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a trade -mark, he must expect, of course, to handle 

 his own produce, or at least to see that it reaches 

 the market under his own name. The fruit, buyers 

 who travel through the country for apples and other 

 produce ordinarily pay little attention to the trade- 

 mark of the grower, but put their own mark upon 

 the package. If one really grows a good quality of 

 fruit, it will commonly pay him to give his farm 

 some neat and attractive name, which can go onto 

 the labels. In short, every effort should be made 

 to put up the produce in a finished manner, as 

 the best grades of manufactured produce are now 

 packed and delivered to the consumer. 



Very much .of the success of any fruit upon the 

 market depends upon how it is grown as well as 

 how it is handled. There may even be a difference 

 in the salableness of samples of fruit which are to 

 all appearances alike. It is now pretty well demon- 

 strated, for example, that apples from trees which 

 have been thoroughly sprayed and well tilled are 

 better keepers than those of similar size and appear- 

 ance which are grown upon neglected trees. When 

 fruits are to be shipped to any distance, it is par- 

 ticularly important that the tillage and general care 

 of the fruit plantation should have been the best. 



Packages. It is well nigh useless to make any 

 general remarks upon the packages which are used 

 for fruits, because so much depends upon the par- 

 ticular grade of the fruit and upon the way in 

 which it is shipped and handled ; very much also 

 depends upon the demands of the given market 



