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439 



red cheek, white flesh, freestone, and of 

 excellent quality. We know of no peach 

 of its season to compare with it. The skin 

 separates from the flesh very easily, so that 

 it may easily be peeled by the hand without 

 usingf a knife. 



America. — Samples of this new Japan 

 plum of Burbank's were sent us August 

 2 I St by A. M. Smith, St. Catharines. This 

 plum is a bright carmine color, nearly as 

 large as Burbank, and of superior quality. 

 It should take well in this market. Japan 

 plums are much hardier than most people 

 suppose, and may be grown wherever the 

 English varieties thrive. 



The Increase of Canada's Export Trade 

 with the United Kingdom is certainh' a very 

 important subject with Canadian producers 

 of food products, and we are glad to receive 

 a pamphlet from H. G. McMicken, London, 

 England, on the subject. A company is 

 being organized to work for the extension 

 of this trade on safe lines, to be known as 

 The Canadian Industries and Food Supply 

 Association. 



A Memorial Note may be permitted us 

 just here, if we record the passing away on 

 the 1 6th ult. of another of the few remain- 

 ing constituent members of our Association, 

 in the person of Mr. Chas. E. Woolverton, 

 alluded to above, at the age of 8o. One 

 who sat about the table in the Board of 

 Trade room in Hamilton in the year i860, 

 along with D. W. Beadle, A. M. Smith, 

 Judge Logie, Charles Arnold and others, 

 and who has been one of those unassuming 

 yet po^werful factors in the advancement of 

 our interests. 



The Heavy Wind Storm of the nth and 

 1 2th ult. committed terrific havoc with the 

 fruit orchards of Ontario, and indeed those 

 of a large part of the apple belt of our 



Continent. Immense quantities of pears 

 and apples were blown down, and at first 

 we feared most serious losses. But on 

 examination we find that the larger part of 

 the fruit blown down is wormy and defec- 

 tive, and would have been unfit for ship- 

 ment. The remaining fruit will mature 

 better for the thinning, and there will be 

 less poor stuff to handle and throw away. 



Special Export Trade. — The Hon, John 

 Drvden is taking an especial interest in the 

 development of the Ontario fruit trade. 

 Hitherto the business has been hindered by 

 the miserable cold storage accommodations 

 both on rail and steamboat, but Mr. Dr}dcn 

 has prepared a special automatic cold 

 storage car for use on the Grand Trunk, 

 and special cold storage compartment of the 

 same kind on board the steamers. The 

 line chosen. for the first shipments is that to 

 Manchester, and should the results prove 

 equal to expectations, other lines will be 

 fitted up. 



The Department has already sent forward 

 two carloads, and a third will follow soon. 

 We shall gladly make public the results 

 when fullv known. 



The Industrial Fair was well patronized 

 by the fruit men, and thanks to the energetic 

 representative of our Association, Mr. W. 

 E. Wellington, the fruit building becomes 

 each year increasingly attractive to visitors. 



Our own experimental exhibit w^as super- 

 intended by Mr. W. M. Orr, of Fruitland, a 

 gentleman well fitted by his experience at 

 the World's Columbian Exhibition, for such 

 work. The following extract from the 

 Canada Farmers' Sun may be of general 

 interest : 



During our visit to the fruit building an effort 

 was made to secure information as to the probable 

 price of winter apples, but the success attending 

 this effort was not particularly marked. 



W. H. Orr. of Fruitland, said that he had 

 heard 60 cents a barrel, the growers to do the 

 picking, spoken of. One man who had 2,000 



