October, 1922 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



211 



BRITISH COLUMBIA 



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U.S. Fruit on B.C. Market 



THERE is something wrong when we allow 

 the American growers to control our 

 market and compel the Eraser Valley 

 ranchers to lose their crops," declared Hon. E. 

 D. Barrow, minister of agriculture, when ad- 

 dressing those present at the annual Agassiz 

 Fair, Sept. 13. "In Chilliwack, Bartlett pears 

 are a drug on the market, and many will no 

 doubt be left on the trees to rot or else fed to 

 hogs. Only last week Wenatchee growers 

 shipped in to Vancouver no less than 26 cars of 

 this variety of pears, five of which were sent 

 back on account of the presence of the codling 

 moth," continued Mr. Barrow. "As a result, 

 the bottom fell out of the market." As a remedy, 

 the member of the provincial cabinet advocated 

 the establishment of a selling agency among the 

 growers while attention should be paid to the 

 canning industry. 



medium to small. The consumer cannot afford 

 to buy sizes 96 to 138. 



British Columbia shippers are under two 

 handicaps in shipping to this market: (1) Nor- 

 way is the only point served by a direct boat 

 from Montreal, and this service is only one boat 

 per month, while New York offers a weekly 

 service to principal Scandinavian ports; (2) 

 American apples are not exported direct to 

 Scandinavia from American producing points, 

 but are shipped by middlemen in New York, 

 who remove the fruit from near-at-hand storage 

 and are thus enabled to fill cash orders for ship- 

 ment by designated steamers. Shippers direct 

 from British Columbia points would find it diffi- 

 cult to guarantee delivery date, and this is fre- 

 quently insisted upon by the buyers, and, often, 

 indeed made an essential part of the contract. 

 The Fruit Trade Commissioner is prepared to 

 furnish some very interesting information to 

 actual shippers as to the comparative standing 

 of the various agents, methods of doing business, 

 difficulties that must be overcome, financial ar- 

 rangements, etc. 



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Continental Markets 



IN the series of addresses given during the past 

 three months, throughout Canada, by J. 

 Forsyth Smith, Canadian Fruit Trade Com- 

 missioner for the United Kingdom, reference 

 was made to the conditions and the outlook in 

 the markets of Continental Europe as well as to 

 those of Great Britain, as reported last month. 

 Some of the pointers given respecting the Con- 

 tinent were as follows, with special reference to 

 British Columbia's opportunities: 



The Market in France 

 France is one of the few European countries 

 that does not know the western boxed apple. It 

 is a large producer and exporter of apples, and 

 produces, normally, enough apples to supply all 

 home requirements. Importations have, always, 

 been the exception rather than the rule. French 

 apples may be divided into two classes: (1) 

 Apples which supply the main consumer demand, 

 ungraded, unselected, inferior and sold in bulk 

 by the kilogramme. These are offered in quantity 

 and supply the main demand. (2) An extremely 

 limited supply of "pommes de luxe," grown with 

 extreme care, without spot or blemish, packed 

 for shipment even for distances of less than 100 

 miles with each apple separated from its fellow 

 by 2 inches of excelsior. These apples, as offered 

 commercially attain the full exhibition standard, 

 and sell to the consumer at 1.50 to 2.50 francs 

 or 12 to 21 cents apiece. Between these two ex- 

 tremes, however, it should be possible to find a 

 certain market for Canadian apples, if their ex- 

 cellences were made known to the trade. One 

 British Columbia firm has already appointed an 

 agent in Paris and expects to do some business 

 next season. It is suggested that it would be a 

 very good idea to trans-ship a part of the exhibit 

 at the Imperial Fruit Show this year, to Paris, 

 display it at the central Paris market, and de- 

 monstrate its good points to the trade. 

 The Scandinavian Market 

 The market for apples in Norway, Denmark 

 and Sweden, though small as compared with that 

 of Great Britain, (capacity 200,000 to 250,000 

 boxes per annum) is one which should be ex- 

 ploited by Canada. A goo<l start was made last 

 year, and British Coliunbia apples have met 

 with much appreciation, though, so far, only 

 ncglegible quantities have been sent forward as 

 compared with those from American sources. 

 Home and European apples mainly supply re- 

 quirements till Christmas, and the demand is 

 str(>i!i:lv for l:itr' varieties, that can be sold in 

 Jinii It ., |i '.111 ry and March. Jonathans, 

 vSpitzcnlicrns, Wiiicsaps and Ncwtowns are pre- 

 ferred, and, of these the Winesap, as combining 

 red color with a late season is the favorite. Sales 

 are on a cash basis through local agents, and 

 sales on shippers' account are practically never 

 made except at the Copenhagen auction. The 

 size preferences arc the same as in England, 



transferred to refrigerator cars of the same 

 temperature. Precautions against changes of 

 temperatures were provided even to the extent 

 of providing a silk-bound passage-way from store- 

 house to the car. By exercising such minute 

 care the berries were laid down at destination at 

 prairie points almost as fresh and firm as when 

 gathered. 



It is this attention to the quality of fruit when 



B.C. Fruit on Prairies 



THE prairie provinces produce very little 

 fruit. They consume large quantities of it. 

 British Columbia grows large quantities of 

 the finest fruits in the world. The flow of fruit 

 from British Columbia to Alberta and Saskat- 

 chewan is as inevitable as the flow of water down 

 hill. Another example of the complementary 

 character of the two areas — the one providing 

 what the other lacks and needs. 



The gathering and shipping of fruits in 

 British Columbia for the prairie market is all 

 the time becoming a more exact and stabilized 

 business. Take for example, raspberries. This 

 delicious small fruit arrived here this season in 

 a state as nearly perfect as scientific methods 

 and good management can assure. The best 

 B.C. raspberries were assembled in cold storage 

 within two hours after picking. They were then 



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