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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



for the remainder of the stock, and our con- 

 signees, Messrs. B, W. Potter & Co., said 

 that if we could have continued the ship- 

 ments regularly with each succeeding 

 steamer, they could soon work up a trade 

 for Canadian grapes at a probable paying 

 price ; this firm offering them by private sale 

 and not by auction. 



This season Mr. Dryden extended the ex- 

 periment to include other fruits, and fitted 

 the "Trader" of the Manchester Line with 



verton, W. H. Nelles, C. W. Van Duzer 

 and S. M. Culp. In order to secure the 

 cold storage space of i,6oo feet, it was nec- 

 essary for us to combine and agree to fill it 

 every time the Trader sailed. The apples 

 were graded to uniform sizes and packed 

 in half bushel cases. They arrived in Man- 

 chester in fine condition which proved how 

 complete a success Hanrahan's system of 

 refrigeration is, for the Astracan ripens in 

 ordinary conditions a few days after it is 



Fig. 



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Wuj)ER Grapes and Kieffer Pears Packed for Exi'ort for the 

 Ontario Department of Agriculture. 



a cold storage compartment especially adap- 

 ted for carrying fruits ; he also fitted up a 

 refrigerator car, after Hanrahan's patent, 

 for the especial purpose of carrying fruit 

 in perfect condition from the point of ship- 

 ment to the steamer. 



The first Trader shipment made was chiefly 

 Red Astracan and Duchess apples, and was 

 forwarded on the 25th of August. The fol- 

 lowing fruit growers united in making up 

 the shipment, at their own risk, viz.: 

 L. Woolverton, A. H. Pettit, E. J. Wool- 



picked. Owing to the great crop of early 

 apples in Great Britain, these perishable 

 apples sold at 60 cents a case. 



There were also some bushel cases of 

 apples which sold for $1.40 each, and some 

 Wilson cases with fillers which sold for 96 

 cents each. One Wilson case containing 

 one hundred Hales peaches sold for $1.46. 



The total proceeds of this shipment was 

 $438.91, a satisfactory amount were it not 

 for the unusually heavy charges, which are 

 considerably advanced this season owing to 



