STORAGE OI^ APPLES IX WINTER. 



effectually overcome and a successful and perma- 

 nent trade be eventually established on regular 

 lines 



The shops selected should be of the best class 

 with good show windows and situated in leading 

 thoroughfares. This class of stores have at pres- 

 ent hanging in their windows bunches of English 

 hot-house grapes and foreign varieties at prices 

 varying from i6 cents to So cents per pound. 

 Your baskets would look cheap at say one shilling 

 and six-pence, and I believe would go like hot 

 cakes if they only got a fair chance to be seen and 

 tasted by the public. 



EXTRACT FROM H. M. GIBSON S LETTER OF DECEM- 

 BER 2ND, AGENT MANCHESTER LINER AT MAN- 

 CHESTER. 



You will be glad to hear that Mr. Potter has 

 been successful in disposing of all the grapes and 

 apples sent to him per Manchester Trader. He 

 had some trouble in getting the grapes off, but 

 was energetic enough to see that they were placed 

 amongst the coster carts and various small shops. 

 With regular shipments I am convinced this trade 

 will be most successful, and that the grapes will 

 take well here. 



STORAGE OF APPLES IN WINTER. 



-T IS a very stale but oft repeated 

 advice, to spread out winter apples 

 and pears on shelves in the cellar, and 

 ^^ the decayed ones to be removed from 

 time to time. We must wholly disagree 

 with such a course, for when exposed, the 

 apple rapidly loses its moisture and becomes 

 shrivelled, which also causes deterioration 

 of quality. 



On this account apples and pears in cool 

 storage should be kept tightly closed, and 

 they will open up plump and fresh. 



The great secret for keeping apples and 

 pears is a cool temperature, and 35** to 40° F. 

 will be found most satisfactory. Usually 



apples are left to hang too long on the trees 

 and become too much ripened ; then they 

 lie in piles or are stored in barrels in hot 

 places, perhaps right out in the sunshine for 

 weeks until the hot weather is over ; then 

 they are shut up in a warm, close, house 

 cellar, with a temperature about 50**, and 

 then the farmer wonders why his apples do 

 not keep. 



Let him try gathering them as soon as 

 mature, pack them away at once in a cool 

 place where the temperature does not rise 

 above 40" and see whether the results are 

 not much more satisfactory. 



T}iE Canadian Horticultural As- 

 sociation met in Ottawa, Sept. 18-21. 

 This is a trade organization, composed 

 chiefly of professional florists, and therefore 

 quite distinct from our own, which is com- 

 posed chiefly of professional fruit growers 

 and amateur florists, with a few professional 

 florists and nurserymen. 



Mr. James McKenna, of Montreal, is the 

 new President elect, and A. H. Ewing, of 

 Berlin, Secretary. It was decided to insti- 

 tute, if possible, a trade paper, to be called 

 " The Canadian Gardeners' and Florists' 



Exchange," and to be issued bi-weekly ; 

 size 10 X 12, and four pages. 



Mr. McKenna is an ex-Alderman of Cote 

 des Neiges, P. Q., and a partner of the firm 

 of P. McKenna & Son. 



The Tenth Annual Chrysanthe- 

 mum show of the Toronto Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Association was a grand success. 

 It was held on the 15th to iSth. The quan- 

 tity and quality of the exhibits were unpre- 

 cedented, and the arrangements reflected 

 great credit on the committee in chargfe. 



