THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Table showing average prices realized 

 per barrel for the following varieties of 

 Canadian apples, sold in Great Britain, 

 season 1897. 



Varieties. 



Alexanders 



Baldwins 



Ben Davis 



Blenheim Pippins .... 



Blush Pippins 



Colverts 



Cranberry 



Duchess 



Fallawaters 



Golden Kussett 



Greenings I 15 



Jennettings I 4 



Kings 



Maiden Blush 



Phcenix 



Ribston 



Snows 



Spys 



St. Lawrence 



Wealthy . ... . . . 



Average 

 H. Price. 



15 

 20 

 18 

 20 

 14 

 14 

 23 



d. 



24 



18 11 



17 



8 



26 11 

 12 6 



18 

 16 

 14 

 21 



7 

 15 



3 

 6 



8 



10 



PEARS. 



Less attention is paid in Great Bri- 

 tain to the variety of pears than to the 

 soundness and nice appearance of the 

 fruit. Pears of a typical and regular 

 shape are wanted, and from a medium 

 to a large size. 



From the trial shipments it appears 

 that a large trade can be created at 



prices which will be remunerative to the 

 growers here. 



The following table shows the quantity 

 and value of pears imported by Great 

 Britain, year ending 31st December, 

 1896. 



PEACHES. 



Tender varieties of peaches, such as 

 Crawfords, can be shipped with safety 

 only when the fruit is picked in a firm 

 condition, and cooled to a temperature 

 of under 40 degrees soon thereafter. If 

 packed in cases such as shown at figures 

 I and 2, and carried at a low tempera- 

 ture, it appears practicable to send 

 peaches safely to Cireat Britain. Their 

 arrival in first-rate condition will doubt- 

 less create a demand for them ; but the 

 shipment of them will always be more 

 difficult to carry on successfully than 

 that of apples and pears. 



TOMATOES. 



Tomatoes can be shipped safely. The 

 price that may be obtained regularly 

 will depend so much on the supplies 

 available from other countries that no 

 safe estimate can be made. A large 

 supply of tomatoes for Great Britain is 

 received from Teneriffe, Canary Island, 

 the Channel Islands and France. 



Those varieties which are of medium 

 size, smooth and regular in shape, solid, 

 with small seeds cavities, sell for the 

 highest prices. In the trial shipments 

 last year, tomatoes of small size were 



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