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10. All fruit in one box shall be of uniform size and of 

 one variety; except fruit consigned to private order, in which 

 latter case the box shall be marked on the end thereof " private 

 order." 



11. (a) All fruit other than citrus and pine fruits and other 

 than fruit intended to be shipped in ventilated hold shall, forty- 

 eight hours previous to shipment, be in a cold store approved by 

 the Department of Agriculture, and in the case of fruit placed in 

 a private cold store so approved the exporter or his agent shall 

 produce to the Inspector a certificate to that effect signed by a 

 person approved by the said Department for the purpose. 



(b) Fruit placed in private approved cold stores at the port 

 of shipment will be inspected by the Inspector at such stores, 

 provided that forty-eight hours' notice be given to the Inspector 

 by the exporter or his agent. Fruit so stored shall be conveyed 

 to the harbour in refrigerator trucks. 



(c) Citrus and pine fruits shall be delivered for inspection 

 not less than twenty-eight hours prior to the sailing of the vessel 

 by which the exporter intends such fruit to be shipped. 



12. The following shall be the grades for the fruits men- 

 tioned. Owing to shrinkage it is recommended that, when pack- 

 ing, exporters grade all fruit half an inch larger than the sizes 



mentioned. 



(a) APPLES. 



Xo grades are fixed, but varieties ripening prior to Ribstone 

 and Jonathan, with the exception of Five Crowns, Irish Peach, 

 Tom Putt, and Colville Aromatic, are not recommended for ex- 

 port. 



(b) PEARS. 

 Variety. Grades. 



Bon Chretien 



Doyenne de Cornice 



Louise Bonne 



Beurre Bosc 



Winter Nelis 



Beurre Hardy 



Glout Morceau 



Clapp's Favourite.. 



D'Angouleme 



Beurre Diel 



Gansel's Bergamotte 



Josephine 



Beurre Superfine ... 



Flemish Beauty ... 



Rustenburg 



Forelle 



Magnate 



Clairgeau ... 



Durandeau 



