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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



for the interest talsn to further the prosperity of their 

 society. Everything goes off harmoniously and I 

 desire to thank the string band, who have always 

 been on hand to assist in the evening's entertain- 

 ment ; also those who have given us recitations and 

 essays during the past year ; also the glee club, for 

 I think without music our meetings would have 

 lost some of their charm. I consider the society in 

 a very flourishing condition at present. Its mem- 

 bership is composed of the very best in town and 

 country and as long as this is the case the society is 

 bound to succeed. All of which is submitted. 



The Secretary. 



London. — The London Horticultural Society 

 made their fall "distribution of bulbs to members in 

 October ; each member receiving the following 

 bulbs ; 



Sixteen (16) Tulips in four (4) named varieties. 



Sixteen (16) Iris Hispanica. 



Four (4) Narcissus Poeticus ornatus- 



Four (4) Narcissus Princes^, in all forty (40) 

 bulbs to each member. In all five thousand bulbs 

 were distributed to members. 



R. W. Rennie, Secy. 



OUR APPLE MARKETS. 



Mr. J. M. Shutt eworth, Brantford, gives 

 us the following- notes on the English mar- 

 kets for apples : 



Messrs. Simons. Jacobs & Co. , Glasgow, cable : 

 ' ' Our apple market is stronger to-day at the fol- 

 lowing prices for strictly first-class sound fruit : 

 Baldwins, Spitz, Seeks, 12s. to 14s. ; Spys, Green- 

 ings, 13s to 15s. ; Kings, i8s. to 22s. ; Golden and 

 Rox Russets, ids. to 12s. ; Cranberry Pippins. 14s. 

 to i6s. ; common grades and lower conditions 2s. 

 to 3s. less than above quotations." 



Messrs. Garcia, Jacobs «& Co., London, cable: 

 " Our market is steady for good sound fruit. The 

 following are the ruling prices for the best grades : 

 Greenings, Spys, Spits and Seeks, 12s. to 14s. ; 

 Baldwins, iis. to 13s. ; Golden and Rox Russets, 

 I OS. to I2S. ; wasty fruit 2s. to 3s. less." 



Messrs. J. H. Lutten & Son, Hamburg, cable : 

 " Good sound red apples rule from 12s. to 15s." 



Messrs. Simons, Shuttleworth & Co., Liverpool, 

 cable : "A large number Canadians landing in 

 bad order. Quality and condition are in strong 

 demand, but lower grades and conditions are diffi- 

 cult to move. Only finest fruit wanted. Seeks, 

 Baldwins, Can. Reds, Phoenix, los. to 12s. Spys, 

 Greedings, Golden Rus.sets, -iis. to 13s.; Snows, 

 15s. to i8s. ; Kings, 17s. to 19s. ; T. Sweets, 8s. to 

 IDS. ; lower grades and conditions 2s. to 3s. less " 



Messrs. James Adam, Son & Co., write under 

 date of November loth from Liverpool: "Cana- 

 dian arrivals still leave much to be desired, as not 

 only are they irregular, but in some instances dis- 

 appointing. Of course we know that the best stock 

 is kept back until the commencement of re-pack- 

 ing, and believing this to be the case this season 

 we look for better things in the near future. At 

 the same time it is not a little surprising that much 

 of the fruit auctioned this week should ever have 

 been shipped at all, as so far is it from being No. 



1, which is what is wanted this season, that we 

 doubt even with light supplies whether good prices 

 could have been obtained. Greenings, perhaps, 

 were worse than the other varieties, though there 

 were also some poor lots of Baldwins, in addition 

 to which we are sorry to say results, generally, 

 have been verj'- much prejudiced by the large num- 

 ber of mixed lots, i. e., two or three barrels of each 

 variety, which are only salable at comparatively 

 low prices. Newtown Pippins are not doing as 

 well as we should like to see them, in fact the mar- 

 ket for them is rather disappointing seeing that the 

 quality is much improved, and as Christmas ap- 

 proaches we trust better results will be obtainable." 



Messrs. Simons, Shuttleworth & Co., 



Liverpool, cable the following quotations 



from to-day's apple market, November 21st, 



1900 , 



For sound fruit^Baldwins, Seeks, Phoenix, iis. 

 to 13s. ; Spies, Greenings, Golden Rassets. Cran- 

 berry Pippens, I2S. to 14s. ; Canada Reds, Ben 

 Davis, Rox Russets, ics. to 12s ; Kings, 21s. to 

 23s. ; Snows, 15s. to 17s.; Talman Sweets, 8s. to los. 

 Common grades and wasty fruit sold from is. to 

 4s less than above. Market opened strong and 

 continued so throughout the day, with a slight ad- 

 vance. A large proportion of receipts continue to 

 land in bad condition. 



Messrs. Woodall &Co., Liverpool, cabled 



to-day, Nov. 21st, as follows : 



21,000 bbls. sold. Market opened strong and 

 continued so during the day. Baldwins, us. to 

 13s. 6d ; Kings, 15s. to 24s. ; Greenings, r2S. to 

 17. Market is showing great activity, and prices 

 hardening, and we anticipate a very .strong demand 

 for good fruit. 



