NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Price of Apples never ruled higher, 

 so far as we know, than this season. 

 Some very high prices, according to the 

 Fruit Growers of London England, have 

 been made in Liverpool during the 

 month of November. Spys for instance, 

 went up to 24s. 3d. per barrel, New- 

 towns to 31s. 6d., and King Pippins to 

 32s. The latter were Canadian, and 

 proves the superior nature of the Cana- 

 dian fruit against the American. Such 

 prices have not been known for years. 

 Greenings actually went up to 22s. 6d , 

 Spys to 26s. gd., and various odd sorts 

 ranged in value from 12s. to 28s per 

 barrel. Money is being made freely at 

 these prices. 



Pears. — -The same journal, speaking 



of pears says : 



" French Duchess are worth from 3s. (id. 

 to OS. (ill. per case, and crates from (is. to 143. 

 Of course the latter contain a large quantity, 

 cases ruuuiug from 40 to 48, and crates as 

 high as twelve dozen. The California fruit 

 is remarkably fine. Glout Morceau are mak- 

 ing the highest prices, ranging from 8s. 6d. to 

 10s. (ill. Easter Bcurrcs are worth from 7s. 

 to 8s., and Winter Nelis the same prices per 

 half case. The ijuinces from the same coun- 

 try are very good, making from 9s. to 12s. 

 per three to four dozen package. 



"The California pear trade will develop in- 

 to a big business and we are satisfied that these 

 f rowers have a great future before them. The 

 Inglish markets can take all the choice fruit 

 they can send across, and it is to be hoped 

 the shippers will keep up the quality of their 

 shipments. " 



We do not see' why our friends in 

 California, three thousand miles farther 

 away than we in Ontario, should capture 

 the English market, when we have 

 equally good Bartlett pears, and when the 

 Dominion is ready to give us the cold 

 storage necessary to put our fruits there 

 in the best condition. 



ing of the 8th and the two following days 

 will be given to addresses and discus- 

 sions, of especial interest to farmers. 



C.\N.\Di.\N Pears seems to be highly 

 appreciated in England — Messrs. Wood, 

 Omerod & Co, of Edinburgh write: 

 "We were present yesterday (Nov. 3rd) 

 at sale of (Canadian) grapes, pears, etc., 

 at Glasgow. Pears made a pleasant 

 surprise, and were in nice order. We 

 bought the first parcel of five cases of- 

 fered, Beurre d'Anjou and made a profit 

 on them here ; they sold at 15s. per case 

 of about 54 pears at auction. We do 

 not hesitate to say that these will be- 

 come a common export, if care betaken. 

 The condition of nearly all the samples 

 left little to be desired, and the quality 

 was good. 



The Ger.man Apple Market is said 

 to be a good one for Canadian apples 

 and we are informed that the Hon John 

 Dryden, Minister of Agriculture for On- 

 tario, has just forwarded samples of our 

 finest commercial varieties for exhibi- 

 tion at an exhibition now in progress at 

 Berlin. The following quotation for 

 our apples in Hamburg were given by a 

 firm there under date of Nov. 2nd : 



Baldwin. . .up to 24. -25 marks, equal to $5 77 



Ben Davis. " 2.5 25 " " 6 01 



(ireening.. " 18.25 " " 4 'ix, 



Wine sap.. " 22 25 " •' 5 30 



Spy " 18.75 " " 4 83 



G. Russet.. " 18.25 " " 4 35 



N. Pippin.. " 23.25 " " 5 54 



Kings " 17 25 " " 4 U 



Cannons... " 17.50 " " 4 17 



The average quality of the sales was 

 poor. Price for good fruits are very 

 firm and prospects are very favorable, 

 the demand being strong. 



The Ontario Agkuui.tural and Trito.mas. — Today (Nov. 23)we have 

 Experimental Union holds its 19th received from Messrs. Webster Bros, 

 meeting at the O. A. C. Guelph, on the Hamilton, nearly a dozen fine spikes of 

 8lh, 9th and loth. An interesting popu- Tritoma Uvaria grandiflora, which we 

 lar programme will be given on the even- have opened out and placed is vases for 



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