THE EXPORT OF OUR TENDER FRUIT. 



HGAIN this question is at the 

 front, and very soon some 

 further experimental shipments 

 will be sent forward. It is 

 plain that the time has come when we 

 must export our fruit or give up the 

 business, for we are producing more 

 fruit than Canada can consume. Then 

 when we succeed in reaching a foreign 

 market with our peaches and pears, we 

 must study the best export varieties and 

 plant extensively those kinds. This 

 may entirely revolutionize an orchard, 

 but it will bring success. 



sary that a suitable package should be 

 used. It should be (i) strong enough 

 to provide for safe carriage; (2) so con- 

 structed as to provide for thorough ven- 

 tilation ; (3) cheap ; and (4) of a size 

 convenient for handling. No one pack- 

 age is suitable for all kinds of fruit ; but 

 the package for the carriage of every 

 sort of fruit should meet these require- 

 ments. Each package of fruit, if thor- 

 oughly closed at a warm temperature, 

 becomes practically a generator of heat, 

 like a slow-burning stove ; hence the 

 need of openings for ventilation that the 



Fig. 



We have just received the report of 

 the Commission of Agriculture, Prof. J. 

 W. Robertson, in which he reviews the 

 work of the past year in the dairy, live 

 stock and fruit interests. In the section 

 devoted to this latter he reviews the 

 work of the year 1897 in experimental 

 fruit shipments to Great Britain, and 

 then draws the following general conclu- 

 sions : — 



PACKAGES. 



The value of tender fruits in Great 

 Britain depends chiefly upon their con- 

 dition. To ensure the preservation of 

 their condition at its best, it is neces- 



1400.— 



cold air may have a chance to cool the 

 fruit. 



The following cuts illustrate the pack- 

 ages which are recommended for use in 

 the shipment of pears, peaches and to- 

 matoes to Great Britain : — 



Fig. 1400 shows the case with one side 

 off. 



Fruit is to be packed from the side of 

 the case. After it is filled, the side is 

 to be put on in such a way as to hold 

 the fruit firmly, but not to bruise it. 



The following are the dimensions of 

 the case, in side measurement : — 



Length, 22 inches; width, 11^ 



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