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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. 



W. C. Archibald. 



his success in fruit growing, having trans- 

 formed a piece of unimproved land into the 

 well known Earnscliffe fruit gardens. He 

 has been foremost in trying plum growing for 

 profit, and has proved that this fruit is more 

 successful even than the apple in Nova 

 Scotia. Last season he marketed 50,000 lbs. 

 of plums off twelve acres of a plum orchard. 

 Peaches, pears, cherries, quinces, etc., have 

 been grown by him on the same land between 

 his apples and plums. 



Mr. Ralph S. Eaton made a vigorous and 

 eloquent speech in favor of a union of the 

 Agriculture School, at Truro, and the School 

 of Horticulture, at Wolfville, into one first- 

 class Agricultural College for the maritime 

 provinces. 



Mr. Peter Innes introduced a resolution 

 for better ocean transportation of apples, 

 seeking the appointment of a commission 

 that would look into present abuses in this 

 trade and see that they were corrected. 



The same gentleman also introduced a 

 resolution looking to an improvement in 



railway freight classificat'i*on\vh'>ch reads as 

 follows .• 



Whereas the freight classification of apples by 

 the railways of Canada was fixed at a time when 

 the prodiuction was small and prices high, and — 



Whereas since that time production has enor- 

 mously increased while prices have been contin- 

 uously falling, and 



Whereas in Western Nova Scotia apple growing 

 has become a great staple industry, averaging 

 500,000 barrels a year, and 



Whereas the said classification has to be sub- 

 mitted to and approved by the Governor-in-Coun- 

 cil; 



Therefore resolved, That this association, recog- 

 nizing that the present classification does not meet 

 with the altered circumstances, and is oppressive 

 to the apple growers and shippers of this province, 

 do respectfully memorialize the Governor-in-Coun- 

 cil to take the subject into early and favorable 

 con.sideration, it being suggested that in the view 

 of this association apples should be placed at least 

 on an equal footing with flour. 



■ The Standard apple barrel was also men- 

 tioned by Mr. Innes and the following extract 

 from the amended Weights and Measures 

 Act was given : 



Chap. 37, 1900 — An act to amend the Weights 

 and Measures Act. Assented to 7th July, 1900. 



Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent 

 of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, 

 enacts as follows : 



1. The section substituted by section 2 of chapter 

 28 of the statutes of 1899, for section 18 of the 

 Weights and Measures Act, chapter 104 of the 

 Re\nsed Statutes, is repealed, and the following is 

 substituted therefor : 



18. All apples packed in Canada for export for 

 sale by the barrel in closed barrels shall be packed 

 in good and strong barrels of seasoned wood, 

 having dimensions not less than the following, 

 namely ; twentj^-six inches and one-fourth between 

 the heads, inside measure, and a head diameter of 

 seventeen inches, and a middle diameter of eight- 

 een inches and one-half, representing as near as 

 possible ninety-six quarts. 



2. When apples, pears or quinces are sold by the 

 barrel as a measure of capacity, such barrel shall 

 not be of lesser dimensions than those specified in 

 this section. 



Another clause provides for a penalty of 

 25 cents a barrel for breaking this law. 



Of the English apple markets, Mr. J. H. 



Burgess of Canniny spoke as follows : 



While in England this season I made inquiry as 

 to the prospect for disposing of evaporated and 

 canned apples, and found there was an unlimited 

 demand for this product. I interviewed a number 

 of firms dealing in the«e goods, and found them 

 read)' to do business. They hke canned apples, 

 as in this form they are always ready for use. The 



