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Now, that is the No. 1, but they say there must be 90 per 

 cent good, clean fruit. We intend they shall be all good clean 

 fruit, but perhaps some man may not have good eyesight and 

 they allow 10 per cent leeway — the law does — for some of 

 that kind of stuff to come in. 



No. 2 quality, unless such fruit includes no culls and consists of speci- 

 mens of not less than medium size for the variety, and not less than 80 

 per cent free from worm-holes and such otlier defects as cause material 

 waste, and properly packed. 



That is the No. 2 pack. 



In any package in which the face or shown surface gives a false repre- 

 sentation of the contents of such package; and it shall be considered a 

 false representation when more than 15 per cent of such fruit is sub- 

 stantially smaller in size than, or inferior in grade to, or different in variety 

 from, the face or shown surface of such package. 



You see, that fruit must be all the same all the way through. 

 If you pack a box of apples down in our country and the face 

 does not represent the whole, then you are hauled up. 



Every person who, by himself or through the agency of any other 

 person, violates any of the provisions of sections 320 and 321 of this act, 

 shall be liable, for the first offense to a fine not exceeding $25 and not less 

 than $10; for the second offense to a fine not exceeding $50 and not less 

 than $25; and for the third and each subsequent offense to a fine not 

 exceeding $200 and not less than $50, together, in all cases, with the costs 

 of the prosecution; and in default of payment of such fine and costs shall 

 be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for a term not 

 exceeding one month, unless such fine and costs, and the costs of enforcing 

 them, are sooner paid. 



Now, that is the law of our country, and it is enforced in 

 Nova Scotia by about fifteen fruit inspectors, and those fruit 

 inspectors appear constantly when you are packing apples in 

 your own home, and are in the co-operative places every day. 

 It has raised the standard of Nova Scotia apples above what 

 it was a few years ago, and which gave Nova Scotia apples 

 a bad name on the London market. 



