THE FAMEUSE APPLE. 



£ ^ pA HE Fruit Growers' Association 



of Quebec met at Howick, on 



the 27th of January. There 



were present a large number of 



prominent members, among them the 



Hon. S. Fisher, R. J. Shepherd, R. 



Brodie, J. M. Fisk, J. C. Chapais, and 



Messrs. Craig and Shutt, of Ottawa. 



Mr. Shepherd read a paper on the 

 apple crop of the Province of Quebec, 

 in which he made the following refer- 



during the greatest glut ever known in 

 that market. London seems to be the 

 best market for No. i Fameuse, if 

 packed with care, either in barrels or 

 cases. Of course I prefer the case 

 package for my special trade, as the 

 fruit arrives on the other side in much 

 better condition. Just as the Newtown 

 Pippin commands fancy prices, even in 

 such years of plenty as last (prices 

 reaching 25s to 28s. per barrel), for no 



Fic. 1190. — Famecsk Arn.E. 

 (From a pencil drawing by HaroUl Jones, Maitland. 



ences to the Fameuse apple. The 

 quality of the Fameuse was excellent 

 last season, where any attempt was 

 made to spray the trees. Perhaps more 

 Fameuse were exported and sold in 

 Great Britain, last season, than ever 

 before" Sold under the name of 

 " Fameuse," too, they brought better 

 and higher prices than the Western 

 " Snows." When Fameuse were picked 

 and barrelled early, and shipped immedi- 

 ately, they arrived in fair condition, and 

 netted fairly good prices in London, 



other reason than because the Newtown 

 Pippin is a fashionable apple with the 

 fashionable people of London ; so is it 

 possible, if " La Fameuse " (which, in the 

 opinion of those who know both apples 

 well, equals, if it does not surpass, in its 

 season, the former), if put on the Lon- 

 don market in its best condition, will 

 command equally good prices when it 

 too becomes a " fashionable " apple. I 

 believe there is a large trade to be 

 worked up by exporting our Quebec 

 Fameuse to London, and that in time. 



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