November, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



279 



75c to 80c; carrots and beets, 40c to 45c; to- 

 matoes, 40c to 50«; sweet corn, a dozen 

 cobs, 15c to 25c; cabbage, 80c to $1.10 a 

 dozen, or 20c to 25c per head; lettuce, 60c 

 to 75c; cauliflowers, eacb 15c to 25c. Sucn 

 prices have not been reached for many 

 years at this time, and city people are 

 grumbling. With their usual ignorance, they 

 are blaming it all upon the gardeners and 

 farmers. 



The city Scions of Hamilton have even 

 gone so far as to recommend the abolition 

 of the 6 day market there, during the busy 

 months, and the restriction to 3 days a week, 

 with the foolish idea that this will lower 

 prices to the consumer. It is likely to have 

 an exactly contrary effect, because It will 

 'greatly lessen the amount of produce g^omg 

 iinto that market. In accordance wltn the 

 law of supply and demand, prices are likely 

 I to be higher, not lower. The day has gone 

 by when councils, at the bid of city grucers, 

 can dictate to the producers what their 

 [prices shall be. The result of this measure, 

 'if carried out, will be to lessen th« volume 

 of trade done in Hamilton, and sena it lo 

 other places. 



The Hamilton market has been of great 

 benefit to the peach growers who have motor 

 facilities for reaching it. More and more 

 growers every season are taking advantage 

 of the good prices generally .secured for 

 fruit there. The total crop of a imimber of 

 extensive peach orchards has been distrlDut- 

 ed in the city of Hamilton, wholly through 

 the open market. 



The large centres In Ontario, Quebec, the 

 Western and Maritime Provinces now get 

 their supply of fruit from the Peninsula in 

 car lots. This system is more in evidence 

 than ever before. The produce arrives in 

 better condition, on account of the refrigera- 

 tion, and because it is not subject to trans- 

 fer or pillage. It is landed at its destina- 

 tion at much less cost than small lots by 

 express. The carriage by express will, how- 

 ever, continue as before to the smaller 

 centres, towns and villages, where car lots 

 would glut the markets. 



The distributors are learning with every 

 1' i ing year how best to care for and give 



throwers the highest possible price for 

 their goods. There is, however, still much 

 Ito be learned and put in practice in the mat- 

 !ter of better packing of such fruit as early 

 peaches, pears, plums, and even cherries 

 and grapes, In order that Niagara district 

 ■fruit growers may more isuccessfully control 

 the fancy trade in Canadian cities, and oust 

 the prestige gained by the Southern growers 

 across the line, who are adepts in packing 

 and refrigeration. 



In Old Niagara this has been a disappoint- 

 ing season to the growers, in spite of the 

 fact that some of the soldiers in camp were 

 ' n leave of absence to assist in harvest- 



the peach crop. October lOth's heavy 

 so "brittled" the stems that most of 



peaches still left on the trees, fell off, 



ng them a total loss to the grower. "We 

 get enough help to pick the fruit on the 



. much less to care for that which falls 



1." said a grower recently. "The sol- 

 who received leave of absence were 

 good, but there were not enough of 



:i to go around. We have lost hundreds 

 ,of bushels of peaches merely for the want 



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