Dried Fruit Weights

The reason for the variation in the weight of dried fruits when packed in large or small packages is the subject of an article in the London Grocer. Currants, semi-dried, gain somefvhat in weight when in bulk, but when packed in small cartons the tendency is for them to lose weight. Sultana raisins are cured inboilingoiland gain weight when in small packag-es. Valencia raisins are cured by being dipped into lye and diminish in weight both in large and small packages. Of course the apartment where the fruits are kept has something to do with it, and the paper constitufcing the wrapper may gain in weight, one grocer at the seaside reporting that bis "pound" packages we.ighed seventeen ounces.