November, 191 1 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



267 



lar to that used in Ontario but. like the 

 Nova Sootia barrel, slightly smaller. Of 

 tlm package little need be said beyond the 

 fact that for the great bulk of the ordinary 

 crop of every year it is perhaps the best 

 that can bo devisod. The u.se of eight hoops 

 instead of the ordinary six is well worth 

 the extra cost, both as producing a firmer 

 and more rigid barrel and as providing 

 most effective insurance against collapse of 

 the package through the breaking of a 

 single hoop. 



BRITISH-MADE P.4CKAGES 



By way of contrast, the homo-made pack- 

 ages found in this market may be men- 

 tioned. They vary greatly in size, shape 

 and material, but for the most part are of 

 the hamper type, being closely woven, 

 .■•quare-cornered wicker baskets, unprovided 

 as a rule with covers. These hampers are 

 lined with straw or other soft material, and 

 the fruit appears to be poured in without 

 any attempt at arrangement or packing, 

 though indeed it is sometimes the case that 

 the best fruit is reserved for the last, "top- 

 ping off" the package most effectively. 



In such packages as these some of the 

 best home-grown fruit is offered for the 

 markets. Even Ireland, which is beginning 

 to produce some excellent varieties and to 

 make good profits, does not seem to have 

 seriously considered the desirability of 

 adopting a package which will show th« 

 fruit at its be^t. There is no possible doubt 

 that English and Irish apples would bring 

 a much higher price if growers took the 

 same trouble to grade and pack them as 

 they do with smaller fruits. 



THE FORTY-POnND BOX 



At the other extreme from the careless 

 style and methods of English packers, is 

 the product of those who have adopted vari- 

 ations of the standard forty-pound box as 

 known in Canada. Many of Canada's 



keenest competitors use this package to 

 the oxclusion of all others. Beginning near 

 home are the shippers of the Oregon New- 

 town Pippin, looked upon by many as the 

 finest dessert apple that can be purchased 

 in this country. These are never sent in 

 anything but the box, neatly packed in rows 

 and tiers, the number of the latter being 

 indicated on the outside of the package. 

 California Newtowns, inferior to those from 

 Oregon and bringing shillings less per box 

 in the market, are also carefully put up, 

 each fruit being wrapped in paper, and the 

 box exactly filled with specimens of a near- 

 ly uniform size. Australia has a somemhat 

 similar package though frequently of 

 rougher and harder wood, making not so 

 good an appearance, and South Africa has 

 followed suit to such good purpose, that 

 many consider the South African packing 

 to be the best in the world. 



As pointed out in a recent report by the 

 Acting Trade Commissioner for Manches- 

 ter, the trade in boxed apples is visiblv and 

 vastly increasing every year, and yet Can- 

 ada has almost no uart in this increase. 

 Wliatever may be said for the fact that im- 

 porters here are accustomed to and there- 

 fore prefer Canadian apples in barrels, it 

 is obvious that the same fact holds good for 

 United States fruit in general, yet this has 

 proved no ob.staclp to the Oregon and Cali- 

 fornia packers who find ready market for 

 their goods, though never put up in harrels. 

 It may be said at once that the difference 

 lies in the fact that the .latter ship nothing 

 but choice fruit, and therein does indeed 

 lie the secret, though it caJinot be truth- 

 fully asserted that Californian consignments 

 contain no inferior lots. Still, in the main, 

 it is true that the British storekeeper or 

 consumer likes to find in a box only care- 

 fully selected first quality fruit. 



No Canadian who knows the conditions 



DOUGLAS GARDENS 



OAKVILLE : ONT, 



Paeonies 



Iris 



Perennial Phlox 



. Delphiniums 



Shasta Daisies 



Kniphofia 



Heleniums 



Etc. Etc. Etc. 



JOHN CAVERS 



-f-M-M-H-M-H 



J. O. SIMS 



:: FRUIT BROKER AND AUCTIONEER :: 



For SIXTEEN years I have received 

 enormous consignments of APPLES from 



Nova Scotian growers and Associations, 

 always giving complete satisfaction to 

 senders. 



: : Your Consignments Are Solicited ] [ 



Best Sales, Personal Attention and 

 Promptest Returns Guturanteed 



Offlcee, Warehouses and Wharf : 

 IS Slon«7 St, Borough Market, Ltndog, S.E. 

 SaU Roomi: 18 Puililing'Lane, London, E.C 



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PEDIGREED PEABS 



If you do not believe there is any difference between 

 scrub livestock and thoroughbred animals, you will never 

 appreciate the difference between AUBURN PEDIGREED TREES 

 and ordinary trees Our trees are bred up from paren- 

 tal stock, which have proven that the faculties of both 

 quality and quantity are in them, and are sure to repeat 

 quality and quantity for you in your own orchard. Such 

 trees as these are worth buying and growing, because 

 you know that you are going to get great crops of quality. 



AUBURN NURSERIES 



QUEENSTON, ONT. 



R. & W. Davidson 



LIMIT 



9 Virginia St., GLASGOW 



LIMITED 



Principal Branches : 



49 Tooley St., London, S.E. 

 19 Mathew St., Liverpool 



Also at : 



MANCHESTER, LEEDS. BIRMING- 

 HAM. BRISTOL, NEWCASTLE-ON- 

 TYNE, and LEITH 



Consignments of Canadian Apples, selected 

 winter varieties, in boxes, distributed direct to 

 buyers — not auctioned 



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