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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Importations of Vegetables 



I"* HE following statement, showing the 

 quantity and value of vegetables im- 

 ported into Canada from the United States, 

 and entered for consumption at the ports of 

 Montreal and Toronto during the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1904. and the duty collected 

 on each item, has been laid on the table of 

 the House of Commons at Ottawa by the 

 Minister of Customs: 



MONTREAL. 



July TO Deckm«kk, 1!»(I3, Inclusive. 



Quantity. Value. Duty. 



17,597 $ 764 $ 191.00 



1,()41 -2,370 446.1.") 



3,028 '2,400 .S02,30 



1 0,1 42 16,938 4,7-22.20 



292,863 10,539 4,392.94 



14,106 3,526.50 



Articles. 



Melons No. 



Potatoes Bush. 



Potatoes, Sweet. . " 

 Tomatoes, Fresh. " 

 Tomatoes, Can'd. Lbs. 

 Vegetables, Other $ 



Total, 6 months 



$47,117 .$13,581.09 



Janu.\ry TO June, 1904, I.nclusive. 



Articles. Quantity. Value. Duty. 



Potatoes Bush. 1 , 793 $1,81 5 $ 268 95 



Potatoes, Sweet . . " 433 774 43.3o 



Tomatoes, Fresh . " 9,178 2.3.325 4,368. lo 



Tomatoes, Canned. Lbs. 55,772 3,400 836.38 



Vegetables, Other. $ 39,477 9,869.25 



Total 6 months. . 

 Grand total 12 months. 



$70,791 $15,385.98 



$117,908 $28,967,07 



TORONTO. 



•TuLY TO December, 1903, Inclusive. 



Articles. Quantity. Value. Duty. 



Melons No. 97,-522 .?5,627 $1,409 75 



Potatoes Bush. 1,414 1.292 212.10 



Potatoes. Sweet . " 5,178 4,037 517.80 



Tomatoes, Fresh. " 8 726 10,224 2,777.60 



Vegetables, Can'd Lbs. 148,747 7,047 2,231.20 



Vegetables, Other $ 10,432 2,608.00 



Total 6 months. 



.$.38,659 $9,753.45 



.Janu.ary TO ,IuNK, 1904, Inclusive. 



Article). 



Melons No. 



Potatoes Bush. 



Potatoes, Sweet.. " 

 Tomatres, Fresh. " 

 Vegatables, Can'd Lbs. 

 Vegetables, Other $ 



Quantity. Value. 



7,662 



3,279 



337 



7,191 



55,231 



$ 775 



3,7.55 



479 



17.661 

 4,156 



28,160 



Duty. 



% 193.75 



491.85 



.33.70 



3,204 30 



829.07 



7,040.00 



Total 6 months. 



\\ 



.$54,986 $11,792.67 



The Vicar Pear 



L. WOOI^VERTON, SUPT. ONTARIO FRUIT 

 STATIONS, GRIMSBY, ONT, 



A GENTLEMAN in the County of 

 Waterloo sends a sample of a pear 

 for identification. The pear, he says, ma- 

 tured in December, and when he wrote early 

 in February, was still in. good condition. 

 The tree is a heavy bearer. For an ordi- 

 nary sized tree, one barrel of fruit would be 

 a fair crop, but in 1903 it bore three barrels 

 of pears, of which 90 per cent were market- 

 able, and in 1904 one barrel of marketable 

 fruit. The Toronto men believe it to be 

 Buerre d'Anjou, but it does not quite corres- 

 pond with the description. " I hope," he 

 adds, " that you can give me the correct 

 name of the pear." 



The pear is a fair sample of the Vicar of 

 Winkfield, which was described and illus- 

 trated in my report to the Minister of Agri- 

 culture for the year 1901, page 22. It is an 

 old French pear, introduced into cultivation 

 about the year 1760, and now distributed in. 

 France under different names. It was in- 

 troduced into England by the Vicar of 

 Winkfield, hence its English name. I have 

 grown the pear over 30 years in my experi- 

 mental orchard near Grimsby, and have 

 come to the conclusion that it should not be 

 highly commended. The tree is fairly pro- 

 ductive, but inclined to sufifer from blight; 

 while the fruit, though large in size and an 

 excellent keeper and shipper, carr)dng as 

 well as an apple, lacks color to make it a 

 good seller, and has not good enough quality 

 to commend it for the home garden. Its 

 season is December to February. 



(4rand total 12 months 



$93,645 $21,546.12 



The British Columbia Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation is asking the local legislature to 

 increase its annual grant. It also asks the 

 Department of Agriculture to arrange for a 

 national convention of fruit growers next, 

 autumn. 



