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the retail trade. With the growth of standardization, better grading 

 and packing, together with greater efficiency in the business of car- 

 lot receivers, it is possible that many of the present functions of the 

 jobber may be assumed by the car-lot wholesaler. This applies to 



'Individual 

 Grower i 



o 

 Cooperative 



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FIG. i. Main channels of distribution for fruits and vegetables. 



our smaller markets especially. On the great terminal markets, how- 

 ever, the jobbers must remain important factors for some time to 

 come. In these cities they sell to the vast number of those retailers 

 who buy in small quantities and who cannot take time or trouble to 

 go to primary markets and select their goods. 



