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A man from Boston once came to look at m}' apples. The}' had 

 not been headed up. He said he should like to see a barrel ; so the 

 apples were all taken out, one after another. It happened accident- 

 all}' that as he went down deeper the apples were larger. He was 

 satisfied and from that da}- to this he has made no question. He 

 showed me how to pack apples, putting the stems down at the bot- 

 tom of the barrel, and pressing in the head, and turn them over and 

 mark the other end so that is the one opened. There were some 

 apples that were preciseh' equal to mine, had been earefuU}' packed, 

 and sorted honestl}- and fairl}-, — that he went to look at and wouldn't 

 truck them even at half a dollar less, because thej' were not packed 

 tight, and would bruise in shipping to Boston. When a person gets 

 a reputation established for packing, there is no further trouble, but 

 when parties are not known there is the strictest examination. 



JoKDAN. The way fruit has been shipped to England, putting 

 the poor apples in the middle and good ones on top has been a great 

 injur}' to the business ; they soon found that out. They knock a 

 head out and pour the apples upon the platform. The minute they 

 see that, it has a great effect. Maine people are doing better every 

 day. 



Gilbert. There are some suggestive facts in connection with this 

 subject, but in time they will be swept away. I know a case where 

 Canadian purchasers came into this county to purchase car loads of 

 apples to ship to England. A Maine man who assisted them in 

 purchasing and packing, sent by the same steamer a car load of his 

 apples. Those purchased by the Canadians were branded as Can- 

 adian. Those sent by the Maine dealer were branded as from the 

 State of Maine. They each went into the same market at the same 

 time and were sold at the same time. Those branded as Canadian, 

 sold for three shillings a barrel more than the Maine apples. Dealers 

 are looking for the dollars. When a Maine man ships to P^ngland 

 he brands his apples Canada because he gets more dollars for his 

 apples. While this is a fact, what are we going to do about it? All 

 we have to do, I think, is to do our part of the business justly and 

 honestly, in a straight- forward manner, and bide our time. If we 

 are putting better apples into foreign markets from the State of 

 Maine than from any other section of the country, they are to be 

 recognized ; by and by we shall get credit for what we are doing but 

 meanwhile we have got to pass through this experience and these 

 difficulties pending the establishment of trade. This whole business 



