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THE. CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 191 1 



Fruit Crop Prospects 



The pr<xs])Oct for upi)I('s as a whole in 

 Canada depreciatej slightly during the 

 past montli. The report of the Dominion 

 Fruit Division, under date of September 

 1.5th, states that all Duchesa and other 

 early varieties yielded medium crops which 

 were harvested in good condition and sold 

 at fair prices. Spys are reported scarce 

 except in the counties adjoining Lake 

 Huron and Lake Ontario, in Ontario, and 

 in Nova Scotia. Baldwins will not be quite 

 a medium crop. Greenings will be abun- 

 dant. 



In the United States the apple crop will 

 be somewhat larger than it was last year. 

 Tlie Crop Reporter, issued by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, esti- 

 mates the yield of apples this year at 56.2 

 per cent, of a full crop, compared with a 

 yield of 46.8 per cent, of a full crop la&t 

 year for the whole United Stutes. Maine 

 and New York have a medium crop. This 

 is a Greening year in New York as well as 

 ■in Ontario. Michigan has a much heavier 

 ■crop than last year. The middle and south- 

 ern .states will produce less, as will also the 

 Pacific coast states. 



Though the weather conditions have im- 

 proved there is no chance for moie than a 

 medium apple crop in Great Britain. Up 

 to date, local markets have been well sup- 



plied with home-grown apples, clean and 

 much better colored than usual. The short- 

 age in plums will help the demand for ap- 

 ples only slightly. The Continental crop 

 will be fairly good except in Germany. 



In the United States the crop will per- 

 mit of the usual quantity being exported. 

 It is not probable, however, that the apples 

 from the Pacific Coast will affect the east- 

 ern markets this year as much as last year. 

 There is a fairly good demand from Aus- 

 tralia and New Zealand. A single firm in 

 Seattle is sending 50 carloads to Australia 

 via Vancouver, B.C. There will also be a 

 demand for western apples from the south- 

 ern and middle states. 



Cold storage space in the east is nearly 

 all taken up, though large quantities of 

 apples still remain in the hands of the 

 growers, and eastern buyers are reported 

 to be holding off for lower prices. 



The commercial outlook in the United 

 States is slightly depressing, and large 

 ■operators are moving cautiously. In Can- 

 ada, the demand from the Northwest is 

 even brisker than last year, and facilities 

 •have ojiened up for supplying a much larger 

 demand. 



Cooperative associations in Ontario and 

 ■Nova Scotia are now in a position to maKe 

 their influence felt. Both Nova Scotia and 

 Ontario cooperative associations have rep- 



resentatives in the Northwest who m 

 greatly facilitating the movements of a; 

 pies, the result of which will be a lar(;< 

 increa-sed consumption. In Ontario tl 

 crop is largely in th© hands of operate, 

 or cooperative .associations. This con'i 

 tion will go far to regulate shipments 

 that gluts are lees likely to occur either 

 in Great Britain or at distributive points 

 in the Northwest. 



Greneral conditions are such as to demui 

 caution on the part of holders of largi- 

 quantities of apples, but there is no rea- 

 son to doubt that the present crop ca" 

 readily go into consumption at reasonal 

 prices. 



In Ontario, prices to individual grou 

 ers ranged from $1.00 to $1.50 on the tr<-' 

 and as high as $2.00 was received in t; 

 case of special varieties. The cooperate 

 associations are holding winter apples at 

 from $2.00 to $2.50 for less de,>iraLle vari- 

 eties and $2.50 to $3.00 for Kings, Bald- 

 wins, &c. Spys appear to be in demand at 

 ■a. higher price than this. 

 , In Nova Scotia, Gravensteins. Ribstons, 

 &c, are leaving the growers' hands at $1,50 

 for No. I's, Kings, Blenheims, &c., at $2.00 

 per barrel. 



In Nelson and Grand Forks, B. < 

 Wealthy and Gravensteins are selling a - 

 $1.50 to $1.75 per box to the grower. 



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 Bulbs planted this Fall will flower almost as soon as the snow is gone. Planted in 

 pots they can be flowered in the house during the winter. 



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