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Speaking of freezing reminds me of the way I put in ice last winter, and the 

 hint may prove serviceable to some the coming winter. To those who only use 

 a moderately small quantity, the best way is to make a tight bin of boards, well 

 stayed with studding, in a place where protection of sawdust can be piled up 

 around of two feet or so in thickness ; fill in with water into the bin a foot or 

 so each night during the freezing weather until the required amount is frozen, 

 and then take away the bin and protect well with sawdust. This plan will keep 

 one in ice the season through, when the same amount, saved in blocks cut from 

 the lakes or rivers, would not hold out much longer than half the summer. 

 Nepean. ' " " L. Fcote. 



THE APPLE EXPORT TRADE. 



Surprise is sometimes expressed at the wide range in the prices for apples 

 cabled from the English markets. The reason is not far to seek. A cablegram 

 to hand this week read : — " Fruit importers say Canadian shippers of apples 

 should exercise more care in packing. Many barrels were much depreciated in 

 value on account of carele'>sness in this respect." Canadians might easily secure 

 25 per cent, more *"or much of their fruit sent from here than they now receive. 

 The trouble is in the handling and packing of the apples. The prospects for 

 Canadian apples in England are brighter. A recent report from London says '- 

 " We believe the bulk of the English apples will be on the market during the 

 present month ; in fact, already a scarcity is felt, and apples are selling at higher 

 prices now than they have been for some years in the month of September. 

 Continental supplies are getting exhausted, and our opinion is that most of the 

 apples on the continent will, as in our own case, be on the market during the 

 present month, with the exception of the south of France. This is a thing that 

 has not occurred before for many years, and we shall now have to look to the 

 States, Canada and Nova Scotia for our supplies during the remainder of ithe 

 season." 



Another London firm writes : — " Now what is the outlook for this season 

 as compared to 1 891 -'92 ? In that year we had a third of a crop of apples in 

 England ; F'rance had double the quantity she has this year, and the same may 

 be said of Holland and Germany. This year, as stated in our report, issued in 

 July, England has the worst crop of apples known for twenty years. At the 

 present time the London market is in want of American apples, which is just 

 one month earlier than she has ever had American apples here before. We 

 have seldom wanted American apples here before the middle of October ; in 

 fact, they have hitherto always done better in Ix)ndon towards the end of Octo- 

 ber than earlier. Freights are now the lowest they have ever been within the 

 writer's recollection. We hear of is. 6d. freight from Boston, and 2s. from 

 Montreal ; and from New York the freight will not be more than 2s. 6d. to 3s. 

 per barrel. This is nearly 2s. per barrel less than it has been for years, and we 

 do not think any important rise is coming." — The Globe. 



