January, igio 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



21 



Pilfering by Express Employees 



Editor, The Canadian Horticulturist : I 

 note a small item in your editorial column 

 relative to the "pilfering of fruit by em- 

 ployees of express companies," with certain 

 remarks thereto. Permit me to point out 

 that that will go on indefinitely unless taken 

 up by some of those "who have gotten to- 

 gether" and a case or two made thereof. 



The 'morals' of Canadian express com- 

 panies are of themselves low for nothing 

 is done to detect and punish the culprits. 

 It is cheaper and easier to just tell the com- 

 plainant that "their agent reports goods de- 

 livered in good order." They know very 

 well that the matter will end there no mat- 

 ter how clear a case is against them for the 

 reason of expense to the individual to carry 

 it further. 



The matter is a serious one morally on the 

 one side since the employees know they can 

 rob such packages with impunity and laugh 

 at the public. On the other hand, it is de- 

 trimental to the business of the fruit grow- 

 ers and should not Be allowed to sink into 

 oblivion with the well merited remarks 

 made bv vou. 



I would also point out that tne companies 

 need not go to the expense of "spotters" 

 provided their methods of business are sys- 

 tematised; for it is then easy to determine 

 in which division the pilfering has taken 

 ilace.— A. Bonar Balfour, Port Dalhousie, 

 bnt. 



The Apple Situation 



P. J. Carey, Dominion Fruit Inipector, Toronto 



Contrary to expectations of too many of 

 the operators, the apple crop has tiirned 

 out to be almost a large one, taking it all 

 over the Dominion. The talk- of a "short 

 crop," caused the usual recklessness on the 

 part of the dealers. A careful estimate 

 '^aken, say December 15, would seem to 

 jfchow in store in Ontario some 300,000 bar- 

 'rels, with about 275,000 in Nova Scotia. 

 The very disappointing returns from the 

 Old Country for the last month cannot be 

 said to be due to the fact that the ship- 

 ments were large, as much as to the wretch- 

 ed condition in which some of the car- 

 goes arrived. 



The weather conditions again this season 

 contributed no little share in bringing 



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about the unsatisfactory results. Large 

 quantities of the best of the fruit were al- 

 lowed to remain on the trees until, m 

 manv cases, the early part of November 

 in order that it may get size and color. 

 The color did not seem to come but the 

 frost did. 



It is the practice of many who store 

 apples, and one perhaps hard to avoid, 

 to rush to the market (as soon as storing 

 is done) all odds and ends, soft varieties, 

 frosted, and otherwise damaged fruit. No 

 matter where one would go in apple dis- 

 tricts, gangs could be seen hustling out 

 this class of stuff, perhaps to a greater ex- 

 tent this season than for some time be- 

 fore, and many a barrel was in a wasty 

 condition before leaving the packing house. 

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 other end did not show a profit: just at a 

 time too when the trade wants fancv fruit 

 for the holidays, and also the right time 

 to lay the foundation for the good stuff 

 to follow. 



With prudent handling from now on there 

 .seems to be no reason whv the quantitv 

 to go forward should not bring at least 

 fairly paying prices. 



Picton Horticultural Society 



At its annual meetin<i held in November, 

 the Picton Horticultural Society elected 

 the following officers: Pres., P. C. Macnee ; 

 vice-pres.. R. Davison: sec-treas., W. D. 

 Poss; and six directors. 



It was decided that the society as a 

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 society, if they did not know the proper 

 way to grow them. The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist is very helpful in this respect 

 and it often contains the experiments of 

 other horticulturists. He said that it is 

 important that every member of a horticul- 

 tural society should take The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist. 



Allow me to congratulate you on the con- 

 stant improvement in The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist. — C. N. Vroom, St. Stephen, 

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