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wei>jlit. Egg-s from France in the Eng-lish market sell for 

 thirty-four cents per dozen, while American eofg-s bring- 

 only twenty-two cents. We imported from the United 

 States last year, 13,694,000 cases of eggs. All these food 

 products are sold at auction, which is the fairest method in 

 the world. The wholesale market opens at 2 o'clock and 

 closes at 7 in the morning, and it is the busiest place on 

 earth. Each morning they sell 1,400 tons of fresh meat 

 with the food products that go with it, for the English, like 

 the Americans, do not yet eat meat alone. Now, in the 

 matter of eggs. The English like the brown ones, they don't 

 like the white ones; of course they buy them, but at a lower 

 price. Here in this country you see them, white and 

 brown, large and small, all together; they should be 

 graded, the same as your fruit. The large one in one 

 package, medium in another and small in still another. If 

 they are only selected by size and uniform color and so 

 packed, you will get as good a price as any one. Packing, 

 alone, is not enough, but you must grade according to size, 

 appearance and color, and you will find you will get three 

 times the money you are now getting for the same article. 



You, here in America, raise large quantities of peaches. 

 We can never raise them in England. The only peaches 

 we have, besides the hot house peaches, are the peaches 

 shipped from Canada, and these often sell at two shillings 

 apiece; $2.50 for a small box containing five. 



I have talked with the leading California shippers, and 

 they thought it impossible to ship to London ; but Canada 

 does it with profit, and I have faith in the intelligence of 

 the Yankee that what Canada can do he will do, too, with 

 equal profit. Many in this country seem to think you can- 

 not put paper wrapped fruit in cold storage ; but you can, 

 and it will never fail you, as long as good, sound fruit, 

 properly selected, is shipped. 



The shipping of grapes from this country is in its 

 infancy. We have been dependent upon France for them. 

 Canada, however, has been experimenting with grape 

 shipments, and they have profited by a hard experience, 

 and to-day their grapes are selling at a very good price. 

 About eighteen months ago they first tried shipping 



