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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, igio 



EXabllahtd WID 



Look Distance Tekpliooe M 3102 



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(Member Toronto Board of Trade) 



Wholesale Fruit Merchant 



44 Church St., Toronto, Ont. 



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BRASS STENCILS, Etc. 



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Fruit Commissioner in the West 



Mr. J. C. Metcalfe is reiiri'senting tlio 

 fruit growers of British Coluiiiljia this sum- 

 ir.or on the western markets, and forward- 

 ing periodical reports of market conditions 

 in the Prairie provinces to the Provincial 

 Department of Agriculture. Mr. Metcalfe's 

 first report was made from Moose Jaw un- 

 der date of May 30th. It gave the views of 

 wholesalers and rcttailers on the crop of va- 

 rious kinds of fruit 'i; the American cosst 

 states. Descriptions were given of the con- 

 dition in which fruit was reaching the mar- 

 Uets from Tennessee, Missouri Hood Hiver 

 and California, and the prices it realized. 



British Columbia growers were warned 

 that as the supply of fruit is likely to be 

 plentiful they will have to exercise great 

 care this year to see that their fruit is 

 packed in the best possible manner and con- 

 dition. While the good and fini.slied prod- 

 uct is likely to sell well, the poor and un- 

 finished may prove a drug on the market. 

 Mr. Metcalfe reported that a determined ef- 

 fort was being made by jobbers operating 

 through their boards of trade to secure a 

 reduction in the tariff on A;nerican fruits, 

 and that the agitation is to be continued. 



Year's Results for St. Cathar- 

 ines Shippers 



The past year was one of the most success- 

 ful in the history of the St. Catharines Cold 

 Storage and Forwarding Company, the 

 pioneer co-operative fruit growers' associa- 

 tion in Ontario. The wonderful record was 

 made of shipping 148 car loads of fruit to 

 the west without its being necessary to settle 

 a single claim on account of fruit arriving 

 in bad condition. 



STR.4WBBBRT SHIPMENTS. 



Early in 1909 three large shipments of 

 strawberries to Winnipeg were arranged to 

 prove the possibility of opening up an outlet 

 to relieve our eastern markets. The first 

 shipment was made on June 26th, by ordin- 

 ary refrigerator car freight service ; the sec- 

 ond on June 28th by ordinary express; the 

 third by patent ventilated express car, and 

 the results on the whole were such that the 

 company intends to make further shipments. 

 Early in the season the regular ship- 

 ments comprised three cars weekly. These 

 increased to a car daily, and in a few weeks 

 from two to five cars daily were forwarded 

 to the comiiany's agent in Winnipeg, and as 

 far west as Calgary and Edmonton. 



IMPROVEMENTS. 



This year the company will use a colored 

 label with a printed brand name on all 

 choice fruit, more especially those shipi^ed 

 to the west and to Toronto. 



THE FINANCIAL YEAR. 



The financial statement presented by Mr. 

 VV. C. McCalla, for the year ending April 

 1st showed the total earnings to have been 

 $109,105.22, against which were exiM>ndi- 

 tures to the amount of $107,957.59, leaving 

 a balance of $1,048.64. 



Assets to the amount of $13,891.74 were 

 shown, with liabilities amounting to $10,- 

 245.73, showing a balance of $3,646.01. 



Prof. W. Loohhead, of Macdonald College, 

 Que., is absent on a trip in Europe, and 

 will not be back until about the middle of 

 August. 



Mr. W. T. Macoun, who has recently been 

 appointed Dominion Horticultu ist, and 

 placed in charge of the hortic dtural work 

 on the various experimental farii s of the 

 Dominion Government throughout Canada, 

 will leave Qttawa during the first week in 

 July to visit all the western farms and note 

 the horticultural work being dene on them. 



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