Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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a breach of the warranty as to what the furnace would do under proper care and operation. Id. (emphasis added) (citations omitted). Similarly, in Smith v. Pickands, 148 Mich. 558, 112 N.W. 122 (1907), the plaintiff contracted to sell fruit trees, which the contract warranted would be “delivered in a healthy condition.” Id. at 122. The defendant accepted the trees, some of which later died. The court instructed the jury that the burden was on the defendant buyer to prove that the trees were not, in Mich.App. 308, 225 N.W.2d 742, 745 (1975) (“[A]s to goods accepted, the burden is on the buyer to establish any claimed breach of warranty.”) (citing M.C.L.A. § 440.-2607.(4) ). See also Alberta Ltd. v. Stedelbauer Chevrolet Oldsmobile (1975) Ltd., 2001 ABQB 909, 302 A.R. 316, para. 25 (Can.) . The facts of this case are similar to those
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that burden is on government to show that error in failure to provide notice is harmless
B. recognizing burden
C. holding burden is on the defendant to show applicability of  2d18a2
D. holding that the burden is on the plaintiff
E. holding that burden is on purchaser to show defect that breaches warranty agreement
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.