March, 1922. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



69 



be surprised, he said, to see British Colum- 

 bia strawberries marketed this coming sea- 

 son in Montreal and other eastern cities. 

 That something should be done to get 

 Ontario fruits back on the western markets 

 w^as advised by Mr. Mcintosh. Most im- 

 artant was improved methods of packing 

 ad loading tor shipment. Packages should 

 spaced in the cars to facilitate ventila- 

 don. Tomatoes and peaches should go for- 

 irard wrapped in the four-basket crate; 

 lerries also in that kind of package, and 

 lums in the plum crate, instead of all 

 iese fruits in Climax baskets, as now 

 practised. 



Turning to the east, Mr! Mcintosh con- 

 tended that the railway companies should 

 give carload rates for fruit from Ontario 

 points to Prince Edward Island, with open- 

 ing-in-transit privileges on the mainland. 

 This was an immediate necessity. The 

 iljolition of distributing privileges to the 

 Maritime Provinces in general should be 

 ' ''Ctifled. An express carload rate into 

 Northern Ontario and into the large distri- 

 •ution centres of old Ontario was needed, 

 ilso through carload rates to United 

 states points. Other" essential changes 

 ' oncerned minimum weights and icing con- 

 ilitions. 



Eastern Fruit in Western Markets. 



That the Western Canada Fruit Jobbers, 

 which embraces all the jobbers west of the 

 Great Lakes, stood for Canadian fruits first, 

 if packed right in packages that the market 

 requires, was averred by Sam Savage, of 

 Caigary, in an address on "Eastern Products 

 in the Western Market." It was not always 

 possible, he said, to get fruit in that man- 

 nor. The Niagara District must improve 



ts methods in this direction if it hoped to 

 . {-cure any permanent hold on western 

 markets. Mr. Savage^s firm did not handle 

 orie basket of Niagara District grapes last 



oar, because they could get no guarantee 

 I if delivery in proper condition. The speaker 

 advised the growers to wait until the grapes 

 v/ere mature before picking; to send Con- 

 cords, and Concords only, when that variety 

 was ordered; the same with other sorts, 

 ind always to stamp the name of the 

 > ariety on the package. 



Mr. Savage contended that Niagara 

 tomatoes could compete with the product 

 of any other section it they were packed 

 uniformly. He did not favor the ll-quart 

 basket for shipment of tomatoes, or even 



"caches or plums. Crates and boxes were 

 a-dvised. If baskets were used at all, they 

 should be 6-quart. 



Better transportation facilities and lower 

 railway rates were an emphatic need of the 

 fruit industry at this time, concluded Mr. 

 -avage. It was unfair, a shame, that fruits 



ould be brought into Canada from Texas 



nd other distant points in the United 

 -tates at much lower rates than Ontario 



luits could be moved to Calgary and other 

 ; ointK in the western provinces. 



Modern Marketing Methods. 



That Niagara District fruit growers must 



iandardizR their products in quality, 



rade, package and name before they can 



xpect to reach success in co-operative 



iiarketing was impressed upon the gather- 



ng by C. E. Basaett, Director of Field Or- 



;inizatlon. North American Fruit Ex- 



hange, New York. No organization 



liould even attempt to sell a product, Mr. 



iiassett contended, without first making 



ure that it had something fit to sell. 



Standardization was the most Important 



factor in marketing and standardization In 



I'rade and pack was possible only through 



'lie central packing house system. Next 



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