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always wrapped separately in paper, and then packed, a 

 layer of apples and a layer of paper, then another layer of 

 apples and so on. The object of all this is, if one apple 

 becomes decayed it will not contaminate its neighbor. 



Now, in packing- apples in barrels the trouble is just 

 this, the apples have a tendency to become heated in the 

 middle of the barrel, and if we try to remedy this in cold 

 storage, by using a lower degree of temperature, to perme- 

 ate to the center, we will chill the outside apples. If you 

 pack in boxes they will not- only keep longer, but you will 

 ship twenty to twenty-five per cent more goods for the 

 same freight charge, which is a profit in itself; freight on 

 ocean steamers is at so much per ton of forty cubic feet, 

 and you cannot i\i\\y occupy this space with barrels. A 

 gentleman in New York the other day told me of a man 

 who packed his apples in boxes and they brought him $5 

 at the port in New York. The only remedy for your 

 present unsatisfactory condition is for the different Boards 

 of Trade and different Pomological societies to have a 

 board of inspection, or some competent man as inspector, 

 who sees the fruit well grown, packed and then puts the 

 brand of that board of inspection upon it. Dealers will 

 soon learn to look for that brand and will pay a fancy 

 price for it. The quicker this is done, the quicker you 

 will begin to get the same amount of money as is now 

 going to Tasmania. The only competition you will have 

 is Canada, but you are in the habit of meeting this compe- 

 tition at home and there is no reason why you cannot meet 

 it in foreign countries. It is the part of wisdom always to 

 study the wants and tastes of a good cash customer. 



England buys from the United States $640,000,000 

 every year and pays cash; the world has never seen such a 

 customer as England, and if her power is broken you will 

 never see such another. Why is it, that the United 

 States, with the finest soil and the finest climate in the 

 world, and with the most intelligent, progressive people, 

 are getting to-day for their produce the lowest price of any 

 country in the world? American butter never brings 

 more than ninety-five shillings per hundred weight, while 

 Australian butter sells for 112 shillings per hundred 



