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but the best quality of fruits. The eommon run of 
goods will not bear the expense of extra care in the 
handling and marketing, and this is the kind of fruit 
which it does not pay to grow. If one makes a 
study of the market he will soon come to feel that 
the package and the packing cut a most impor- 
tant figure in the sales. The package really adver- 
tises the fruit more than the fruit advertises itself; 
and it is a well-known J}usiness principle that an 
article which is first-class will stand very heavy 
advertising, but no other will. 
PACKING-HOUSES AND APPLIANCES. 
The subject of packing-houses is one whieh ecan- 
not be treated specifically for each grower, from the 
fact that every person has a different ideal, and he 
may grow fruits for a market which demands par- 
ticular treatinent of the products. Amongst the 
best types of packing-houses, which one generally 
meets in the east, are those used by the grape 
men; and if one studies the question, he will find 
that there are two distinct types of packing-honses 
in use in the grape regions. One type is a com- 
bined packing and storage house, and is used very 
largely where Catawbas are grown, and where the 
erapes are often stored for some time before they 
are marketed. The other type of house is that 
which is used in the Concord regions, and which 
is simply a half-way station between the field and 
the railway station,—a shelter place for the pack- 
