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Months. Bushels. Value. 



April, 1911 .... 



May .... 



June 2 $22.00 



July 11,014 41,816.00 



August . 28,957 78,193.00 



September . .' 38,254 85,006.00 



October 17,988 32,866.00 



November 1,006 1,905.00 



December 22 22.00 



January 1912 .... 



February 1 6.00 



March 2 20.00 



97,246 $239,856.00 



April, 1912 10 $10.00 



May • • • • 



June 33 151.00 



July 20,073 46,636.00 



August 43,808 89,711.00 



September 74,452 111,332.00 



October 11,799 17,521.00 



November 825 1,178.00 



December 301 435.00 



January, 1913 .... 



February .... 



March 349 606.00 



151,650 $267,580.00 



April, 1913 ■ 3 $22.00 



May .... 



June 1,430 6,330.00 



July 25,519 91,435.00 



August 30,017 95,446.00 



September 50,407 99,142.00 



October 14,403 21,019.00 



November 1,739 3,100.00 



December 2 7.00 



January, 1914 .... 



February 3 24.00 



March 8 35.00 



^ 123,531 $316,560.00 



Our heaviest shipping months, or when Ontario growers are putting most 

 plums on the market, are August, September and October. At the same time the 

 imports into Canada are heaviest during these months, and this in the face of a 

 duty of thirty cents a bushel. 



From the foregoing figures and statements it is possible to draw certain con- 

 clusions. 



(1) Plums and prunes grown in Canada show a marked decrease in number of 

 trees, value and interest during the last few years. 



(2) The imports of fresh plums into Canada show a steady increase during the 

 same period of time. 



(3) The imports of dried plums and prunes into Canada show a marked in- 

 crease during the same period of time. 



Therefore (1) either plums are produced under more favorable natural con- 

 ditions elsewhere and the imported product is of a higher quality than ours. 



(2) Or the fruit can be produced cheaper elsewhere than we can produce it. 



