THE CANADIAN HORTICULTtJEIST. 



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-will pay to ship apples to Nova Scotia 

 Tinder the most favorable circumstances, 

 Tvhat may be expected where one at- 

 "tempts it in such a season as that of 

 1883, when Ontario apples were so far 

 "below the average in quality, and yet, 

 poor as they were, valued at from $3 

 to S4 per bbl. in our own home mar- 

 kets 1 



Well, I tried it that season, and 

 shipped a carload to Yarmouth consist- 

 ing chiefly of Greenings, Baldwins, 

 King, Spy, Roxbury and Golden Rus- 

 set, Ribston and Cranberry Pippin. In 

 addition there were quite a few bbls. of 

 inferior kinds, because I could not 

 readily buy enough to fill the car with- 

 out them. 



Now, while the inferior stock brought 

 deservedly severe criticism, as samj^les 

 ■of our far-famed Ontai'io apples, the 

 fii"st-class kinds were highly satisfac- 

 tory. 



Messi's. P. D. Kinney & Co., the 

 ■consignees, wrote : " ThLs lot of fruit, 

 on the whole, is rather better than you 

 led us to expect. Of coui-se any exami- 

 nation cannot be thoroughly reliable 

 unless the contents of the barrels are 

 ■emptied out. But we are satisfied that 

 they are honestly packed, and vjell 

 packed, too, for after the journey of 

 900 miles they still retain their places 

 in the barrels, every apple of them, 

 except two barrels which had evidently 

 got part of their heads knocked out by 

 rough handling." 



The apples were distributed in Yar- 

 mouth as samples of Ontario apples, and 

 critical reports were asked for from the 

 consumers in the month of April of the 

 following spring. "While some of these 

 were very justly adverse, the majority 

 were highly commendatory, showing 

 that the strictly first-class ones gave 

 complete ."satisfaction. Here, for ex- 

 ples, are a few quotations from the re- 

 ports : — 



-VIr. A. Lawson, proprietor Yarmouth 



Herald, writes : ' ' The three barrels of 

 Ontario apples, viz., King, Spy, Ribston 

 Pippin, which I purchased from you last 

 fall, proved of very excellent quality and 

 fine flavor, and gave my family and myself 

 the utmost satisfaction." 



Mr. R. S. Eakins writes : " Referring 

 to the Ontario apples, I can only say that 

 they were in quality and flavor, &c., the 

 best I ever had. If you have some now 

 send me one barrel." 



IVIr. W. E. Perry' writes : '' The barrel 

 of apples, King of Tompkins Co., which I 

 purchased from you last fall, proved en- 

 tirely satisfactory in everj- particular. A 

 most excellent eating and cooking ajjple. " 



IVIr. G. E. Day, Baptist minister, says : 

 " The Ontario apples purchased from you 

 were sound and good ; they possessed an 

 excellent flavor, and were in every way 

 highly satisfactory." 



Mr. W. D. Lovitt writes : "The On- 

 tario apples I bought from you in Decem- 

 ber last— Ribston Pippins and King of 

 Tompkins Co. — were of the best quality 

 and gave good satisfaction." 



Mr. W. A. Chase wi'ites : '"' Apples, 

 viz., Ribstons, Greenings, Spys and Rus- 

 sets, liighly satisfactory in quaHty, flavor 

 and quantity in the barrel." 



jMr. A. Smum writes : " The Canadian 

 Golden Russets bought from you last faU 

 turned out of medium size, beautiful in 

 form and color, of delicious flavor, and 

 will keep perfectly sound and crisp till 

 June. I want no better." 



M. R. Bingay writes : " The Ontario 

 apples received from you were first a bar- 

 rel of large, red apples, very fine indeed, 

 and verj' few spoiled ones. The Golden 

 and other Russets were also veiy good, 

 and the Greenings were just splendid." 



Mr. H. A. Hood writes : " The Ontario 

 apples have kept entirely free from rot, 

 and have given good satisfaction. The 

 Russets are a clean, weU-preserved apple, 

 but their flavor, I think, might be im- 

 proved." 



Mr. Chas. Allan writes : " The barrel 

 of Ontario apples that I got from you 

 gave entire satisfaction. They were 

 called Cranberry'-, and have kept much 

 longer than you guaranteed them. The 

 flavor was excellent." 



