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ventive or remedial measures. He minutely 

 investigated every stage in the preservation 



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of figs, from the ripe fruit on the tree to the 

 preserved figs in the hold on the steamer 

 bound for New York, and the conclusion 

 he came to is this : With very rare exceptions 



