COMMERCIAL FRUIT GROWING. 



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PRESERVED FRUIT. 



'CTierries, 1, Mrs. P. W. Hodgetts, Toronto; 2, 

 A. M. Smith. 



Peaches, 1, Mrs. P. W. Hodgetts; 2, A. M. 

 Smith. 



Pears, 1, Mrs. P. W. Hodgetts ; 2, A. M. 

 Smith. 



Plums, 1, Mrs. P. W. Hodgetts ; 2, A. M. 

 Smith. 



Raspberries, 1, Mrs. P. W. Hodgetts; 2, A. M. 

 Smith. 



THE PROSPECTS FOR EARLY VEGETABLES 



Commission dealers in leading Canadian 

 cities do not all agree in regard to the advisa- 

 bility of increasing the production of vegetables 

 for the early summer markets. Desiring to gain 

 some information on this point, The Horticul- 

 turist, during September, wrote to a number of 

 leading commission dealers and asked them if 

 they considered our Canadian markets could ab- 

 sorb larger quantities of early vegetables 

 grown as they are in south Essex. The replies 

 received are here published. 



It will be seen a decided majority of the deal- 

 ers heard from believe there is room for a con- 

 siderable increase in the production of these 

 vegetables. Our markets, they consider, can 

 handle at remunerative prices all the early 

 vegetables likely to be offered for some time. 

 The Winnipeg market does not seem promising. 

 OUR VEGETABLES THE BEST. 



Prospects for sale of early vegetables in Can- 

 ada are excellent. Gardeners can sell at good 

 prices all they can raise. In competition with 

 the vegetables from the United States the home 

 grown have the preference every time. — (Dixon 

 Bros., Hamilton, Ont. 



Growers are perfectly justified in producing 

 a larger quantity of early vegetables for the 

 simple reason that they will arrive at destina- 

 tion, if properly handled, in better conditon 

 than those imported from the States, and retail 

 dealers in Toronto will be willing to pay a bet- 

 ter price. If larger and regular quantities 

 were produced, there would not be much fear 

 of competition from foreign goods. Canadian 

 markets can stand a very material increase in 

 the amount of vegetables raised for early mar- 

 "ket, and more especially if we can secure bet- 



ter transportation and arrange for better dis- 

 tribution. — (The Dawson Commission Co., Lim- 

 ited, Toronto, Ont., H. W. Dawson, manager. 



So little of the early vegetables from Essex 

 county are marketed in Toronto it is difficult to 

 give an answer concerning them. I have no 

 doubt a greater quantity could be handled to 

 advantage. — (McW^illiam & Everist, Toronto, 

 Ont. 

 EARLY VEGETABLES IN GREAT DEMAND. 



There is a very great demand in Montreal for 

 early vegetables. Canadian gardeners could 

 largely Increase their income if they would de' 

 vote more time to this crop. Thousands of dol' 

 lars' worth are imported regularly from New 

 York and Boston, and if our government would 

 only take up the matter in a business-like way 

 it would be greatly to the advantage of the 

 Canadian growers. — (John T. McBride, Mont- 

 real, Que. 



There is a great demand for early vegetable? 

 in our market, as we have to import these goods 

 from New York and other United States mar- 

 kets, until our own stock is on the market. It 

 can be reaaily seen by the government books 

 the great quantity of these goods brought to 

 Canada from United States points before oui 

 local vegetables are ready to market. — (Hart & 

 Tuckwell, Montreal, Que. 



If by early vegetables is meant those that can 

 be put on our markets say in March, April, May 

 and perhaps the first part of June, I would say 

 there would be a good market here for such, biit 

 by the end of June our own market gardeners 

 supply splendid vegetables of all kinds. — 

 (Walter Paul, Montreal, Que. 



CANADIAN FRUIT AND THE IRISH MARKET 



In the September issue of The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist attention was drawn to the advisa- 

 bility of shipping fruit to Ireland. Trial ship- 

 ments were made during August at the request 

 of Mr. J. H. Sheridan, of Columbus Road, 

 Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland. 



In a letter to The Horticulturist Mr. Sheri- 

 dan gives some interesting information con- 

 cerning conditions on the Irish markets. He 

 writes "While I do not wish to in any way in- 

 jure the trade of the English fruit merchants, 

 it may be of interest to Canadian growers to 

 know that there are in Dublin wholesale fruit 

 buyers, ostensibly trading on their own account, 

 who are in reality the paid representatives of 

 English firms handling Canadian and American 

 consignments. If the Liverpool price for say, 

 Spys, is 10 shillings a barrel, and the Dublin 



price 16 shillings, it is open to question if the 

 shippers have the benefit of the higher figure 

 at which the consignment would be sold by such 

 firms in Dublin. I could, of course, give the 

 names of such firms, but no good purpose would 

 be served by so doing. 



" I note that you are making small experimen- 

 tal shipments to Belfast via Liverpool. There 

 is no cold storage coming direct to Ireland, for 

 although Canadian and American boats so fitted 

 up stop at various Irish ports they do not dis- 

 charge cargo, but with fair cargoes of fruit com- 

 ing here arrangements could be made with the 

 different companies to discharge at Dublin, Bel- 

 fast and Cork. The Canadian Pacific Com- 

 pany, subsidized by the Canadian Government, 

 ought to do this, and should I succeed in mak- 

 ing arrangements with the growers I shall do 



