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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



The marking^s were made at time of takings 

 from cold storage. 



He was satisfied that wrappings first in 

 waxed paper and then in any common paper 

 and packed and pressed in barrels gave de- 

 cidedly the best results. 



In order to test this matter a few barrels 

 were placed in storage without any wrap- 

 pings — -varieties, Ben Davis and Wine 

 Sap. They were placed in the same stor- 

 age room and received the same treatment 

 as those wrapped, yet fully 70% of them were 

 decayed when taken out June ist ; not only 

 were they decayed, but those remaining in 

 a firm condition were so badly discolored 

 and so off-flavored as to make them unfit 

 for show or market. A few of the same 

 varieties w^ere wrapped in newspapers, not 

 using waxed sheets, and of these fully 30% 

 were in poor condition June ist, while the 

 same varieties wrapped in a double wrapping 

 of waxed sheets and common paper remained 

 in almost perfect condition as late as No- 

 vember 1st. 



I do not know what steps have be"en 

 taken by either the Dominion or Ontario 

 Governments or the Associations in the way 

 of providing for a spring exhibit of fruit at 

 the Pan American at Buffalo next spring, 

 and I feel I should at least mention the 

 subject to you and take the liberty of offer- 

 ing a suggestion, — that some competent 

 man be appointed to correspond with a few 



or limited number of our best fruit growers, 

 and ask them to select and place in their 

 cellars at once a number of barrels of ap- 

 ples, varieties that are to be named, and 

 that the agent visit those growers, and 

 re-select, wrap and pack the fruit and 

 ship to cold storage, the agent to take 

 the wrappers with him. In that way the 

 fruit would be of more uniform quality and 

 the packing correct. I hope this matter has 

 received the attention oi' the executive. 



The above letter is written with the idea 

 of offering a few ideas, the fact of which 

 you were probably aware of, and with your 

 experience of recent years past methods 

 may have been improved upon, but I am 

 anxious to see Ontario hold her own at 

 Buffalo. 



Would you kindly let me know what has 

 has been done in the matter, and if the Gov- 

 ernment will give us a grant to meet this 

 exhibit. 



Harold Jones. 



Maitland, Ont. 



Note by Editor. — We have already brought 

 this subject imder the notice of the Hon. John 

 Dryden, who has authorized us to secure cold 

 storage space for at least 100 bushels of prime 

 Canadian apples, to be stored at Buffalo. In 

 case Ontario proceeds to make a fruit exhibit, 

 these will be in reserve to be drawn on from time 

 to time for filling the tables. Already we have 

 secured these apples from our various experi- 

 ment stations and others, and we are having 

 them wrapped first in waxed paper and then in 

 manilla tissue, just as our correspondent proposes. 



Our Apples Wanted in United States. 

 —After all the great outcry about the enor- 

 mous crop of apples on this continent, it is 

 rather surprising to receive such a letter as 

 the following from a neighboring city. 

 Perhaps, after all, the United States will 

 prove a competitor even this year for our 

 excellent Canadian apples. It is Messrs. 

 Armacost, Riley & Co., of Cincinnati, who 

 write as follows, on the 28th September : 



While winter apples appear plentiful, fall truit 

 is as scarce in our market as we have ever known. 

 The demand for soft varieties, such as Colverts, 

 Jennetings, Alexanders, Maiden Blush, etc., is 

 enormous, and the few coming forward from the 

 east sell at $2.50 to #2.75 per bbl., and we believe 

 the large Canadian packages would bring $3.00 

 quick. We have never known a better oppor- 

 tunity to make money on fall fruit, and if you are 

 packing or can do so promptly, write or wire. 

 The weather is now cool and ordinary box cars 

 can be used in shipping. 



