June, 1922 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



137 



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Ontario Apples In West 



r> the Editor. — I have read with deep in- 

 terest the various articles and letters, 

 relative to boxed apples, that have ap- 

 peared recently in The Canadian Horticulturist. 

 As a westerner, by recent adoption, I wish to 

 present briefly a Saskatchewan dealer's opinion 

 ot the box package and of the Ontario versus 

 the British Columbia apple. 



In April /I went into a store in the City of 

 Saskatoon to purchase some apples. This was 

 a mere repetition of what I had done frequently 

 during the previous six months. I had observed 

 that apples only from British Columbia were 

 handled by this firm, and on this particular 

 occasion I took the liberty of asking the manager 

 to explain the non-appearance of Ontario apples 

 in his store. He replied that Ontario growers 

 could not find a market for their fruit through 

 him until they adopted the box package and put 

 up an honest pack. He maintained that the 

 Ontario grower is using an undesirable package 

 and that the dealer who buys his apples is never 

 sure of obtaining a barrel of apples uniform in 

 quality throughout. He accused the Ontario 

 grower of facing the barrel with apples of high 

 quality and using "rubbish" between the faces. 

 The British Columbia grower he commended 

 for using the box package and for putting up an 

 honest pack. 



The quality of the Ontario apple, he asserted, 

 was much superior to that of the British Colum- 

 bia apple. He concluded by saying that the 

 Ontario grower, by using the box package and 

 by ceasing to employ a deceptive pack, could 

 monopolize the western market. 



The case cited is not exceptional. On the 

 other hand, it is fairly representative for the 

 prairie provinces. The British Columbia grower 



finds a ready market for his goods, owing to his 

 employing the bo.x package and to the uni- 

 formity in pack maintained. The Ontario 

 grower often finds His apples not in demand, 

 o\ving to his employing the barrel package and 

 to the lack of uniformity in pack maintained. 



Judging by the evidence obtainable, the time 

 is ripe for a change, ^f the Ontario grower 

 wishes to compete lavorably with the British 

 Columbia grower on the western market he 

 must adopt the box package. Before discarding 

 the barrel package he need not wait until his so- 

 called non-box varieties are replaced by so- 

 called box varieties. It is true that some 

 varieties are more suited to the box package 

 than are others, but the British Columbia 

 growers have no hesitancy in marketing in boxes 



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