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pears .some «uch explanation as thi.s : "Rome 

 Beauty. Best when eaten in January, Feb- 

 ruary or March. Sprightly and pleasant 

 llavor. Also a champion baker." The dis- 

 tribution of the apples will be regulated so 

 that the fruit most .suitable for the month 

 can be obtained dn the stores. Thus the 

 apple, the sale of which heretofore has been 

 confined mostly to fall and wiinter, will be- 

 come a pereimlal. 



Nafurally the question arises as to what 

 is to be done to forestall substitution. Ap- 

 parently dt would be easy for dealers to .sell 

 other apples and say they were Skookums. 

 To prevent this a plan, similar to that of 

 Sunkist oranges, ds being used. Each ap- 



ple Is done up in a premium wrapper. Cer- 

 taiin pieces of silver are given for so many 

 wrappers and so much money. On this 

 wrapper the twelve varieties are li.sted, to- 

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 .salient qualities, and the month when the;.- 

 are at their best. They will tend to ma; 

 people more intelligent apple buyers. If th. 

 buy a Grimes Golden in October and liki- 

 it, they will see on the wrapper that it will 

 be best to buy some other kind in January. 

 This premium idea is mentioned conspicu- 

 ously in the consumer advertisements, and 

 in much of the literature. Under the cir- 

 cumstances, substitution on a wide scale la 

 unlikely. 



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Niagara District Notes 



F. G. H. PattisoD, Winona, Ont. 



DURING October our growers had sev- 

 eral surprises and some disappoint- 

 ments. The Elberta peach crop turned 

 out larger than was expected, but the 

 weather caused it to ripen much faster than 

 usual, and to come to the market with a 

 rush. Con.sequently some of the markets 

 were glutted, and growers did not receive 

 as much as they had expected. Later on, 

 the markets improved again for late peaches 

 of good size and quality, such as Crosby, 

 Longhurst, Late Crawford, Smlthson, 

 Smock, and Lemon Tree. One good feature 

 of this sea&on has been that the canning 

 companies have bought more peaches than 

 for the lasit two years. 



Late plums turned out a very satisfactory 

 crop for the growers. They hung on the 

 trees exceptionally well, and brought high 

 prices, 60c to $1.00 a basket being paid for 

 Reine Claudes, Grand Dukes, Monorchs, Ger- 

 man and Italian prunes, and late Damsons. 

 The crop at Winona was good. 



Bartlett pears also turned out a very good 

 crop, and brought good prices, 40c to 50c a 

 basket was about the usual price. Bartlettie 

 hung unusually well on the trees, and even 

 as late as October 15th some people were 

 still picking them, and finding them firm 

 and good. 



The grape crop proved a disappointment. 

 It looked fairly well on the vines, but when 

 it came to be picked only turned out about 

 •half the quantity expected. The long con- 

 tinued drought prevented the bunches and 

 the berries from reaching their usual size. 

 In the Niagara District, as a whole, the 

 grape crop has not turned out over 50 per 

 cent, of a full crop. The season turned out 

 a short one. Frost came muclt earlier than 

 usual, and in some parts of the district 

 seriously injured the crop. Around Winona 

 and Grimsby little or no damage was done to 

 the grapes, except, perbaps, to a few Ni- 

 agaras, by the frosts. It, however, affected 

 I lie foliage seriously, and hurried the grow- 



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ers into picking the fruit earlier than usual, 

 causing a rush of grapes to the markets, 

 and lowering the price. Dealers paid a 

 contract price of 13c a 6-quart basket. On 

 the open markets grapes ruled somewhat 

 higher, 15c to 20c for Concords and Ni- 

 agaras, and 20c to 25c for Rogers and Dela- 

 wares. The Welch Grape Juice Company, 

 of St. Catharines, contracted a quantity of 

 Concords at prices varying from thirty-five 

 dollars to forty dollars a ton, packed in 

 tray boxes. 



Late pears, Anjous, Clairgeans and Duch- 

 ess, were in good demand, at prices vary- 

 ing from 45c to 75c. Anjous amd Clairgeans 

 were a fair crop, but did not hang well on 

 the trees. Duchess were light. Keiffers are 

 a pretty good crop, but have an unusually 

 large percentage of small fruit. Canners 

 have only been paying about 45c a bushel. 

 Dealers, however, have been paying from 

 IVi to 1% cents a lb. On the open markets 

 prices have been running from 30c to 45c 

 an 11-quart basket. 



Apple orchards in the Grimsby, Winona 

 section, have been turning out better than 

 was expected. Prices ran from $2.75 for 

 No. 3's, to $4.50 and $5.00 for No. I's a barrel. 

 Peelers have brought from 40c to 80c a 100 

 lbs. 



One unpleasant feature of the past month 

 has been the unusual earliness and severity 

 of the frosts. They have damaged fruit and 

 vegetables, especially the latter. 



On the nights of Sept. 30th and Oct. 1st, 

 two very severe frosts struck the Niagara 

 District, doing damage to tomatoes, pota- 

 toes, corn, cucumbers and grapes. In some 

 places even peaches were nipped. This frost 

 appears to have been most severe in the St 

 Catharines district and in Niagara Town- 

 ship. It was somewhat less severe from 

 Beamsville west to Hamilton. As usual, it 

 came in streaks, doing much more damage^ 

 on some farms than on others adjacent. 

 One special feature in the St. Catharines 

 district was that it attacked the gardens 

 and vineyards on the very shore of the lake 

 a sittiation which has been generally im 

 mune frcrm frost attacks till nearly the eni 

 of October. This was probably the worsi 

 frost so early in the season for over 3( 

 years, and it did grave damage to the tomat< 

 crop. Another severe frost took place or 

 the night of the 10th, and several llghtei 

 frosts also occurred up to the 16th. Slno* 

 then the weather has been mild. 



This is the most unfavorable season foi 

 vegetables that has been experienced ii 

 this part of Ontario since market garden 

 ing has developed info a business. This li 

 reflected in the high prices received fp« 

 them on the markets at Hamilton an 

 Toronto. On the Hamilton market potato 

 bring 35c to 45o an 11 quart basket, onlod 



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