THE EXPORT APPLE TRADE. 



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valuable address on " Fruit at Fall Fairs." He 

 advised that exhibitions of fruit be separated 

 into two classes — commercial and amateur. 

 The commercial class should again be classified 

 as export or domestic. The former should be 

 shown packed in barrels ready for shipment, and 

 in boxes, wrapped and unwrapped. Those in- 

 tended for domestic sale should be shown 

 packed in baskets, barrels and boxes. He said 

 that the Dominion Department of Agriculture 

 was willing to give all possible assistance and 

 to supply expert judges for fruit exhibitions. 



This Year's Outlook. 



Mr. Creelman, in an address on " The Outlook 

 for Fall Fairs in 1904," suggested that smaller 

 associations be formed, embracing districts 

 whose products were in common. In a central 

 association, covering so much territory, it was 

 possible to deal with subjects only in a general 

 way. 



Mr. H. B. Cowan, who succeeds Mr. Creelman 

 as superintendent of agricultural societies, out- 

 lined his proposed work for 1904. He advocated 

 liberal advertising of fairs, a convention of sec- 

 retaries for rautual benefit, careful attention to 

 the interests of the farmer, the main support of 

 the fall fairs, and unity of effort by groups of 

 adjacent fairs, including the hiring of a mana- 

 ger to devote his whole time to a group of fairs. 

 Mr. Cowan also proposed a method of insuring 

 fairs against financial loss by reason of rain on 

 exhibition dates. 



The usual votes of thanks to the city authori- 

 ties, the speakers and press were passed, and 

 the convention was closed. — The Mail-Empire. 



ending February 13, 1904, were 2,922,906 barrels 

 as compared with 2,097,581 barrels for the corre- 

 sponding period last year, showing an increase 

 of 825,325 barrels. — ^Fruit Trade Journal. 



THE EXPORT APPLE TRADE. 



Late advices from Liverpool report a good 

 market for all arrivals of sound stock which 

 have sold at steadily advancing prices. Ac- 

 count sales have just been received from Liver- 

 pool of a lot of 150 barrels of Golden Russets 

 netting the shipper $3.40 in the west, a lot of 

 100 barrels Baldwins netting $3.10 in the west, 

 and 100 barrels of Greenings netting $3.00. A 

 choice lot of Golden Russets netted the shipper 

 a fraction over $4.00 per barrel. The same 

 western shipper, however, admits that by the 

 same mail he received returns of two lots that 

 only netted him 75c and $1.10 i)er barrel respec- 

 tively, on account of a portion of the fruit being 

 frosted. But on the whole he is well satisfied 

 with the result of his shipments this season up 

 to the present; but what he is afraid of is that 

 as the market on the other side has held up so 

 well, that shippers will be induced to send for- 

 ward second qualities, a considerable quantity 

 of which it is said is still held in the west, and 

 which it is difHcult to dispose of to the local 

 trade. Up to the present it is generally ad- 

 mitted that Canadian shippers have realized 

 good average profits this season, and a Montreal 

 firm is reported to have made splendid gains on 

 its Nova Scotian shipments to London market. 

 The total exports of apples from Canada and the 

 United States for the present season up to week 



FRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION SHOULD 

 LEAD IN THIS. 



At the Ontario Fruit Growers' convention 

 Principal Mills, of the Ontario Agricultural Col- 

 lege, made a suggestion that has elicited con- 

 siderable discussion, and may lead to a most 

 important change in the railway freight charges. 

 The suggestion was that the Dominion Govern- 

 ment should be asked to establish an express 

 branch in connection with the postal service. 

 The railway freight rates are much too high, 

 but the charges in a service carrying small par- 

 cels in connection with the postofHces is already 

 in existence and works in a most satisfactory 

 manner. With our express business national- 

 ized it would be possible to take a package of 

 butter, eggs or fruit to any postoflace on rail line 

 and have the same delivered to the customer 

 more promptly and at very much less cost than 

 now. It would be a great gain to the farmers 

 and to the consuming portion of the community. 

 In Canada a large proportion of the cost of rail- 

 way construction has been borne by the tax- 

 payers, and it is now proposed by the Laurier 

 Government to increase the grants out of the 

 people's treasury to the Grand Trunk by many 

 millions of dollars. It is then quite time that 

 the people should study their own interests 

 more, and the suggestion of Principal Mills re- 

 garding nationalizing the express service is a 

 ease which every intelligent citizen should 

 adopt and press to a conclusion favorable to the 

 people. The Fruit Growers' Association might 

 very properly lead the way in the agitation, and 

 it is to be hoped the association will do so. — 

 Bobcaygeon Independent. 



FRUIT FOR ST. LOUIS. 



JMr. T. H. Race, editor of the Mitchell Re- 

 corder, has been appointed as the Dominion 

 Fruit Commissioner at the St. Louis Exposition, 

 and expects to spend the greater portion of the 

 summer at the place. He will have entire 

 charge of the fruit exhibit of the Dominion. 



" I think Canada will make a splendid show- 

 ing in the line of fruit," he said in a recent in- 

 terview. " All arrangements have been com- 

 pleted, and the growers are responding well. 

 The exhibit should be a good advertisement for 

 this country, especially as it is to be housed in 

 a very fine building which Canada is erecting. 

 There will be a fine showing of all agricultural 

 products, save live stock, and I can scarcely say 

 that I blame the stockmen for the stand they 

 have taken in the matter, as the conditions were 

 certainly most vexatious." 



Mr. Race has been addressing institute meet- 

 ings, which on account of the weather have not 

 been as well attended as in former years. This 

 does not mean any diminution of interest in the 



