September, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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l)ulletin advocates having the cold storage 

 facilities for apples located as near as pos- 

 sil)le to the point of production. 



The experiments indicate that it is prac- 

 tical to ship carefully packed winter apples, 

 that have been promptly cold stored, with- 

 out repacking. This is important as it 

 would be an immense advantage to the 

 apple trade if repacking could be dispensed 

 with. 



CAN EXTEND THE SE-^SON 



Mr. Ruddick claims that the usual sea- 

 son for greenings may be extended several 

 weeks if the apples are well matured on the 

 trees and placed in cold storage without de- 

 lay after picking. 



It is frequently asserted that apjjles de- 

 teriorate quickly after being removed from 

 cold storage. It would seem to depend en- 

 tirely on the stage which the ripening pro- 

 cess had reached. Apples ripen slowly in 

 cold storage. If they are held until the 

 limit is nearly reached, they naturally de- 

 teriorate quickly when removed, but no 

 more quickly than they would if the same 

 stage had been reached in ordinary storage 

 at any temperature. 



There is evidence in the results cf the 

 trials to show that apples which are cold 

 stored promptly after picking and held 

 at 32-34 degrees for say five months, then 

 removed to a high temperature for one 

 month, will be in a better condition at the 

 end of the sixth month than if they had 

 been exposed to the same high temperature 

 for the first month and then placed in cold 

 storage for the rest of the period. Or, in 

 other words, exposure to a high tempera- 

 ture just after picking, when the life pro- 

 cesses are active in the apple, will cause 

 . mo re injury than the same exposure at 

 I^Hbter stage. 



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Ontario Methods Criticised 



The following extracts from two letters 

 received recently by The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist should be of interest to Ontario 

 fruit growers : 



We are not handling any Ontario fruit 

 and do not expect to with the exception of 

 grapes and possibly some Snow apples. The 

 trade in our section have been "done" so 

 frequently on Ontario barrel apples that it 

 is a very difficult proposition to sell them 

 at any price in competition with the other 

 stuif ircm British Columbia and Washing- 

 ton that is honestly packed. — Royal Fruit 

 Co. Ltd., Edmonton, Alta. 



Unless Ontario fruit growers adopt a bet- 

 ter method of packing and shipping their 

 apples for the western trade we fear they 

 will lose this market to a large extent, as 

 the British Columbia and Washington 

 growers seem to have a much better method 

 of packing and shipping than the growers 

 of Ontario. — Stockton & Mallinson Limited, 

 Regina. 



Items oS Interest 



The greatest fruit . show ever held in 

 New Brunswick will take place in St. John 

 during the month of November. The pro- 

 vincial government has granted $500.00 in 

 priiies which has enabled the officers of the 

 New Brunswick Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion to provide an attractive prize list. 

 Copies may be obtained on application to 

 the secretary, A. G. Turney, Fredericton 

 N. B. 



The Department of Trade and Commerce 

 reports that on account of the shortness of 

 the crop of English orchard fruits this year 

 there should be a good demand for Nova 

 Scotia cranberries and at good prices, pro- 

 viding that shipments are made early. 



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 Staves, Hoops and 

 Heading of the best quality 

 for making Barrels, or arrange 

 with our cooper friends to 

 supply you with the Barrels 

 ready for packing, ^All our 

 stock is standard grade, war- 

 ranted up to the requirements 

 of the Fruit Department. 



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