NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



may be sold more readily in August and 

 September than later in the fall. North- 

 ern cities depend on the stock south of 

 them in early fall, and usually that is not 

 so fine as the late northern stock. If 

 one ships before time for storing, the 

 market takes smaller tubers than it will 

 for winter use. When there is only half 

 a crop of any kind of vegetables or fruit 

 one can safely ship a product that would 

 be not waated at all in a year of abund- 

 ance. The rule is, however, that a city 

 pays good prices for a choice article, 

 while a local market is the safest for a 

 poor article. Ship only such crops as 

 are or can be made choice in quality, 

 and accept whatever may be gotten at 

 home for the second class stuff. 



The Annual Meeting of the On- 

 tario Fruit Grower's Association will be 



held in the City Hall, St. Catharines, on 

 Thursday and Friday, December ist and 

 2nd; sessions to begin each morning at 

 9 30 ; each afternoon at 2 p.m. ; and 

 each evening at 7.30. An interesting 

 list of topics will be brought up for dis 

 cussion, and every meeting is open to 

 the public without any charge. 



Among the persons expected to be 

 present and aid us at these meetings are 

 Dr. Wm. Saunders, Ottawa ; Mr. C. C 

 James. Toronto; Dr. Mills, O. A. C., 

 Guelph ; Mr. C C. James, Deputy Minis- 

 ter of Agriculture; Prof. J.W.Robertson, 

 Ottawa ; Prof. McCoun, Ottawa ; Prof. 

 Hutt, of the O. A. C. Guelph ; Mr. W. 

 M. Orr, Superintendent of Spraying for 

 Ontario, and many others. Suggestions 

 of topics will be gladly received. Write 

 for full programme, to the Secretary, 

 Grimsby, Ontario. 



LATE TOMATOES. 



PICK your tomatoes when there is 

 danger of frost ; handle them 

 very carefully, so as not to bruise 

 them, for a bruised tomato is 

 sure to rot. Place them in a moder- 

 ately well lighted room where they will 

 not freeze. If convenient, keep them 

 in crates, baskets or boxes, or in piles 

 around the wall, in order that they may 

 be convenient for handling over, which 

 should be done every few days, picking 

 out the ripe and those getting ripe and 

 all damaged ones. Tomatoes handled 

 in this way will nearly all get ripe and 

 be as good as if just picked from the 

 vines, and will extend the tomato sea- 



son from 2 to 3 months. 



Pick your tomatoes when dry if you 

 can ; if compelled to pick when wet, 

 spread them out so they can dry and 

 then pile them up again, as they ripen 

 fresher in a pile. If in danger of a 

 frost coming unexpectedly in the night, 

 pull the vines, putting them in piles, 

 covering them up if convenient, if not, 

 only those on the outside will freeze. 

 Frosted tomatoes will not keep when 

 ripening. All tomatoes too small for 

 other use may be pickled in salt, the 

 same as cucumbers, and soaked out and 

 used for pickles, or any other use, the 

 same as fresh ones. 



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