store where 

 it is placed, mark by mark, and countermark by cotmter- 

 mark and catalogued for sale purposes. It is always open 

 to the inspection of any prospective buyer. At the time of 

 sale, the show packages are brought down and opened on 

 the stand, catalogued and numbered, and at the actual 

 moment of sale, they are placed on the rostrum before the 

 buyers. After the sale, the buyers obtain their delivery 

 orders, and take the goods from the store as they require 

 them. I would like to point out that one of the greatest 

 benefits in having warehouse room, in the vicinity of the 



