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10. What Constitutes Wholesale Quantities. 



The wholesale fruit dealers of Washington, D. C., have 

 adopted the following rules to govern the least quantities of 

 fruits to be sold at wholesale rates : 



BANANAS. Not less than one bunch. 



APPLES. Not less than one barrel or box as received ; no 

 packages to be broken. 



PINEAPPLES. Not less than twenty-five. 



ORANGES. Not less than one box ; no packages to be broken 



LEMONS. Not less than one box ; no packages to be broken. 



GRAPES OF ALL KINDS. Not less than five baskets. 



MALAGA GRAPES. By the keg only. 



PEACHES. Not less than one box or one bushel crate, or not 

 less than five baskets ; no packages to be broken. If in half- 

 bushel lots, not less than two. 



PEARS. One box or barrel ; if in baskets not less than five 



WATERMELONS. Not less than twenty-five. 



MUSKMELONS. Not less than twenty-five. 



STRAWBERRIES AND ALL OTHER BERRIES. Not less than a 

 thirty-two quart crate, unless small quantity received. A 

 sixty-quart crate may be halved. An exception made with 

 raspberries ; not less than fifteen quarts. In February and 

 March, strawberries, not less than fifteen quarts. 



ii. Average Prices in France of Various Orchid Flowers. 

 {Orchidophile}. 



From 20 to 25 centimes* : Dcndrobium nobile, Wardii. 



30 centimes : Cypripedium insigne, Masdevallia Lindeni 

 Harryana, ignea } Veitchii, Odontoglossum Pescatorei, Rossi* 



From 30 to 60 centimes : 'Odontoglossum crispum (Alex- 

 andi'(c), triumphant, luteo-purpureum, Schlieperianum, Insleayi 

 Cat t ley a amethystina, Skinner i. 



From 60 to 75 centimes : Cypripedium villosum, Harrisianum 

 Spicerianum, Boxalli. 



From i franc to i franc and 25 centimes : Odontoglossum 



*A centime is about one-fifth of a cent, and a franc is about 20 cents. 



