Apple-Trade Secrets.
Two piles of apples lay upon the ground. One contained a largesized and rosy selection ; the fruit of the other was green and small. "Large at top, sir, and small at the bottom ?" inquired the new assistant to his master, as he prepared to fill a barrel. "Certainly not !" replied uhe farmer, virtuously. "Honesty is the best policy, my boy, and one I've always held to. Put the little apples at the top and the large ones at the bottom." The assistant complied. His master was evidently as green as his greenest fruit. "Is the barrel full, my lad ?" asked the farmer. "Yes," answered the assistant. "Good !" said the farmer. "Now turn it upside down and label it !"
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 9 October 1914, Page 8
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120Apple-Trade Secrets. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 9 October 1914, Page 8
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