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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Thujopsis dolabrata. 



Sir, — Has any of the readers of your valuable 

 journal had any experience as to the hardiness of 

 Thujopsis dolabrata argentea variegata of Japan ? 

 I have a good specimen, but I am afraid to risk it 

 out during the winter. I know of but one plant, 

 at the late Senator Sanford's residence in Hamil- 

 ton. It was grown in a pot like my own, and I 

 was told by the gardener there that the plant was 

 sent to Senator Sanford by Princess Louise. The 

 above is a beauilul plant if found to be hardy. 

 Will someone please report upon it. 



R. Cameron. 



Fruit Export and Imports. 



Dear Sir, — I beg to send you the enclosed 

 which I think may be useful to publish, when we 

 expend nearly $4,000,000 on other peoples' fruit, 

 and we have no corresponding value in exports. 



G. H. Fawcet, 



Customs Department, Ottawa. 



E.xported during the year ending 30th June, 1901 . 



Apples, dried, lbs $4,325,854 f 191,193 



green, bbls 678.651 1,482,927 



Berries 1 12,441 



Canned and preserved 181,438 



All others 39, 144 



$2,007,143 

 Statement showing the kind, quantity and value 

 of fruit imported into Canado and exports there- 

 from during the year June 30th, igoi. 



Quantity. Value. 



Cocoa Nuts, No 2,257,806 $ 40,569 



Dried Apples, lb.s 97-930 7, 158 



" Currants, " 3,121,722 219,072 



" Dates, " 1,634,190 30,285 



" Figs. " 2.705,430 90,094 



" Prunes, " 4,616,342 149,091 



" Raisins, " 13,131,663 753,798 



" other, " 1,997,457 117,850 



Nuts, Almonds " 699,291 120,545 



" Brazil, " ........ 57,441 5,399 



Pecan. " 512,053 30,392 



" Walnuts, " 1,030,813 88,054 



" other, " 4,343,458 67,413 



Green fruits — 



Apples, bbls 26,357 74>922 



Blackberries, goose, 

 raspberries, etc., 



lbs 1,079.652 80,366 



Cherries, lbs 105,607 9,547 



Cranberries, bush.. . . 13,570 26,199 



Currants, lbs 915 ^g 



Grapes, " 1.001,536 59,915 



Oranges and Lemons, 



boxes 532,112 919,809 



Oranges and Lemons, 



■J boxes 40,839 52,127 



Oranges and Lemons, 



other packages 1 26,486 



Oranges and Lemons, 



bulk. No 16,476 121 



Oranges and Lemons, 



barrels 18,066 45,820 



Peaches, lbs 2,094,557 52,043 



Plums, bush 36,712 36,465 



Quinces, •' 1.383 335 



Bananas, bunch 58 1 ,624 579,479 



Pineapples, No 925, 



Guavas, Mangoes, 

 Shaddocks, Pome- 

 granates, etc 



Wild Raspberries, 

 berries 



Other dutiable 



288 



S6,o66 



3 049 



701 

 f>'.593 



$3-936.712 



Our Fruit at Glasgow. 



Sir,— Our fruit of last year, now over 12 months 

 old, is still in capital condition. I have not seen 

 any new Canadian apples to surpass them, although 

 I have attended several of the sales at the Bazar 

 and at Simonds & Jacobs where several thousand 

 barrels were disposed of, 



I was pleased to see that nice apples brought 

 good prices, upto twenty-eight shillings per barrel. 

 From that down to thirteen shillings, were com- 

 mon prices. Sad to say many badly packed lots 

 were sold at much lower prices. .Several lots too, 

 seemed to have heated on the voyage and were 

 badly spotted, so that it is not to be wondered at 

 that they sold at low prices. 



I saw some lots that had crossed in cold storage 

 and some that had crossed in well ventilated com- 

 partments, and must say that there was but little 

 if any, choice between the two. I rather prefer 

 those from the ventilated compartments. I believe 

 it would be advisable to place registering thermom- 

 eters in all ship's compartments in which fruit is 

 shipped, whether in cold storage or merely venti- 

 lated compartments ; we would by that means 

 have the satisfaction of knowing what the temper- 

 ature was during the passage. 



The reason of my preference for the simply ven- 

 tilated compartment is that apples out of cold stor- 

 age become so wet immediately on being exposed 

 for sale that they have a bad appearance, they do 

 not look as well as we could wish and consequently 

 do not sell as well. Another reason is, that they 

 sometimes lie exposed on the wharf a day or two 

 after being discharged and during that time they 

 become exceedingly wet, and if they go into cold 

 storage in that condition their last state is worse 

 than the first. 



Apples that are to be kept a long time would be 

 better of being shipped in cold storage and immed- 

 iately transferred to the cold storage on being dis- 

 charged from the ship, there to remain until the 

 date of sale. But, apples that are to be sold on 

 arrival, would. I am convinced, sell better from 

 mere ventilated compartments. 



All our apples for exhibition were packed and 

 shipped in cases with the exception of five barrels. 

 Many of the cases reached us in an almost perfect 

 condition, some of them without a single damaged 

 specimen, and we have to-day, October 13th, many 

 kinds that are as firm and as fine in texture and 

 flavor as they were in May and June, or as when 

 they were gathered. 



There is nothing in connection with this exhibit, 

 that more astonishes visitors than the beauty and 

 quality of these year old apples. We sample them 

 freely on suitable occasions. 



Shall I say that manj^ apples come to us in 

 very bad condition, one lot of very fine fruit had 

 evidently been packed in barrels at first, and were 

 afterwards transferred to the cases, wrapped in 



