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than ever in the fruit industry and home 

 adornment. 



The cherry crop, which was very promis- 

 ing in June will be a failure. The cherries 

 are abundant, but unsaleable as they are 

 full of worms. 



The plum crop in L'lalet Co. is the best we 

 ever had and the fruit neat and large fcr 

 the season. Several car loads will be shipped 

 from this county. 



Montreal 



E. H. Wartman, Dominion Fruit Inspector 



Montreal as a consumer of fruits and 

 distributor far excels all other cities in 

 Canada. July 14, 14 cars of bananas ar- 

 rived. On two auction days cf this week 

 20 cars of various fruits were sold. Before 

 our own strawberries arrived from Ontario, 

 79 cars from the United States were hand- 

 led by cur auction commission men. 



Buyers got a surprise July 14 by seeing 

 a car of Colorado boxed apples nicely dis- 

 played on the floor of the auction company. 

 They were Ben Davis and Wine Sap and 

 wonderfully well preserved. The fruit was 

 net wrapped, there being only a sheet of 

 oiled paper on four sides of the box. These 

 apples had been picked ten months. 



Some of the less posted buyers thought 

 that they were this year's apples — as cars 

 have been arriving from Tennessee and New 

 Jersey. Three dollars per bu.shel box was 

 asked for them by private sale. New ap- 

 ples from California sold at auction at 

 $3.05 a bushel box. The trade is paying 

 liood prices for well graded and preserved 

 fruits. Ungraded, unsightly packages gen- 

 erally sell for but little over transportation 

 charges. 



Renew your subscrrptlon now. 



Niagara District, Ont. 



The death on July 18 of Mr. H. S. Peart, 

 the director of the experimental farm at 

 Jordan Harbor, has been the cause of deep 

 regret by the fruit growers of the Niagara 

 District in whose interests he had been 

 working indefatigably and capably for th(^ 

 past few years. Mr. Peart was looked up 

 to, respected and beloved by the fruit grow- 

 ers. His administration of the farm has 

 been eminently successful. In losing at an 

 early age a young man who has already ac- 

 complished so much, the Province of Ontar- 

 io has sustained a distinct loss. 



The rains followed by coder weather have 

 helped the raspberries wonderfully, indeed 

 were the saving of the crop ; they also helpe^l 

 gooseberries, black and red currants and 

 blackberries. All these fruits are a good 

 crop and bringing good prices. Cherries 

 ar« in demand and Ly no means plentiful. 



The following was the range of prices on 

 the Hamilton market on July 19th : Goose- 

 berries per 11 quart basket 75c to $1.00; 

 red raspberries per crate, $2.00 ; black rasp- 

 berries, $2.75 to $3.00; red currants, $1 to 

 SI. 40: black currants, $1.00 to $1.25 per 

 11 quart basket. English cherries, $1.25 to 

 $1.50 per basket; scur cherries, 85 cents 

 to $1.00. 



On July 20th the buyers at Winona were 

 paying as follows : red raspberries, crate, 

 $1.B0 to $2.05; sour cherries, $1.00; black 

 cherries, $1.20; gooseberries, 75c a basket; 

 red currants a crate $1.00; black currants, 

 $1.25 a basket. 



On July 14th tomatoes made their first 

 appearance on the Hamilton market and 

 sold at $1.75, on the 19th they were still 

 selling at $1.50 to $1.75. 



The outlook for this crop in the Niagara 

 district is not very good, especiallv in the 

 St. Catharines district, the vines have not 



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