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CHAPTER VIII 



COOPERATION IN THE HANDLING, DISTRIBUTING, 

 AND SALE OF FRUIT (PAGE 197) 



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The Fruit-distributing System 198 



Agencies of Distribution 199 



The Broker 199 



Fruit-distributing and Marketing Corporations . . 200 



The Jobber 201 



The Commission Merchant ...... 201 



The Auction Company 202 



The Warehouseman 203 



The Retail Trade 204 



Abuses in the Fruit Trade 206 



The Handling of the Fruit Crop by Cooperative Associations . 212 

 Bad Handling and the Fruit-rots . . . . . .213 



Cooperation in the Harvesting of Fruit 215 



The Remedy for Decay in Citrus Fruits .... 216 



Cooperation in the Grading and Packing of Fruit . . 218 



Methods of insuring Uniformity in Grading and Packing . 220 



The Hood River Apple-growers' Union .... 221 



Constitution and By-laws ....... 222 



The Central Packing- house 226 



The Pooling of Fruit ' 227 



Cooperative Cold-storage Plants 231 



Cooperation in the Distribution and Sale of Fruit . . . 234 

 The Associated Methods of Selling Fruit . . . .235 



A Small Association 236 



A Large Volume of Business ...... 236 



Perishable Fruit 237 



Fruit with Long-keeping Qualities 238 



The Citrus Fruits of California 239 



Selling the California Citrus-fruit Crop 241 



The California Fruit-growers' Exchange .... 241 



The Local Associations . 242 



