THE EXPORT OF OUR TENDER^FRUIT 



sold at 9s. 4d. per case, when tomatoes 

 of large size at the same time sold for 

 only 6s. 8d. per case. 



The varieties recommended for ship- 

 ment to Great Britain by Mr. John Craig, 

 late Horticulturist at the Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa, are : — " Livingston's 

 Beauty, Favourite, (Livingston), Early 

 Ruby, (sometimes irregular) I^notum, 

 Long Keeper (Thorburn), Stone (Living- 

 ston), Liberty Bell and Cook's Favourite. 

 Dwarf Champion is a smooth, desirable 

 sort, but not very productive." 



Fruit intended for Great Britain 

 should be picked when fully grown and 

 when beginning to change colour. If 

 provision has not been made for the 

 carriage of it in cold storage, the fruit 

 should be picked and packed when of 

 full size, but while still a green colour 

 and well glazed. 



Only sound, smooth tomatoes should 

 be selected. They should be carefully 

 picked, so as to be free from bruises ; 

 and they should be graded in size, with 

 regard to their characteristic colour 

 when matured. Scarlet and purplish- 

 red varieties should not be packed to- 

 gether in the same case. 



Each tomato should be wrapped in 

 tissue paper, or in a light, cheap grade 

 of printer's paper. They should be 

 carefully packed stem end down, so 

 that each one will be held firmly in 

 place when the case is closed. 



PLUMS. 



It is doubtful whether a profitable 

 trade can be development in the ship- 

 ment of plums from Canada. 



The following table shows the quan- 

 tity and value of plums imported by 

 Great Britain, year ending 31st Decem- 

 ber, 1896. 



GRAPES. 



The following table shows the quan- 

 tity and value of grapes imported by 

 Great Britain, year ending 31st Decem- 

 ber, 1896. 



From the quotations from letters of 

 those to whom Canadian grapes were 

 shipped last season, it is evident that 

 there is not yet a demand for them in 

 Great Britain. It may be possible to 

 cultivate a taste for them, and thus to 

 create a demand which may lead to a 

 profitable trade. I do not think it will 

 pay to send the early ripening sorts of 

 grapes. They should be thoroughly 

 ripened before they are taken from the 

 vines. Trial shipments of different 

 varieties are to be made again in the 

 season of 1898, and until further in- 

 formation has been gained I am not 

 able to make any recommendations On 

 the subject. 



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