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better fruits alone than for the whole crop together. They could 

 therefore save time, labour, and expense, and give the worst fruit 

 to the pigs, and yet clear more by the transaction. 



Mr. Colvile Brown asked whether Mr. Monro could suggest 

 any means whereby small quantities of fruit sent from small 

 growers might be placed on the market with better advantage ? 



Mr. Monro observed that small quantities had not the same 

 opportunity as large ones on the market. Customers were always 

 in a hurry ; they had so many things to select, that they had to 

 do it in a wholesale way ; they had no time to inspect half a 

 dozen small lots. 



Mr. Roupell, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Monro, 

 suggested that something more should be done to bring com- 

 paratively unknown varieties of the different fruits before the 

 London public. 



The Chairman, replying to a vote of thanks, explained how 

 he dried Plums. He placed them in the kitchen oven. The 

 oven door was left open, and the Plums were placed on galva- 

 nized wire of ^-inch mesh, which took the place of the ordinary 

 oven shelf. They were kept in for about two nights and one day, 

 and were then put into bottles and corked. They kept exceed- 

 ingly well, and made an excellent fruit. 



The proceedings then closed. 



