May, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



131 



Apples in Boxes and Barrels' 



C. W. Baxter, Dominion Fruit Division; Ottawa 



THOSE who have visited the Prairie mar- 

 kets, especially in Western Saskatche- 

 wan and Alberta, will have noticed 

 the small proportion of apples offered 

 for saJe in barrels. In many towns and 

 small cities, we coul:! not find a s.ingle bar- 

 rel of apples. In answer to inquiries as to 

 why these conditions prevailed we were told 

 that it was because of the past misdeeds of 

 the few eastern shippers who had .practiced 

 "Boot-legging" or "stove-piping." Again we 

 were told that if Ontario growers want to 

 sell their apples on these markets they must 

 pack them all in boxes, and not being satis- 

 fied with this answer we continued our in- 

 quiries and concluded that the reason, was 

 largely a question of prohibitive freight rates. 

 However, Ontario growers are not likely to 

 worry over these markets. They realize that 

 British Columbia can very well take care 

 of them. 



The trade channels thraugh which most 

 of the boxed apples have been sold in the 

 markets, on both sides of the International 

 Boundary from Saskatchewan and Minnesota 

 Elast are the hotels, fruit stores, fruit stands, 

 apartment houses and private homes. The 

 hotels, restaurants and fruit stands use prac- 

 tically nine-tenths of the total. Why do 

 they prefer to pay a higher price for apples 

 in iboxes rather than in barrels? Taken in 

 the order named, some of the reasons may 

 be, "-that the hotels and restaurants prefer 

 them hecause the fruit is of uniform size 

 and quality, W they want apples for haking 

 or pastry they can get them uaiformly large. 

 If for serving for fre«h fruit, uniformly med- 

 ium to nearly medium size. Caterers have 

 the individual coat of serving the public figur- 

 ed out to a fine point and uniformity in size 

 helps them to carry this out in practice. 

 F'-'iit s.tores and fruit stands .prefer them 



A paper read at the recent annual conven- 

 tion of the Ontario Fruit Growers' A.ssociation. 



because of the uniform size, color and 

 quality. The fact that the numiber of apples 

 contained in the package is marked on the 

 outside is considered a decided advantage 

 and aids ithe dealer in determining whether 

 the apples wiU be sold at five cents each, two 

 tor five cents, or three for ten cents. The 

 profits on apples sold in this way usually 

 range from one hundred per cent, to three 

 hundred per cent, seldom less than one 

 hundred. To increase the consumption ot 

 apples by handling greater quantities at 

 smaller profits is never considered. The 

 proportion used -by consumers in apartment 

 houses has been limited, in private homes 

 very limdted. 



Has the eastern Canadian apple grower 

 been getting his share of this business? We 

 find the answer in the large quantities of ap- 

 ples imported into eastern Canada annually. 

 Does the eastern Canadian grower grow ap- 

 ples of sufficiently high quality to warrant 

 his going after this trade? The quality is un- 

 excelled. Is this trade worth catering to? 1 

 think it is; hut if you intend to cater to this 

 class of trade, you cannot afford to lose sight 

 of the fact that the commercial standard 

 for apples in boxes has heen placed at a very 

 hiigh point and unless this standard is reach- 

 ed and maintained, there is no advantage in 

 packing in tooxes. The Inspection and Sale 

 Act does not require a higher standard for 

 apples in boxes than it does in barrels, but 

 the standard has been set commercially. 

 Wrapping apples of low grades in paper and 

 putting them in 'boxes, as some of our east- 

 ern growers have done, will never gam this 

 trade. The disappointment to the purchaser 

 is a detriment to the whole industry. 



There is an established trade tor apples 

 packed in boxes, though dt is limited. Every 

 grower should ibe in a position to take ad- 

 vantage of this trade should the opportunity 

 offer. 



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