iVOrj SCOTIA FRUIT GROWERS. 



put their apple crop at 60,000,000 bar- 

 rels. We have shipped already 230,000 

 barrels, principally to London, there to 

 be met with enormous consignments 

 from United States and Ontario, amount- 

 ing to 2,300,000 barrels, shipped to Eng- 

 land, which has so overstocked that great 

 market that prices have returned to the 

 grower an average of from 75 cents to 

 $1.00 per barrel. Owing to the above 

 cause, rendered more unprofitable by the 



Although this extreme over-produc- 

 tion may not occur again for some time, 

 I think the time has come when we must 

 base our calculations for apple crops at 

 not over one dollar per barrel average, 

 and at this price with reasonable freight 

 rates, I claim that this can be made the 

 most profitable farm industry in Nova 

 Scotia, and as compared with the low 

 prices likely to continue for all food pro- 

 ducts, this must be considered an equit- 



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exorbitant freight rates and charges by 

 the subsidised lines of steamers running 

 between Halifax and London, the fruit 

 grower has practically been growing 

 fruit this year to enrich the carriers and 

 agents. We have paid the carriers 

 already over $200,000 in freight, and 

 received about $100,000 to cover cost 

 of growing, barrels, picking, etc., which 

 results in a loss to us. 



able price, and all my previous calcu- 

 lations for apple production in Nova 

 Scotia have been based at $1.00 per 

 barrel. 



The promoters of the Halifax cold 

 storage warehouse, having failed so far in 

 securing the required capital, fruit grow- 

 ers as well as all producers of perishable 

 fruit products are deprived of the advan- 

 tage of any cold storage in this Province. 



