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but the best quality of fruits. The common run of 

 goods will not bear the expense of extra care in the 

 handling and marketing, and this is the kind of fruit 

 which it does not pay to grow. If one makes a 

 study of the market he will soon come to feel that 

 the package and the packing cut a most impor- 

 tant figure in the sales. The package really adver- 

 tises the fruit more than the fruit advertises itself; 

 and it is a well-known business principle that an 

 article which is first-class will stand very heavy 

 advertising, but no other will. 



PACKING -HOUSES AND APPLIANCES. 



The subject of packing -houses is one which can- 

 not be treated specifically for each grower, from the 

 fact that every person has a different ideal, and he 

 may grow fruits for a market which demands par- 

 ticular treatment of the products. Amongst the 

 best types of packing-houses, which one generally 

 meets in the east, are those used by the grape 

 men ; and if one studies the question, he will find 

 that there are two distinct types of packing- houses 

 in use in the grape regions. One type is a com- 

 bined packing and storage house, and is used very 

 largely where Catawbas are grown, and where the 

 grapes are often stored for some time before they 

 are marketed. The other type of house is that 

 which is used in the Concord regions, and which 

 is simply a half-way station between the field and 

 the railway station, a shelter place for the pack- 



