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according as the brand marks are x. xx. xxx. 

 so will the bulk be. It is that system of care, with 

 honesty, that has built up a great trade, and it 

 ought to teach home-growers a great lesson. Do 

 not hide the bad under the good, but, as before ad- 

 vised, let each grower deal with others as he would 

 wish them to deal with him if they were sellers 

 and he a purchaser of fruit. That is the case in a 

 nut-shell, with the shell cracked and the kernel 

 shown for displaying its soundness, as representing 

 the true principle of marketing fruit. 



CONCLUSION. 



Endeavour has been made to treat the im- 

 portant subject of this essay as fully as possible 

 within the stipulations to condense the essen- 

 tials of fruit culture and fruit management into 

 its pages ; to teach soundly, and, above all, 

 plainly, in the hope of teaching usefully those 

 who have or can acquire land for producing 

 fruit for their families, and for the inhabitants of 

 adjacent towns, to the mutual advantage of all. 

 Given knowledge on the subject, and industry, 

 many an example proves, and some have been 

 adduced, that to quote the words of Alder- 



