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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



November, 191 1 



WE BOTH WANT 



THE BEST 



YOU WANT 



RETURNS 



/ WANT 



CONSIGNMENTS 



LET'S GET TOGETHER 



Being in touch with the best 

 apple buyers in the west of 

 England and selling direct I am 

 always able to obtain the highest 

 prices. Correspondence invited 

 either through my representative 

 G. C Williams, 83 Annette St., 

 Toronto, or direct to 



H. C. Williams 



Nicholas Market, BRISTOL 



Also at Walcot St., BATH 



ENGLAND 

 Bankers : Union of London and Smith's 



Cable Address "Apples" Bristol 



APPLES 



Bought, Sold and Handled on Consign- 

 ment for 



ENGLAND, GERMANY AND 

 WESTERN CANADA 



I Represent the Old Firms of 



Ph. Asthelmer & Son, Hamburg, Ger. 



Thomson & Mathieson, Glasgow 



North of England Fruit Brokers, 

 Manchester 



W. Dennis & Sons, London 



D. Crossley & Sons, Liverpool 



Also Firms in 



Winnipeg, Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon 

 and Edmonton 



For Information Call or Write 



A. S. CHAPIN 



APPLE BROKER 



75 Yonge St., TORONTO 



Phones— Main 3547, College 3307 



would deny for a moment that Canada has 

 annually an immense quantity of strictly 

 first-class fruit to export. When it is urged 

 that she should take advantage of the in- 

 creasing demand for hoxed apple-s and se- 

 cure- her riRhtful share of this trade, it is 

 alH'ays and only intended that she should 

 adopt the small package for finest varieties 

 onlv and for carefully selected specimens 

 of these varieties. 



It is only fair to state that British Co- 

 lumbia has~set an example which the rest of 

 Canada would do well to follow. The boxes 

 of British Columbia fruit are beautifully 

 pa'ked, and as the fruit itself is always 

 most carefully selected, these boxes have 

 established a reputation second to none in 

 Great Britain. The only complaint ever 

 heard is that so few of them are put up. 



There may be many reasons whv British 

 Columbia, is not able to export larger quan- 

 tities of choice fruit packed in box&s, one 

 of which is the lucrative market offered in 

 the nearby Provinces of Alberta and Sas- 

 katchewan, but such reasons do not apply 

 as obstacles to Eastern Can.adian shippers 

 adopting the methods of the West. Obvi- 

 ously it will be quit« easy to lose money 

 through lack of care in selection or in pack- 

 ing the frtiit, but there is every reason to 

 suppose that any who undertake the matter 

 seriously and ship to this countrv forty- 

 pound boxes neat and attractive looking on 

 the outside and containinc nothing but 

 choice fruit, will undoubtedly reap a rich 

 reward. 



REVIEW tm .4PPI/B SEASON 



The following extracts from the first ap- 

 ple report of Messrs. Woodall & Co., for 

 the sea.'^on 1911-12, deal with the receipts 

 of last season and the prospects for that 

 which is beginning : 



The receipts last season at Liverpool, 

 which lasted to the end of April, have been, 

 including boxes calculated at three to the 

 barrel, 638,373 barrels, as against 870.168 

 barrels during 1909-10. the total arrivals 

 into the United Kingdom being 1,642.202 

 barrels. The past season must be consid- 

 ered satisfactory to .shippers, as there was 

 a high range of prices, and towards the 

 close some record sales were made for bar- 

 rels. 



The increased qumtitv of box apples, 

 mostlv California and Oregon, was again a 

 noticeable feature, beinrr approximately 

 .360,000 boxes, as against 170.000 boxes in 

 the season of 1909-10. The quality was gen- 

 erally satisfactory, the condition, with the 

 exceptions of a few occasional cars, were 

 good. There was an active demand tlirough- 

 out, and results should meet the approval 

 of shippers. 



The prospects for the coming season may 

 be considered about an averac The early 

 marketing of English apples ri-iav perhaps 

 cause a loner opening range of prices, but 

 their quality doei? not compete when Amer- 

 ican and Canadian begin tn arrive, and 

 this season they will be probably less at- 

 tractive than usual. 



Extensive Operations 



On several occasions this season we have 

 drawn attention to the extensive opera- 

 tions beinor conducted in Ontario and to 

 some extent in Quebec by the Agency Land 

 & Securities Company. Ltd.. and the Na- 

 tional Land. Fruit k Packing Company. 

 Ltd. These companies have leased and 

 purchased several thousand acres of fruit 

 land and have been managing them in a 

 manner that has attracted wide attention. 

 They have had at work co-istantly through- 

 out the spraying season forty power spray 

 outfits ajid have applied thousands of gal- 

 lons of spray material. They had at work 

 during the pruning season over one hun- 



BULBS 



FOR FAI.I, PLANTING 

 Prlcci below POST PAID 



„ , Bach Do». 



Hyaclnthii, our beet for pot culture. 

 Bed, Pink. White, Light and Darlt 



„Bluo l(c SI.M 



nyacinthi, our beet for bedding. 

 Hod. Pinlf, White, Light and Dark 



Blue Sc .50 



Hyacinth*, Roman, White 5c .4( 



Doz. 100 

 Tulips, Single Early. White. Bed. Yel- 

 low. Pink 2«c $1.08 



Tulipn, Double Early, White, Bed. 



Yellow, Pink 25c 1.25 



Tulips, Darwin Late, White, Bod, Yel- 

 low, Pink <0c — 



Tulips, Parrot Mixed 2»c 1.25 



nntfndils rl'arge single. Yellow .... 40c — 

 Uanodlls Jsnjall Single, Yellow .... 15c 1.00 

 Narcissus M-"-eP Double, Yellow .... 30c - 



.narcissus V fjjj^^j Paper Whitea 25c I..W 



Chinese Sacred Lilies .. lOc each SI.IO per doz. 

 Anemones, Grape Hyacinths, Freeslas, 

 Crocus (Yellow, White, Purple, 

 Scilla Siberia, Any of !he above, 10c )ier d' i. 



GEO. KEITH & SONS 



124 KINO ST. EAST. TOnO.V TO. CANADA 

 Seed Merchants since 1866 





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Growers and Shippers 

 should consign direct to 



Hnbrew Chalmers 



(Blasgow, Scotland 



The only private sale house in Glasgow 



Fruit not slaughtered at auction 



Highest Prices for Honest Packing 



Call or virrite 



A. H. CHALMERS 



Room 243 

 Confederation Life Building 



Phone Main 100 TORONTO 



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