January, 191*. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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Canadian Apples in South Africa. 



W. J. Egan, Canadian Tratle Comnnissioner, Cape 

 Town, South Afiica. 



The first shipment of apples from Canada 

 for this season arrived on the S.S. Kwarra, 

 October 15. They were all from British Co- 

 lumbia, and consisted mostly of "Wealthys" 

 with some "Gravensteins." 



The packing was of the very best aud 

 the shipment was healiny, being almost 

 free from scale. The apples were of good 

 size but did not come up to the require- 

 ments of the South African market .in color, 

 and unfortunately a large peraentage of the 

 shipments was frozen in cold storage. The 

 fruit which carried without freezing realized 

 from 15s. to 17s. a box. On the Johannes- 

 burg market prices ranged from 19s. to 24s. 



This shipment of 1,160 boxes is the first 

 on record to consist of Canadian fruit only. 

 The contention of several jobbers has been 

 the impossibility ot securing fruit for the 

 early boats, and many severe comments 

 were made in reference to the recom- 

 mendations that the cold storage space on 

 our steamers should be reserved- for Cana- 

 dian fruit. Although the above-mentioned 

 shipment was unfortunate, dealers now ad- 

 mit that a suitable apple can be procured 

 for the early sailings as well as tor the 

 end of the season. As they are all pre- 

 pared to purchase Canadian fruit, they are 

 now advocating that it alone should be car- 

 ried ia the cold storage of Canadian 

 steamers during the limited season of deliv- 

 ery, from October to December 15, which 

 under normal conditions can dispose of 

 35,000 to 40,000 boxes of a good, hardy, 

 medium size well-colored apple. 



Vegetable Packages. 



Vegetable growers should endeavor to 

 standardize the packages used for shipping 

 vegetables. While this does not affect the 

 growers in the vicinity of large cities, it is 

 becoming a grave problem for those who- 

 ship vegetables from other districts into 

 the large markets of Montreal and Toronto. 



It would be a beneficial work if the On- 

 tario Vegetable Growers' Association would 

 gather inforamtion relating to the various 

 vegetable packages used in Ontario. This 

 would enable the growers to prepare to 

 standardize the best packages used. 



Items of Interest. 



'Mr. B. Leslie Emslie, formerly of Toronto, 

 has recently been added to the staff of the 

 Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, to aci, 

 as supervisor, under the direction of the 

 Dominion Chemist, of investigational work 

 with fertilizers. 



The annual convention of the Nova Scotia 

 Fruit-Growers' Association will be held al 

 Wolfvllle, January 18th to 20th, 1916. One 

 session will be devoted to a debate on the 

 fiuestion of mixed farming versus exclusive 

 fruit growing for the Annapolis Valley. 



The United Fruit Companies of Nova 

 Scotia, Ltd., on December 2nd, published the 

 average price that will be paid to all their 



B one Meal for Orchards 



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 high percentage of phosphoric acid which is required in producing strong wood 

 growth and forming the blossoms and fruit. It contains, in fact, almost twice as 

 much of this valuable phosphoric acid as does basic slag, and half again as much 

 as contained in acid phosphate. In addition it contains over three and one-half 

 per cent, ammonia, but notwithstanding this, bone meal costs a good deal less 

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 of the higher prices of chemicals 



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