So far as Mr. Seabrook's views may be boiled down
into a paragraph, they are these. English fruit is the best and-
" will always make more money by reason of its superior flavour, sub-acidity and general edible quality," to say nothing of its freshness. He dares the direct assertion that England is the only country in the world " where any money is being made from apple-growing "—the italics are his. Most overseas growers exist only by aid of indirect subsidies. He thinks that throughout England there should be and would be a general shift from wheat-growing and stock-raising to fruit, seed and vegetable growing, though of course the general farm would not cease to exist and every locality must be treated on its merits. His first " condition pre- cedent " to this revolution is expressed as follows : " Just so soon as English growers standardize, grade and pack properly and put on our markets fruit as reliable as comes from abroad—then, and then only, will that produce take its rightful place." * * * *
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