WHICH SHALL WE USE, THE 28 OR 30 INCH BARRELS? 



ALTHOUGH the standard apple barrel 

 contains 96 quarts and is 28 inches 

 high, the majority of Ontario fruit growers 

 appear to prefer and to be using one of 

 larger size, known as the 30-inch barrel. 

 For this and other reasons the suggestion 

 has been made that the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association should adopt the 30- 

 inch barrel. The views of some of Ontario's 

 leading fruit growers on this subject have 

 been gathered by The Horticulturist. 



" The 30-inch barrel," said William 

 Rickard, of Newcastle, " contains several 

 quarts of apples more than the standard 28- 



The Georgian Bay Fruit Experiment Station. 



" I prefer the 30-inch barrel over the 28- 

 inch one," said Mr. W. H. Dempscy, of 

 Trenton, " because it is the standard barrel 

 in my section, and we have become accus- 

 tomed to its use. Nova Scotia shippers 

 have been using the 28-inch barrels, as have, 

 I believe, the New England fruit growers. 

 The result is that apples from these sections 

 and from Ontario are often distinguished 

 by the different sized barrels. 



" Quotations in English catalogues show 

 that Ontario fruit brings more than enough 

 extra in price to make up the difference in 

 the quantity of apples contained in the larger 

 barrel. As long as 

 our fruit continues to 

 bring the best prices 

 I think we should 

 stick to the barrel by 

 which our apples are 

 recognized. 



"Another point to 

 be considered is how 

 the 28-inch barrel 

 would effect the coop- 

 ers. Were the 28- 

 inch barrel to become 

 generally used, coop- 

 ers who happen to 

 have considerable 

 stock left at the end 



A partial view of the orchard at the fruit experiment station in the Georgian Bay district, coj 

 ducted by J. G. Mitchell of Clarksburg, is here given. Some 300 varieties of fruit are being teste 

 The orchard shown on the left side in the illustration contains four acres of such varities of apples as 

 Spy, Baldwin, King, Ben Davis, Golden Russets, Gravenslein, Rode Island Greening and others. 

 In the background are 1200 plum trees' including 180 varieties all of which are labeled and numbered, 

 that an exact record of each tree may be kept. There is a. sixteen acre orchard of winter apple trees 

 which cannot be seen in the illustration. It contains two blocks of dwarf pear trees o' such varieties 

 as Bartlett, Duchess, Louis Bonne, Clapp's Favorite and others. It has been found th?t pears have 

 done as well attbi^ station as apples, the results far exceeding expectations. 



inch barrel. For myself, I rather like the 

 larger barrel ; it does not cost any more, 

 either to buy, pack or ship. 



" It is, I think, a little better appearing, 

 and is likely to strike the buyer more favor- 

 ably. In my section the larger barrel is 

 used almost exclusively. I would like to 

 see the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association 

 adopt either one size or the other as its 

 recognized barrel." 



of the season, would 

 be unable to use the 

 extra barrels for ship- 

 ments of sugar and 

 flour, and the stock 

 would be left on their hands. By using the 

 30-inch barrels, if they have any left over, 

 they are able to utilize them for other pur- 

 poses. The appearance of the 30-inch bar- 

 rels is also nicer." 



" I think it would be a great mistake were 

 the apple trade of Ontario to adopt the 28- 

 inch barrel," writes J. G. Anderson, of 

 Lucknow. " The freight and other charges 

 are the same on the larger as on the smaller 



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