92 DISIIONEST DEALINGS. 
market. I have frequently taken from the same 
package, from three to six different varieties of 
pears. 
Fruit dealers or commission men are often ac- 
cused of dishonest dealings, when the prices antici- 
pated by the consignor have not been realized; but 
on examining a number of such cases, to which my 
attention had been called, I found that the fruit was 
carelessly packed and not sorted. 
To give some idea of how little demand there is 
in market for badly packed fruit, I will relate an in- 
cident, that came under my observation, a few years 
ago. While talking with a fruit dealer, be called 
my attention to a barrel of Duchesse d’Angouléme 
pears, which I noticed contained some fine specimens, 
but the majority were very poor. Hesaid: “I have 
offered that barrel for $5, and even at that low price 
no one feels inclined to buy it.” I suggested to him 
to empty the barrel and sort the fruit, which he did, 
and, while I was standing there, he sold a single 
basket taken from the barrel for five dollars. This 
may illustrate to people not familiar with the sale of 
fine fruit, the utter folly of sending to market pears 
not carefully sorted and packed. 
On one occasion, during our early experience in 
marketing pears, we sent to a commission house, 
two barrels of very choice Duchesse d’Angouldine, 
