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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTrRIST. 



to the carryiiii^ out oi the orii^-'uial intention 

 K^i the act, and that if pubHc opinion had 

 supported the Minister in his eft'orts the 

 scale to-day would he almost if not entirely 

 exterminated. We desire also to place on 

 record our appreciation oi the efforts of Hon. 

 John Dryden in behalf oi the fruit industry 

 of this Province." The report was adopted. 

 The Hon. F. R. Latchford was in attend- 

 ance and ably addressed the association upon 

 cold storag-e, explainini^- in particular the 

 principles upon which the Hanrahan Cold 

 Storaj^e Car was constructed. After ex- 

 plainino;- that for years he had taken a keen 

 interest in the question, and was a fruit and 

 flower i:;^rower, he spoke briefly on the un- 

 scientific and therefore unsuccessful methods 

 hitherto attempted, and treated of the nature 

 of decay. For twenty years decay in animal 

 life had been studied and had resulted in 

 g-reatly ameliorating- the condition of the 

 human race. Decay in veg-etable matter 

 resulted from three causes — moulds, yeasts 

 and bacteria. On one bunch of grapes 

 Pasteur had discovered twelve different 

 moulds. The acticm of moulds and yeast 

 was facilitated by dampness. Veasts and 

 moulds could not grow in low temperature, 

 say 40 degrees and under, and bacteria 

 could not propag-ate. That was why low 

 temperature preserved fruits. It had long- 

 been known how to develop low tempera- 

 tures, but the application had been neglected. 

 It had been proven that putrification would 

 not go on in pure air, and pure air was pos- 

 sible of attainment. Cold storage to be 

 practicable had to be economical. The 

 speaker went on to show that scientific 

 cold storage demanded 45ure, cold air. The 

 material in storage gave off odors which 

 had to be removed. The disadvantage of 

 bringing in hot air from outside to be purified 

 and cooled was pointed out, and it was 

 shown how instead the cold air of the car 

 could be constantly purified. This is the 

 principle of the Hanrahan method, and from 



the model of the car Mr. Latchford illustrated 

 what he meant. The ice is held in a com- 

 partment which divides the car into two 

 sections. The air at the ice box being 

 colder, and therefore heavier, falls and 

 travels along the floor of the car to the end, 

 where its temperature will increase, and it 

 will rise and flow back to the ice box. Then 

 the moisture disolves the gases and odors 

 gathered from the contents oi the depart- 

 ment, and there go off in water by a waste 

 pipe, while the air purified goes on another 

 journey through the car. Mr. Latchford 

 pointed out that fruit might just as well be 

 cooling in the car on its way to the market 

 as standing to cool in a cold storage house 

 at the place of shipment. He spoke of the 

 importance of the fruit industry, and declared 

 that the Government would aid them in 

 every way possible. 



THE FRL'IT MARKS ACT. 



This is the new title given by our associa- 

 tion to the Apple and Pear Marks Act, which 

 at our request was presented before the 

 House of Comtnons last winter, but which 

 was so strongly opposed by the apple specu- 

 lators, who buy in large quantities, that it 

 was withdrawn. Only as late as Thursday, 

 the 13th inst., just before our meeting, a 

 large body of apple packers at a banquet to 

 Mr. G. H. Fowler, at Brighton, passed a 

 resolution expressing ''disapproval of the 

 same, believing that it would be impracti- 

 cable and unworkable, and not in the inter- 

 ests of the apple export trade. While 

 deprecating the practice of 'topping" re- 

 sorted to by some shippers, the prevention 

 of which this bill aims at, we are of the 

 opinion that the bill interferes with private 

 rights and cannot be made to accomplish 

 the purpose for which it was intended." 



In view of the opposition, we appointed a 

 large committee of both apple growers and 

 apple buyers, including Mr. J. H. Shuttle- 

 worth of Brantford, well known in the trade, 

 and Mr. Elmer Lick, an extensive apple 



