The Canadian Horticulturist 251 



.) ^^^ , CANADIAN SMALL FRUITS. 



S^I^^^-HE Agriculture Committee spent a busy and profitable couple of 

 hours on June 6th. The subjects before them were " The Brand 

 ing of Cheese,' and an address on " Fruits," by John Craig 

 Horticulturist at Experimental Farm. 



Mr. Craig, in his address, spoke of the development of the 

 fruit industry in the various provinces of the Dominion, and 

 detailed the result of his experiments with regard to keeping fruits 

 in cold storage. When asked by Mr. Carpenter to state his 

 opinion of the feasibility of putting Canadian small fruits on the 

 English markets, the Horticulturist said: "That is a question 

 which is not only a profitable one to discuss, but certainly a feasible one. I do 

 not see why grapes, plums and peaches, and early pears could not be put into 

 direct cold storage warehouses and then sent in refrigerator cars and put on 

 board steamers provided with cold storage compartments, and put in the Eng- 

 lish market in good condition, in view of the fact that the cold storage system is 

 to be introduced in connection with butter. Whether they would reach the 

 English market at a season when good prices prevail is a matter to be investi- 

 gated." 



In answer to Mr. McNeill, Mr. Craig said he did not know of any place in 

 this country where Newton Pippins were successfully grown, and he was not 

 prepared to say, he was not aware of any place where that could be done. In 

 the Grimsby district last year, where spraying was practiced, he saw some very 

 good Newton pippins. Mr. Craig thought the fruit growers would make more 

 money if they would give a little more attention to the kind of package they 

 used, and exercised a little more care in grading their fruit. He pointed out 

 how carefully California fruit was put up, and it competed successfully with our 

 home-grown fruits. It showed, he said, that our growers could afford to spend 

 a litile more money in making their fruit packages attractive. 



On motion of Major Carpenter, seconded by Dr. Roome, a motion was 

 adopted to the effect that " in view of the rapidly growing importance of the 

 fruit industry to the people of a large section of the Dominion, and of the im- 

 portance of and difficulty in establishing a good reputation in the English 

 market, this committee is of opinion that the Government would be justified in 

 adopting some method of assisting our fruit growers in placing their fruits on 

 the English market, believing, as we do, that if some shipments of fruit can be 

 made by the government it would give us a standing it cannot secure when sent 

 by individual shippers." — Hamilton Spectator. 



The Columbia raspberry, according to the Ohio Experiment Station Re- 

 port, is a stronger grower than the Shaffer, and the berries a little brighter ; 

 but the varieties are very similar. 



