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ent forms and trays with fillers are well 

 shown in the accompanying engraving-. 



The special features claimed for this tray 

 are the convenience of inspection, and per- 

 fect carriage of fruit. Mr. Wilson, the in- 

 ventor, writes of it, " Cases will be made of 

 various sizes to suit the apple trade. It will 

 be observed that fillers are used to keep each 

 apple intact in its own compartment. The 

 size of the filler determines the size of the 

 case, it is intended to make the fillers 2)4 

 inch cube, 2^ inch cube and 3 inch cube, 

 putting eight fillers and trays in each case, 

 and as each tray and filler holds 25 apples 

 there will be 200 apples in each case, and it 

 is estimated that this case complete can be 

 sold to shippers in quantities at 50 cents 

 each. I think the various advantages of my 

 case will speak for themseh'es, especially 

 the convenience for instant inspection of all 

 contents : and as the Dominion Government 

 are now contemplating official inspection of 

 all export apples, I trust the merits of my 

 case will be somewhat more appreciated 

 than in the past, for both ^^^ and fruit ship- 

 pers have been against me because my case 

 showed up everything. The trays and fillers 

 have been hitherto made of ordinary stiflF 

 strawboard and cardboard, but we will now 



try and supply some of the best moist-proof, 

 odorless spruce-fiber." 



These cases seem to evidence a move in 

 the right direction, and when we have tried 

 them we shall be able to give some definite 

 opinion as to their suitability to the purpose. 

 We must however object to any apple or 

 pear package holding over a bushel. For a 

 larger package than a bushel the barrel can- 

 not be supplanted, but for the retailer of 

 choice samples an attractive box holding 

 from 20 to 50 pounds of fruit, easily lifted 

 and carried about, is the thing wanted. 



Whether these packages are too high 

 priced is an important question. Packages 

 already eat up a large portion of the fruit 

 grower's income, and we must decidedly 

 object to any increase in this direction. The 

 ordinary bushel box without partitions costs 

 only 1 1 cents, and the wrapping paper only 

 three cents, so that is only about 14 or 

 15 cents a bushel, or little more than the 

 barrel. Possibly for some extra fancy 

 Wealthy or Snow apples a higher priced 

 package might be indulged in if it met a 

 proportional high class trade, as indeed the 

 Cochrane fruit case seems to have done, a 

 case that is more expensive than the 

 Wilson case. 



THE CODLING MOTH. 



Brothers, in Green's Fruit Grower, gives 

 the following as his experience in combatting 

 this enemy, and it will be interesting to us 

 in view of our own efforts to stop its rav- 

 ages : 



Having stored large quantities of apples in his 

 cellar he has attempted to destroy the codling 

 moth that may have remained in the barrels, or 

 that have escaped in the cellar, by burning sul- 

 phur, but concludes that this sulphur burning did 

 no good. He thinks boxes and barrels in which 

 apples have been wintered should be scalded be- 

 fore using again. 



He has sprayed his orchards with one pound of 

 Paris green to 200 gallons of water. The first 



time. May 31st to June 3rd, beginning just as 

 soon as the blossoms have fallen. The second 

 time he sprayed June 13th to i6th, and the third 

 time June 24th to 27th. He also puts bags and 

 sacks on the trees the first week in June and took 

 them off for the first time July 4th, and caught 

 200 worms from 750 trees. The second time he 

 took off the bags July 15th and caught 997 worms. 

 He took the bags off again August 2nd and 

 August i2th, also August 22nd and September 6th. 

 catching the most worms the last time the sacks 

 and bags were removed, but caught a large num- 

 ber at each removal. The last time he took the 

 bags off, which was the last week in September, 

 he found 2,315 worms. He has so far reheved his 

 apples of the codling moth, whereas formerly, 

 without treatment, about 90 per cent, of his apples 

 were wormy ; now 90 per cent, of his apples are 

 free from worms. 



