The following points in the marketing of fruits, by E. Hallister, before the Southern Illinois (Alton) Horticultural Society, are worth careful attention : "If you have produced fruit of the best quality and have picked, assorted and packed with skill, you may reasonably expect to get reward commensurate. It will be well for the shipper to occasionally follow his fruit, note its condition on arrival, see what and how others are sending. Such an object lesson will prove well worth the time and expense. Another point he will make by such a trip, is to see the market and style of customers at the different places. Some will take one grade or class of fruit, another a different, perhaps better grade ; such personal knowledge will be of great benefit and is essential to success in this business. By knowing the character of your market, you can discriminate as to quality, not daring to send to one what would readily move in the other. We always have two grades to ship, and one we reject, which may, in part at least, find use in the family.

"In order to know how the packing of fruit has been done, I adopted the plan of marking each package with a number or initial, keeping a record and notifying consignee. The fruit grower has at times some fancy berries, peaches, etc.; these have found highest prices in the large cities, such as Chicago or Kansas City. My best prices on such was one dollar per basket for peaches in the latter place, and early in the season as good prices there on asparagus as at Chicago. For your shipments select good commission men in a few markets ; keep in constant communication with them ; use the wire freely ; send them the best and in the best shape, and they will want your fruit".