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apples, the remaining ones being classed as medium or 

 intermediate. In other words, there are over twice as 

 many large apples as small ones of very high quality in 

 this list, and there is every reason to believe that what 

 is true of the two hundred and nineteen varieties here 

 considered is also approximately true of all varieties 

 in cultivation, for the list contains a very large pro- 

 portion of the total number of varieties of high 

 quality. Of the seven blackberries rated 9 and 10, 

 five are large, one is medium and one is medium 

 to small. Of the sixteen best cherries, eight are 

 large, two very large, one medium to large, and none 

 of them are small. Of the three currants, one is 

 large and the others are medium, and the two goose- 

 berries are large, or medium to large. Among the 

 eight best grapes, there are three large -bunch varie- 

 ties, and one small -bunch. Of twenty -one best 

 peaches, none are small, twelve, or over half, are 

 large, two are very large, and one is medium to large. 

 Among twenty -one best pears, five, or nearly a quar- 

 ter, are small, three are medium to small, while six 

 are large and two are medium to large. In this in- 

 stance the numbers of large and small are equal. In 

 the six best plums, but one is small while five are 

 large. Of eight raspberries, none are small, but four 

 are large and two very large. In the twenty -three 

 best strawberries, none are small, while six are large 

 and eleven, or nearly one -half, are very large. 



There can be but one conclusion from the above 

 figures, and that is, that quality is not associated with 

 size of fruit ; and a study of any reliable fruit -list of 

 fair proportions will corroborate this conclusion. If 

 the figures were to be interpreted as they stand, it 



