GRIMSBY AND WINONA FRUIT GROWERS— II. 



FlO. lO.SIi. — Mk. C. I'. CAKrENTtR. 



ITTLE more need be added 

 concerning these fruit centres, 



-y^ for we want to deal with many 

 other parts of our beautiful Pro- 



ce. There are two Winnna men. how- 



ever, who have accomplished so much, 

 toward the development of the fruit 

 industry in Canada, that we must not 

 pass them by. We refer to Mr. E. D. 

 Smith, who is referred to in a succeed- 

 ing article, and to Mr. T. H. P. Carpen- 

 ter, whose beautiful house is shown in 

 Fig. 1087. 



At Winona station, these two gen- 

 tlemen compete with each other in 

 their purchases of fruit from growers, 

 and in their circulars of prices current 

 to buyers. Having telephone connec- 

 tion from the shipping sheds, with the 

 leading growers, they can soon have 

 at their command any quantity of fruit 

 for the filling of orders. Mr. T. H. P. 

 Carpenter and his father, C. P. Car- 

 penter, formed a partnership in the 

 fruit shipping in 1878, and the business 

 of the firm in the fruit business aver- 

 ages between $25,000 and $35,000 per 

 annum. In 1893 their shipments of 

 choice dessert grapes amounted to 

 about half a million pounds, since 



