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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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sident and sales manager; J. E. Mestor, 

 secretary, and H. H. King, treasurer. 

 Fletcher, Kefth L. Bullitt, a Seattle lawyer, 

 and Walter B. Congdon are the other board 

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A third development came Feb. 23, at 

 Wenatchee, when members of the Skookum 

 Association, which has always marketed en- 

 tirely through the North-western Fruit Ex- 

 change, voted to permit Its units to market 

 where they please. This was accompanied 

 by organization of a third marketing body, 

 called the United Apple Growers. The ofll- 



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Transportation of Fruit 



REDUCED to definite terms, the adv. 

 given by G. E. Mcintosh, transpor' 

 tion specialist of the Dominion Fri..., 

 Branch, to the fruit growers at various an- 

 nual conventions this winter, was organize 

 and co-operate. The counsel is goo^ tor 

 every line of agriculture everywhere, but is 

 especially applicable to the fruit industry, 

 which deals not only with perishable goods, 

 but with goods the value of which depends 

 to a vital extent on the methods of handling 

 in picking, packing, and purveying, or trans- 

 porting. The conclusions arrived at by Mr. 

 Mcintosh in his addresses were: 



That there should be inspection of re- 

 frigerator cars for defects at all railway 

 terminals before delivery at loading points. 

 That all refrigerator cars should be equip- 

 ped with false floors; that cars should be 

 equipped with' insulated bulkheads; that 

 cars exceeding 39 • ft. in length inside 

 should be avoided; that long cars are harder 

 to refrigerate than short ones, and that 

 over-loading should be avoided. Much good 

 fruit is forwarded in over-ripe condition, 

 stated Mr. Mcintosh, and strict grading as 

 well as careful handling is necessary. Ship- 

 pers and carriers should get together to iix 

 safe minimums and adjust rates. 



With regard to temperature, his opinion 

 was that a carload five crates wide and nine 

 crates long and piled eleven crates high 

 cannot be properly refrigerated; that brine 

 tank cars not fully insulated are unsuitable 

 for fresh fruit transportation, and that over- 

 ripe or carelessly handled fruit cannot be 

 successfully marketed at distant points; 

 that brine-tank refrigerator cars properly 

 equipped and re-iced in transit will success- 

 fully transport fresh fruit and vegetables; 

 that the practice of lining four-basket crates 

 with paper and folding it over the top of the 

 fruit is not one to be commended; that high 

 piling of crates is a wrong practice, and 

 that eight packages high is sufficient with 

 a space between to permit of air circulation; 

 that as high as 15% of salt can be safely 

 used in brine tank refrigerator cars loaded 

 with fruit direct from field or orchard when 

 moved by express; that opening cars for 

 partial unloading, if judiciously done, does 

 not affect the fruit; that for freight ship- 

 ments 15% of salt can be used for Initial 

 icing and for first and second re-icing, but 

 should then be reduced according to climatic 

 conditions and the nature of the fruit or 

 vegetables being handled; that investiga- 

 tions have proven that the rapid cooling of 

 fruit shipments is desirable, and that the 

 brine-tank car is best adapted for this. The 

 fitting of tanks in these cars with screen 

 tops was not recommended. 



N.B. Apples Sold Early 



A. G. Turney, Provincial Horticulturist. 



CONTRARY to the practise of previous 

 seasons, when most of the shipments 

 were made on consignment, the bulk of 

 the past season's crop was sold outright 

 f.o.b. the orchards and contracted for as 

 early as the first week of August. The fact 

 that buyers came so early and with the de- 

 termination to secure the best packs in the 

 province, at a time when the long drought 

 had not been broken and a good size to the 

 fruit seemed rather improbable, speaks well 

 for the reputation which our apples have 

 achieved on the Montreal market within the 

 last four years. / 



The crop? of these orchards were pur- 



