6 JANUARY 1933, Page 17

One maxim—opposite August 8th—indicates the growing taste for cultivated sorts

of wild fruit : " We are daily buyers of blackberries." The office attends to the education of its members. Opposite November 12th (when the gardening year may be said to begin) is the announcement : "We have books, magazines and subjects of interest to growers. Consult them." Next to this office is a cannery which was one of the pioneers, and little industries such as chip-basket making flourish on behalf of the producers. I quote these examples out of the belief that any statesman who engages in the reform of marketing our produce, would find at Badsey the best example extant of the right spirit of co-operation, and the right technique. Badsey, Evesham, is the address.

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