September, 191 1 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



XI 



pendent Order of Foresters' Home, Oak- 

 ville. Mr. J. C. Smith, Burlington, fur- 

 nished many varieties besides assisting to 

 set up the display. As also did Mr. J. 

 Breckenridge, Watertown. Another con- 

 tributor was Mr. W. C. McCalla of St. Cath-' 

 erines, with apples grown from four-yeai-old 

 trees. Mr. J. C. Harris, Ingersoll, fur- 

 nished some splendid specimens from his 

 well cared for orchards. Mr. R. R. Waddell 

 of Simcoe and Mr. W. J. Furminger of St. 

 Catherines. Dominion Fruit Inspector, 

 rendered splendid assistance in the way of 

 collecting suitable specimens for the dis- 

 play. 



Comments by British Importers 



During the past few weeks The Canadian 

 Horticulturist has received a number of in- 

 teresting letters from British apple import- 

 ers and commission men, containing com- 

 parisons of the various packs of fruit they 

 receive from different fruit sections. Rid- 

 ley, Houlding and Co., of London, Eng., 

 write in part as follows: "The apples that 

 come from California, Oregon, and Wash- 

 ington are of the dessert variety, and are 

 packed in boxes. There is no getting away 

 from the fact that the best apples should 

 pay to come in boxes. The size whicli finds 

 most favor here is that which allows of being 

 packed from 150 to 200 in a box. There are 

 some Canadian growers who ship the finest 

 of their apples to this country in boxes, and 

 we are sure that they find it pays them well 

 to do so. Apples packed in this way seem 

 to escape damage from bruising, far more 

 than those which are sent packed in barrels. 



"When packed in boxes, the apples should 

 be carefully graded, wrapped in paper, 

 packed evenly in layers and a piece of corru- 

 gated cardboard put at each end of the box 

 to prevent the outside apples from sustain- 

 ing any bruises should the boxes be subject 

 to any severe handling whilst in transit. 



"In barrel packing, the main thing is for 

 the quality of the fruit to be the same 

 throughout the whole barrel. We strongly 

 advise against sending mixed samples in 

 one barrel. In past years this abuse was 

 very prevalent but there has been a marked 

 improvement, and the cases of complaints as 

 regards the method of packing are now few 

 and far between. Growers who pack their 

 iriiit fairly, so that it is quite reliable, will 

 find it pays them best on a full market. 

 There will be a good market on this side 

 this year for high-class apples, which are 

 well packed." 



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Fruit Crop Prospects 



The fruit crop report for August of tne 

 Dominion Fruit Division reports but little 

 change in the prospects from previous re- 

 ports. Hot, dry weather in Ontario has 

 caused varieties of apples to mature about 

 ten days earlier than usual. 



In the counties north of Lake Erie the 

 prospects for early and fall apples fiavo 

 somewhat improved. Winter apples prom- 

 ise a medium crop. Along Lake Huron and 

 inland the crop will be even lighter than 

 previous reports indicated, owing to dry 

 weather and wind storms. Lambton county 

 will have about one-half of an average crop 

 and Huron county a light crop of good 

 quality in the best cared for orchards. 



North of Lake Ontario a medium crop is 

 expected. The crop is of good quality. 

 Along the St. Lawrence Valley Snow apples 

 will be light, Mcintosh an average crop 

 and Ducliis.-,, Wealthy and Transparent a 

 fairly good crop. 



A bumper crop is expected in Nora 8oo4 

 tia and New Brunswick. The fruit is large 

 »nd free from blemish. 



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