THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



through a commission man, but a more 

 disgraceful lot it would be hard to find. 

 They professed to be xxx, but as a fact 

 they had been sent from Canada I 

 think without marks, and these were put 

 on in lead pencil, I think in England ; 

 but such goods are enough to ruin any 

 trade. Only one barrel seemed to have 

 been properly marked, and had on one 

 X. The apples were the veriest refuse 

 of the orchard— particularly small — ex- 

 tremely covered with black spots, and 

 positively not worth the carriage paid 

 for them. This kind of dealing will 

 keep the Canadian apple trade back, 

 and I am sorry to say it is not a solitary 

 instance in my own experience." 



These examples are alarming, and 

 from the positive necessity of having a 

 detective at our wharves to watch such 

 thieves and put a stop to their villainous 

 practices. 



Shall we Continue the Plant 

 Distribution. — If our readers would 

 be favorable to it, we would advocate 

 giving up this plant distribution, 

 and spending the money otherwise for 

 the general good. It would mean a 

 saving of $500 more or less, which would 

 largely increase the size of the Journal, 

 and thus give each member a volume of 

 much increased value, more, we are sure, 

 to his interest than the plant we now 

 send him. Would our readers show 

 their wishes on this point by voting pro 

 or con on postcards, addressed to the 



Secretary ? It would be a guide to the 

 Executive Committee. 



Raspberry Pulp. — Mr. W. Boulter, 

 chairman of our committee on the ex- 

 port of raspberry pulps has been over in 

 Great Britian interviewing jam makers 

 there and getting all the information he 

 can for our benefit. He encloses a let- 

 ter from Messrs Anderson and Coltman, 

 London England. They say : " Last 

 year, when the first fruit came in, it was 

 generally expected that the crop would 

 be a plentiful one, and '^prices ranged at 

 first from ^18 to ^10 per ton (2,240 

 lbs), and it was not until something like a 

 week that it was discovered that the 

 quantities would be kept short, and 

 prices immediately began rising by leaps 

 and bounds, and very soon reached ^40 

 and afterwards ;£^o per ton. 



With regard to the fruit itself, what 

 you sent us last year we consider very 

 satisfactory both in regard to color and 

 in regard to substance, but we think 

 that the berry might be picked when 

 not quite so ripe, as it is a point to have 

 the fruit as comparatively whole as pos- 

 sible, and with as little liquor as possible. 

 Of course it is understood that no addi- 

 tional water should be added, and that 

 the fruit must be pure unadulterated 

 fruit, with the stalks taken out, and no 

 sugar or any other substance in it ; and 

 nothing should be used in the way of a 

 preservative, either salycilic or boracic 

 acid, or anything else of this nature. 



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