XOTES AND COMMEATS. 



A Curious P'reak of an Apple is 

 Reported in "Science," by Mr. T. H. 

 Lennox, of Woodstock. In an orchard 

 near I^ke Erie, a Greening tree bore 

 Greening apples on one side, and on the 

 other, apples of a mixed character, each 

 apple being partly Greening and partly 

 Talman Sweet. The different kinds 

 occurred in sections for the most part 

 corresponding to the carpels. A Tal- 

 man Sweet tree stood near. Prof. Bailey 

 writes he considers it an instance of 

 what is very unusual, the immediate 

 efiTect of cross pollenation. 



Apple Shipping Co.mpany — Mr, P. 

 Innis, of Coldbrook, Nova Scotia, writes 

 giving particulars of a proposed company 

 for shipping, and selling Nova Scotia 

 apples which he believes would save the 

 fruit growers of that province not much 

 less than $100,000 per annum. The 

 scheme proposed is as follows : 



1. The formation of a Joint Stock Company 

 with the object of encouraging the producer 

 to ship and market his own apples ; anil liav- 

 ing for its shareholder-', piincipally, the 

 farmers and fruit-growers of the Cornwallis 

 and Annapolis Valley. 



2. By combiniitiou and eo operation to 

 secure the control of as large a portion of the 

 apple crop for shipment as possible. 



3. The erection of warehouses at large 

 shipping stations for the receiving, storing, 

 assorting and shipping of apples. 



4. Ihe judicious regulation by one cential 

 authoritj' of shipments in accordance with 

 the ^tate of the m irkets, and the providing 

 suitable and well ventilated steamers for the 

 carrying of apples. 



5. The securing the full advantage of com- 

 petition as regards freight rates, with the 

 further advantage of shipping from and to 

 any suitable port. 



ti. The practical e.xtinccion of middlemen's 

 tolls, as the shai'eholders will, through their 

 own officers, market their own apples and 

 transact their own business 



7. The reduction of commission and other 

 charges in Eng and to a miidmum, conse- 

 ijueut upon the consigning of all shipments to 

 their own accredited agrrrts 



To carry out this scheme it is proposed to 

 start with a capital of jSO.OOO in 5000 shares 

 of SIO each. This is a small amount for the 

 5000 fruit growers of these districts to raise, 

 when the benefits they will imniediatcly 

 derive are takeu into consideration. Tiie 

 money will be required gradually, aud as the 



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dirgctors — who will be appidntcil by the 

 sharehidders them-elves — see fit ; principally 

 for the building of warehouses such as those 

 at Cambridge ami Port Williarrrs, where 

 apples cau be hamlled independently of the 

 state of the weather, and be ready fnr ship- 

 ment whenever steamers arrive. Fruit grow- 

 ers know that no greater boon could be con- 

 ferred on them than the erection of such 

 warehouses, connectrd by a siding with the 

 rail«'ay. It will now be for themselves to 

 decide, by the arriount of their subscriptions, 

 whether their district can get a warehouse or 

 not. 



The providing of cold storage is no part of 

 the scheme. When gotten up at Halifax and 

 on the steamers, of course any shareholder at 

 his request cau have his apples shipped in 

 cold storage, but the gnat bulk of our apples 

 do not require cohl storage, but well veuti- 

 lated steamers, and it is only wanted for the 

 softer kinds, such as (Jravensteins, etc. 



Pears in England. — Ifwe may judge 

 from " The Fruit Grower " of London, 

 England, pears average good prices in 

 that market. That Journal says under 

 date of the 23rd ult , "The extraordi- 

 nary run on pears during the present 

 season justifies special reference to the 

 production of pears for market, since, as 

 we have pointed out again and again, 

 the demand for good pears is unlimited ; 

 and this is proved from the prices which 

 have ruled during the past few months, 

 ranging from 75c. to $1.50 per dozen 

 fruits. Why even earlier in the season 

 they were in demand at $2.50 to $3 50 

 per bushel, at these prices the demand 

 was always greater than the supply, 

 which, as a matter of fact, has not been 

 satisfied this season from first to last." 



Why should California fruit growers 

 swallow all the advantages of this excel- 

 lent market for fine pears, while we 

 Canadian fruitgrowers, with fruit of finer 

 flavor, if not so attractive an exterior, 

 are compelled to sacrifice our fruits at 

 losing prices. We have hope that the 

 schemes now under consideration for 

 cold storage transportation to Great Bri- 

 tain will meet our needs, and give us an 

 opening for the disposal of our fruits to 

 the best possible advantage. 



