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is, and it is very rare that all the growers of any 

 locality pack their fruit in the same degree of ex- 

 cellence. If the union were to exercise very strin- 

 gent oversight over the packing, this difficulty might 

 be overcome. If, for example, the fruit were brought 

 to the union in the trays or crates directly from 

 the field, and were then re -packed uniformly before 

 shipment, and each grower paid for the exact amount 

 of good fruit which he delivers, the union might 

 prove to be very advantageous, because there should 

 !> an economy in the purchase of baskets, in the 

 cost of packing, in transportation rates, and also in 

 the finding of the best markets. The unsatisfactory 

 results which have arisen from fruit unions have 

 not come from inherent difficulties in the system 

 so much as from the lack of a thorough business 

 system of oversight to the packing and grading of 

 all the different samples which are submitted. 



The number of persons who can and will grow 

 a dessert quality of fruit is very few, and such 

 I id-sons can really not afford to pool their interests 

 with the common run of fruit-growers. These per- 

 sons are the ones who find special markets here 

 and there, and they should use special and personal 

 means of disposing of their produce. The more 

 cities there are within a given distance, and the 

 greater the number of transportation lines, the 

 greater are the chances that a man will be able to 

 find a personal and special market for his produce. 



An illustration of a fruit market. A knowledge 

 of the destination of fruit after it reaches a 



