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competent and dishonest clerks ; no more 

 should he his garden. In the stocking of his 

 place with fruit, a man must use judgment, not 

 planting whatever he can first lay his hands on, 

 but such kinds as he has found to be in demand, 

 and such as are suitable in their habits of 

 growth to his own locality. Some of his neigh- 

 bors, no doubt, are raising and selling fruit ; let 

 him learn from them the varieties that grow the 

 thriftiest and sell the readiest. 



In marketing he should not put good, bad, 

 and indifferent together in any old baskets or 

 boxes that may be lying around, and send it to- 

 ward the great city, like a man drawing a bow 

 at a venture. Let him go first to the city and 

 find a trustworthy commission-house, (the thing 

 is possible ! !) or, at least, let him try several, 

 and selecting the one with whom he is best sat- 

 isfied, then learn from the market just the kinds 

 of packages that are nost approved. 



