May, 1922. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



123 



Lessons for N.B. from 1921 



W. B. Gilman, Fredericton. 



THE apple crop of last year suffered 

 from the extreme heat and dry weathei" 

 In several ways. The drop was ex- 

 ceptionally heavy and continued into Aug- 

 ust. On old trees, especially, the fruit did 

 not develop its usual size, and came to ma- 

 turity so much earlier than usual that the 

 shipping and keeping qualities were dam- 

 aged considerably. Yet, in spite of these 

 disadvantages, the returns from the 1921 

 apple crop were the best we ever had. 



The unusual weather conditions of last 

 summer emphasized several things. First, 

 the great need of maintaining the available 

 supply of moisture and plant food In the 

 soil. Second, the necessity of picking the 

 fruit before it becomes too mature or over- 

 ripe for the best shipping results. Third, 

 the cooling of the fruit quickly to the low- 

 est possible temperature. A good tight 

 storage building that can be opened at 

 night and closed through the day works 

 well In ordinary falls, but conditions such 

 as we had last fall make one wish for some- 

 thing more effective than night air for 

 cooling the fruit quickly. 



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CROPS and MARKETS 



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Fruit from South America 



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 shipment of about 900 packages of fruit 

 arrived In New lorK City from 

 Argentina. The lot comprised peaches, 

 plums and grapes, and met with a fairly 

 good demand from the jobbing trade which 

 purchased them in small lots at rather high 

 prices. 



The peaches were in small boxes contain- 

 ing 70-90 and the quality was only fair, the 

 fruit showing very little color. They sold at 

 $2.50-$5 according to size and quality. The 

 grapes were the Muscat variety, four boxes 

 of uniform size being strapped together. The 

 net weight of the contents was about 32 lbs. 

 and they sold within a range of $7-?8. The 

 plums, a red variety, sold best, at a range 

 of $4.50-$5.50 mostly |5 and were packed in 

 the same sized -boxes as the peaches. A 

 small lot of each fruit was placed on auction 

 as a trial, but they did not command prices 

 quite so high as the private sales. 



A shipment of 13,.^00 boxes of peaches and 

 180 boxes of melons from Chile was sold In 

 New York during the first week of March 

 and distributed in part to markets in other 



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