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tng to the old package, I cannot recommend any one for the 

 present to make a business of the box shipping. Occasionally 

 boxes sell well especially in Glasgow and repay the extra expense 

 but the extra cost of packing make the business a laborious and 

 precarious one. It must not be forgotten moreover that apples 

 in boxes do not pay unless they are packed four tiers to the 

 bushel box and each apple wrapped in paper. 



A BUYER'S ESTIMATE OF THE CANADIAN FRUIT- 

 MARKS ACT. 



At the instance of the secretary, Mr. H. W. Lowell of Farm- 

 ington, a large buyer and exporter of fruit, gives his estimate 

 of the value of the Canadian Fruit Marks Act. Mr. Lowell has 

 been in the business a long time and handles both American and 

 Canadian fruit. This year he bought several orchard lots of 

 fruit in Ontario. The fruit was gathered and packed by Mr. 

 Lowell's men. Mr, Lowell's views are well worth the attention 

 of our fruit growers for he is thoroughly conversant with the 

 whole business. 



The grower finds that it pays him better to give his fruit more 

 careful attention as it is the 3 X grade that contains the profit, 

 and that there is absolutely no money in raising scrubby, inferior 

 X or 2 X stock, as it can no longer be palmed ofif under cover 

 of fine facings at the ends of the barrel. 



The Ontario farmer is attending to his orchard much better 

 than formerly, by plowing, fertilizing and pruning. 



The regular apple packer who may be employed either by the 

 farmer or dealer is doing his work as a rule strictly in compli- 

 ance with the Fruit Marks Act. Occasionally through lack of 

 judgment he may be fined but these instances are now very rare 

 as the government inspectors are alert, and the chance for fraud 

 or ignorance in packing to go unpunished is now so small that 

 it is unworthy of consideration. 



The buyer has a great advantage from the fact that he can 

 safely bank on getting the grade of fruit he buys. If he pays 

 for 3 X fruit he knows he will get it, or that the Canadian 

 government will severely punish the seller who attempts to 

 defraud him. This enables him to pay more for the goods than 

 be could afford to if there was an\' lurking doubt in his mind 



