Show says auctions solve problem of marketing fruit all of the time BOSTON MASS citing the ex peri per lence ence of his company oven over a 17 year period in selling fruit through various markets 0 H perrin president of the 0 11 perrin fruit co of 0 lake gem via fla today gave his unqualified approval of marketing such products through competitive bidding at auction together with his five associates mr perrin started producing citrus fruit near orlando fla in 1920 we tried selling this fruit on the trees but we found that when markets were good there were plenty of buyers when markets were poor however we could not find buyers mr perrin stated during some years no buyers would appear throughout a whole season it became obvious to us that in order to market our fruit we had to find some way to market all of it all the time for several years following 1929 we shipped our tri to different parties and got all kinds of returns then in 1930 31 wo we began shipping our fruit under our own brands and marketed it through private markets this was not satisfactory tor for several reasons and since 1933 we have been selling through auction markets mostly H harris co in boston and it has been very satisfactory indeed my associates and myself have become convinced that it is by far the most satisfactory way to market the fruit through competitive bidding as everything obviously is fair dealing and above board and has given great confidence to packing houses and growers |