REPORT OF THE EORTICULTURIST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Montreal on August 30. There were 44 boxes of Uuchess apples in this consignment 

 and 46 boxes of Charlamoff apples. The apples were picked when well coloured but 

 Btill firm. Two pickings were made so as to have thrm all in as good condition as 

 possible, the first picked being kept in a cool place until the rest were picked. The 

 apples were carefully packed in rows and tiers in the boxes. No packing material 

 was used except a sheet of cardboard at the top and bottom of the boxes between the 

 fruit and tlie wood. 



In addition to learning how the summer apples would arrive and the price they 

 would bring when carefully packed, it was designed to test the strength of thinner 

 boards than are usually iised in the east for the tops and bottoms of the boxes, i'^ 

 inch white pine being used instead of § inch. The thinner material has long been 

 used in the Western States and in British Columbia, but the wood used there is much 

 tougher. The advantage of using thin material is that the apples can be packed much 

 tighter, as the thin board will bend without bruising the fruit much. In this con- 

 signment 23 boxes had thin, or i^e inch tops and bottoms, and 43 had thin tops only, 

 the rest hr.d tops and bottoms of the usual thickness, | inch. The tops and bottoms 

 were fastened on with cleats, which are very necessary where thin boards are used. 



The apples all sold at six shillings per box. Following is the account of sales: — 



* Glasgow, September 11, 1906. 



Account sales of 90 boxes apples ex. steamer ' Athenia.' 



Sold by Thomas Eussell, by order and for account of: llr. W. T. Macoun, 

 Ottawa. 



Mark. 

 No. 1. . 



Quantity. 



15 boxes Du'lipss at Gs. . . . 

 45 bo.Kf s Charlamoff at 6s . 



13 10 

 13 10 



Charge-s. 



Freight on eroods ^including cold storage) ... 



Kiver and llar'nour dues. Master PtTtemge, landing-, selecting, cooper- 

 in^', catHlogms, advertising, caitage to warehouse, receiving and^ 

 dcUvc-ring ! 



Commission and guarantee ' 



8 



Not i»rocoeds 



i; s. 



d. 



10 12 8 



16 7 4 



The following letter was received from Mr. J. A. Findlay^ Canadian Agent, 

 Glasgow, Scotland, who was asked to report on the condition in which the fruit 

 arrived : — 



* Glasgow, September 11, 1908. 

 W. T. Macoun, Esq., 

 Horticulturist, 



Central Experimental Farm, 

 Ottawa. 



Dear Sir, — Yours of the 28th ultimo to hand on the 8th inst. 



The hoxes of apples you refer to were discharged yesterday from the AtTicnin 

 and I watched them as they were being handled, and found all the boxes in excellent 

 order, with no bi-cakages in either of the styles of boxes, the fruit also appeared in 

 satisfactory condition. 



The fruit, in the boxes of I'j of an inch tops and bottoms, and I's of an inch tops 

 and 3 of an inch bottoms was certainly more tightly packed than in the ordinary box. 



A box of this weight with § of an inch bottom and is of an inch top would seem 



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