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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



DISPLACING UNITED STATES APPLES. 



Says the Fruitgrower of February 11, 1904 : 

 " The United States Consul in Edinburgh re- 

 cords the fact that Canadian apple imports are 

 gaining a very strong position in the Scotch 

 markets. Mr. Fleming states that the system 

 of inspection adopted in Canada and subse- 

 quently renewed at the British ports has served 

 as a guarantee to the buyers of Canadian fruit, 

 and has in this way proved useful both to seller 

 and purchaser." 



FRUIT PACKING CO. AT OAKVILLE. 



At a meeting held in Oakville recently the 

 matter of establishing a packing house was dis- 

 cussed. A. W. Peart, of Burlington, told how 

 the apples from his district were shipped by the 

 local association to England. Returns were 

 most satisfactory, a number of good Old Coun- 

 try dealers bidding for their fruit. Special care 

 was taken in grading and packing and each 

 package was stamped with a private mark. Mr. 

 Peart advocated co-operation in spraying. One 

 man could secure an outfit and do the spraying 

 for the neighborhood. Mr. Dawson, of Toronto, 

 spoke of a company being formed that would 

 erect central packing stations in all fruit dis- 

 tricts. Boxes would be given the growers. 

 W'hen these were filled with all grades of apples 

 they would be taken to the packing house, the 

 apples graded, carefully packed and marked and 

 sold in one lot if possible. 



NOVA SCOTIA FRUIT COMPLIMENTED. 



The following is a copy of the letter accom- 

 panying the medal presented iby the Crystal 

 Palace Co., of London, Eng., to the Nova Scotia 

 Government for the display of Nova Scotia fruit 

 to be seen at the Crystal Palace during the fall 

 and early winter. It was addressed to J. How- 

 ard, Esq., agent general for Nova Scotia. 



Dear Sir : You will be interested to learn 

 that my directors have decided to mark their 

 sense of the very excellent, and attractive ex- 

 hibit of Nova Scotia fruit which was held in the 

 Canadian Court at the Crystal Palace during the 

 months of November, December and January, by 

 presenting a special commemorative medal to 

 the Nova Scotia Government, who, we under- 

 stand, in conjunction with the Fruit Growers' 

 Association of Nova Scotia, were responsible 

 for the display. 



I am directed therefore to forward this medal 

 to you as the representative of Nova Scotia in 

 London and to ask you to be good enough to 

 transmit it to the proper quarter. 



There is no question that such periodical 

 special exhibits do much to maintain a lively in- 

 terest in the Canadian Court, and my directors 

 are sanguine that the other colonies will fol- 

 low Canada's practical example in utilizing the 

 undoubted educational and commercial ad- 

 vantages which the Crystal Palace offers, for 

 promoting the interests of our Colonial Empire 



among the 2,000,000 visitors who come from 

 every part of the United Kingdom and of the 

 world. Yours faithfully, 



J. H. COZENS, secretary. 

 This exhibit for which this medal was award- 

 ed was the 128 cases condemned by Hamilton 

 and others in the Department of Agriculture at 

 Ottawa as unfit for exhibition purposes. The 

 above is a clear verdict in favor of those who 

 forwarded the exhibit. 



LISTS OF SHIPMENTS. 



Mr. Thomas E. Davis, inspector at London for 

 the Department of Agriculture, reports that 

 consignees in Britain complain that senders of 

 Canadian produce do not forward lists of ship- 

 ments, thereby causing great inconvenience. 

 This is a matter which shippers should care- 

 fully attend to. 



CHATHAM FRUIT GROWERS ADOPT 

 POWER SPRAYING. 



Secretary- Treasurer W. D. A. Ross, of the 

 Chatham Fruit Growers' Association, writes the 

 Fruit Division, Ottawa, that his association has 

 purchased a power spraying outfit for the use 

 of the members, and asks that Mr. J. C. Harris, 

 who had charge of the government sprayer used 

 in the illustration work in the Ingersoll district 

 last year, be sent to- start their machine. Mr. 

 Harris recently gave the Chatham growers a 

 talk on spraying, with which they were very 

 much pleased. A good many of the members 

 were only giving the power spraying project 

 half-hearted support previous to his visit, but 

 now they are all anxious to go ahead with the 

 scheme according to the most improved meth- 

 ods. The association is also talking of putting 

 up a packing nouse and evaporator, but are 

 hesitating on account of the prevalence of the 

 San Jose scale, which though confined to a lim- 

 ited area is gradually spreading in the district. 



A FRUIT MARKS BILL IN NEW YORK. 



If imitation is the sincerest form of fiattery, 

 Canada may well take it as a compliment that 

 Senator Hill has lately introduced in the Senate 

 of the State of New York a bill very much like 

 the Dominion Fruit Marks Act. There is an ad- 

 additional clause in the New York bill requir- 

 ing packages to be marked with the name of the 

 place where the fruit was grown, but this clause 

 is strongly opposed by the trade, who maintain 

 that a large operator who repacks fruit brought 

 into his storehouse by the carload, and coming 

 from forty or fifty different shippers, could not 

 possibly comply with such stipulations. In re- 

 gard to the bill the New York Fruitman's Guide 

 says : " It conflicts with the Interstate com- 

 merce law that forbids the passage of an act 

 that hinders commerce between various states. 

 Why Canada's law is a success is because it is 

 a national law, but until such a law is passed 

 in the United States the merchants in such 

 States in which such a law obtains are at a dis- 

 advantage with the merchants of other States." 



