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15. The consignor shall, within seven days of the date of 

 the Inspector's notice, remove from the place of inspection any 

 fruit which the inspector has refused to brand or stamp, or which, 

 having been referred to the Board of Reference, has been de- 

 cided upon by the Board in favour of the Inspector. 



16. Boxes of fruit marked so as to represent a grade higher 

 than the correct grade shall be re-marked by the Inspector, and, 

 if otherwise complying with these regulations, branded or stamp- 

 ed by the Inspector as provided in section four of the Act. 



17. In case any variety of fruit not specified in regulation 

 tzvelve be offered for inspection, it will, if otherwise complying 

 with these regulations, be branded or stamped by the Inspector 

 as provided in section four of the Act. 



18. Not less than five per cent, of the boxes of fruit in each 

 consignment shall be opened by the Inspector for examination,, 

 and all boxes so opened shall be stamped by the Inspector to that 

 effect. 



19. Only new and clean boxes or packages shall be used by 

 exporters, except in the case of melons. 



HINTS FOR HANDLING FRUIT FOR EXPORT. 



(By the Government Fruit Inspector.) 



Great care must be taken in the production of fruit to get 

 it of a good enough quality to be fit for export. 



All classes of fruit are not dealt with in the same manner. I 

 will deal with the different classes separately. 



Peaches and Nectarines. These two classes of fruit should 

 be picked in a ripe condition, the ripeness being so far advanced 

 that the full percentage of sugar is formed; in fact, they should 

 be in an eatable condition. Green peaches should on no account 

 be packed for export. 



The fruit should be picked into single layer trays in such a 

 way that no two fruits are allowed to touch each other; they are 

 very delicate, and will show the least bruising; each fruit must 

 be wrapped in paper, and each fruit should be surrounded by 

 wood-wool, only sufficient wood-wool however should be used 

 to separate the fruit from one another ; in other words, the box 

 should contain as much fruit as possible, there being no sale for 

 wood-wool on the European markets. 



Plums. Different varieties of this class of fruit require 

 to be picked at various stages of ripeness ; as a general rule plums 



