TASTE IN MARKETING FRUIT . The exhibition of good taste in putting fruit on the market is a subject to be made a good deal of. Fruit growers, and especially farmers, do not give thought to it commensurate with its importance in relation to profits. Keepers of saloons understand this matter pretty well. Those that catch the high-toned customers are the ones that gather in the largest profits. This is accomplished by having everything neat and in good taste, attractive to people who have money to spend.
I note a great difference in grocery men about this matter. I am satisfied that in the exhibition of their produce and in the arrangement of their wares, a good point is made in attracting people by having things in good taste.
Uniformity in size is a great point in exhibiting fruits. A matched team commands a good price ; and the more exact the match the higher price may be asked.  When you get a "four in hand" uniform in every particular you have a great attraction. And the circus company that gathers a number of horses of uniform size, build and color, make it a great feature of their show.
This same principle is true in fruits for the market; evenness in size, similarity in color, have a good deal to do with the price that may be placed upon the fruit. 
PROF. W. J. BEAL.
Agricultural College, Michigan.