September, 1922 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



193 



possible to pay the comparatively high prices 

 they had been paying without question since the 

 end of the war, the retailer found it impossible 

 to sell boxed apples at attractive prices while re- 

 taining the large profits he had been accustomed 

 to, and there was consequently a slackening of 

 demand for boxes, which, eventually re-acted 

 against its original object, by creating such a 

 run upon barrel apples, and, at the same time 

 such a lowering of box apple prices during 

 October, November and December, that the 

 curious anamoly was seen of such barrel varieties 

 for example, as Baldwin No. 1, selling at 45 to 

 49 shillings at the same time that Jonathans, a 

 superior variety, and of course, still more 

 superior in grade and selection, were selling at 

 13 shillings a box or the equivalent of 39 shillings 

 a barrel. 



Various Price Levels 



During October, and the first half of Novem- 

 ber, British Columbia apples had the box apple 

 field practically to themselves, and yet made 

 prices approaching the pre-war level. During 

 the last half of November and the month of 

 December, American boxed apple arrivals were 

 heavy, but the greatly lessened supplies of 

 English apples, and the briskening of demand 

 due to the Christmas trade maintained values 

 at a higher level than had been anticipated. 

 After the turn of the year, however, prices im- 

 proved greatly and were well maintained 

 throughout February and March. 



vA curious anamoly, this season, has been the 

 strong preference accorded during December, 

 January and February to red varieties such as 

 Jonathans, Spitzenbergs and Winesaps over 

 Newtowns. For the first time in an experience 

 of seven years, the Newtown, usually the high- 

 est priced staple variety on the market (Cox's 

 Orange which has actually returned the highest 

 prices can hardly be considered a staple) sold 

 at consistently lower prices than the red varieties 

 only regaining its supremacy in March, when 

 Winesaps began to show marked deterioration. 



British Columbia apples throughout the 



season maintained a satisfactory standard of 

 quality. Condition, also, was generally satis- 

 factory, and color particularly good. 



Box Apple Grades 



AT the fruit meetings addressed in July by 

 J. Forsyth Smith, Canadian Fruit Trade 

 Commissioner, Liverpool, the speaker 

 made, in substance, the following remarks on the 

 proposed change in grade names for boxed 

 apples: 



"It is very satisfactory to note that the re- 

 commendations that have been repeatedly made 

 during the past four years have at last been 

 ^iven effect in the decision of the Dominion 

 Fruit Conference to adopt the American grades. 

 No single step that could be taken by British 



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