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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIS2. 



rels and put them up on the car at $1.75 per bar- 

 rel for all kinds. I had about 75 barrels of Tal- 

 Tnan Sweets and a good many Bellfleurs, and 

 some other varieties that the buyers would give 

 me only 50 cents for. — (H. Hurd. 



Ther are very few buyers, and they are only 

 picking from the largest and best orchards. 

 Thousands of barrels of good winter apples are 

 being shaken down and fed to stock and taken 

 to the evaporators. This points strongly to the 

 need for a cooperative association for the hand- 

 ling of all fruit. Barrels are costing 45 cents 

 ^ach by the 100, and 50 cents for less quantities. 

 —(A. W. Walker. 



WENTWORTH COUNTY. 



Buyers are paying 60 cents a barrel for winter 

 apples, the buyer doing his own picking and the 

 growers the teaming. Growers feel that con- 

 sidering the size of this year's crop and the con- 

 dition of the market, that they should receive 

 at least $1 per barrel. As soon as the local 

 crop is off the British market Canadian apples 

 should bring better prices. — (Adolphus Pettit. 

 NORFOLK COUNTY. 



The average price being paid for winter 

 apples is 50 cents per barrel, the buyer doing 

 the picking and packing, and the grower board- 

 ing the men. Only a few growers have sold at 

 this price. • One grower sold his orchard for 

 about $80 and the buyer has taken out about 

 300 barrels of fruit, taking almost all on the 

 trees. As the grower had to board the men 

 and teams, he does not consider he received over 

 $50 for his crop. We should have a definite 



statement as to what a No. 2 apple is. Where 

 fruit can be stored I am satisfied growers will 

 do well to hold their apples, as better prices 

 will undoubtedly be paid later. — (Oliver Austin. 

 PEL.ee island, ESSEX COUNTY. 



My son and our next neighbor are holding 

 their prices at $1.50 per barrel for picked fruit, 

 those fallen a little less. Where the buyer has 

 a team he comes for them, otherwise they are 

 delivered. None are shipped off the island, as 

 not enough are grown for the home demand. I 

 hear some are selling the crop in the orchard, 

 rough and smooth, the buyer to pick and fur- 

 nish his own barrels, for 75 cents. This is on 

 the main land, and is about the same price as 

 Pelee growers sell for. Ours are all spoken 

 for, and as few have good cellars to keep fruit 

 in they will sell before Christmas. — (James 

 Sugley. 



SIMCOE COUNTY. 



The prices commonly paid for apples is for 

 fall 50 cents per barrel, and for winter 75 cents. 

 The buyer picks and packs the apples, the 

 grower delivers the barrels in the orchard and 

 takes them to the storehouse when packed, and 

 also boards the hands while picking, etc. I 

 think there will be many orchards unsold in the 

 G-eorgian Bay district owing to considerable im- 

 perfect fruit, and because many growers prefer 

 to feed the apples than undergo the expense 

 consequent on getting them to market. I think 

 the estimate of p-rices given in The Horticultur- 

 ist last month was not too high. — (W. S. Pat- 

 tullo. 



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