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a fair price. When I resided in Rochester I sent some Louise bonne de 

 Jersey Pears to this market in kegs (^ barrels), and I received for them after 

 deducting all charges, $5.50 per keg ; this was in i860. Had I sent them in 

 full barrels they would not have netted me more than $16 per barrel. Many 

 persons are ready to pay $2 for a keg of fine red Astrachans, who would not 

 give $6 for a barrel ; superiority is always in demand, the market is never over- 

 stocked, while the market is glutted with inferiority at all seasons. Benoni, St. 

 Lawrence, Gravenstein and Maiden's Blush, might be sent here in the same 

 way, as well as Duchess of Oldenburg. The market {ox prime Fameuse or Snow 

 apples, is unlimited. 



The success of such an experiment will depend on the quality of the fruit 

 and the care in packing. When the brand is established the demand will far 

 exceed the supply. 



In 1894 thirteen hundred carloads of green fruit from California, came to 

 this city, and was sold at auction. The railway freight and ice for refrigerator 

 cars makes the charges about $50 per ton of fruit, and yet the trade is increas- 

 ing., in fact, is only in its infancy. Carloads of California plums were retailed 

 in this city at the rate of two for 5 cents, and yet the quality is inferior to Ontario 

 plums. Western Ontario should be one vast apple orchard. Cheese at 10 cents 

 per pound only returns 2 cents per quart for the milk, and yet the cheese industry 

 is receiving much attention from the government of Ontario. Fruit can be 

 made more profitable now that we have canning factories, evaporating factories, 

 and cold storage, with a constantly expanding market. 



The increase in the population of Canada and the United States from 1900 

 to 1 910, will not be much less than 20,000,000, and in addition to this expan- 

 sion of population the consumption of fruit per capita is rapidly increasing. 



With a population of 25,000,000 we consume less than 40 lbs. of sugar per 

 capita, or, 1400,000,000 lbs. Now, with a population of 70,000,000, we con- 

 sume 65 lbs. per capita, or, 4,500,000,000. As with sugar so it will be with 

 fruit. 



Francis Wayland Glen. 



^43 Madison St., Brooklyn, N. V. 



Increasing' a Wheelbarrow's Capacity.— When wheeling com fodder 



and other light stuff, a wheelbarrow's capacity is too limited for convenience. 



The illustration shows a simple attach- 

 ment that can be slipped into the 

 barrow on such occasions, to the great 

 increase of its capacity. The side 

 pieces should be hardwood strips. The 

 Fig. 972. attachment may be supported by 



hooks from the strips to the top of the wheelbarrow's back it preferred. — Ameri- 

 can Agriculturist. 



