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any troiil»k! in selling, having sokl to one party alone for more than 

 thirty years. It costs something to take pains in the packing of 

 fruit, but carelessness or indifference will cost yon more. When 

 ODce a dealer finds that you have taken pains in packing and that 

 3'ou have put up your fruit honestly you will have no further trouble. 

 In closing, allow me to say that no one can learn all about the fruit 

 business in one year ; it will take a life-time to learn many things 

 essential to success, and then then' will l)e something more to learn. 

 But to him who perseveres all knowledge will gradually be unfolded, 

 and with knowledge will come pleasure, if not complete happiness. 



DISCUSSIONS 



Mr. SwEETSER. I would like to ask Mr. Atherton if he would 

 recommend setting barrels of apples on the head, in preference to 

 }a3'ing them on the bilge? 



Mr. Atherton. My practice, after barrelling, is to put the bar- 

 rels on the bilge, and keep them out of the cellar until the weather 

 becomes quite cold. 



Mr. Merrill. 1 would like to understand if Mr. Atherton thinks 

 that the barrelling of apples is a better practice than storing them in 

 bulk. We all know that it is even temperature that keeps fruit in 

 the best condition. He says in his cellar they keep well in barrels, 

 but had they been stored in bulk I think they would have come out 

 in just as good condition. Cold storage is good, but I don't agree 

 with him in barrelling the fruit. In buying and barrtlliug apples 

 for market. I have found the best apples in large lots in cool cellars. 

 I buy from lots in large bins in preference to small lots, as my expe- 

 rience is tliat I get better apples 



Mr. Atherton. Did I understand that you wished me to give my 

 opinion as to whether it was better to store in barrels than in bulk? 



Mr. Merrill. I presume you intended to give it as your opinion. 



Mr. Atherton. I don't pretend to give any opinion. I simply 

 give my experience. 



Mr. Briggs. I presume that Mr. Atherton represented his expe- 

 rience. 



Mr. Merrill. I understand he is experimenting. He has apples 

 stored both in barrels and in bulk. Now, if he has them stored 

 both ways, and they come out in better condition in the barrels, I ad- 

 mit that I am wrong. 



