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a trade-mark, he must expeet, of course, to handle 
his own produce, or at least to see that it reaches 
the market under his own name. The fruit buyers 
who travel through the vountry for apples and other 
produce ordinarily pay little attention to the trade- 
mark of the grower, but put their own mark upon 
the package. If one really grows a vood quality of 
fruit, it will commonly pay him to give his farm 
some neat and attractive name, which can go onto 
the labels. In short, every effort should le made 
to put up the produce in a finished manner, as 
the best grades of manufactured produce are now 
packed and delivered to the consumer. 
Very much of the success of any fruit upon the 
market depends npon how it is grown as well as 
how it is handled. There may even be a difference 
in the salableness of samples of fruit which are to 
all appearances alike. It is now pretty well demon- 
strated, for example, that apples from trees which 
have been thoroughly sprayed and well tilled are 
better keepers than those of similar size and appear- 
ance whieh are grown upon neglected trees. When 
frnits are to be shipped to any distance, it is par- 
ticularly important that the tillage and general care 
of the fruit plantation should have heen the hest. 
Packages.—It is well nigh useless to make any 
general remarks upon the packages which are used 
for fruits, beeause so much depends upon the par- 
ticular grade of the fruit and upon the way in 
which it is shipped and handled; very much also 
depends upon the demands of the given market. 
