QUESTION DRA WER. 



but to buyers at least there are two other 

 questions referring to fruit packages that 

 require attention. One you have ham- 

 mered at until it is almost headless, viz., 

 the quality of fruit put into the packages. 

 Is it possible to establish a standard ? 

 If so why is it not done % Why is it not 

 made law that in packing fruit of all 

 kinds, the name of the packer and the 

 of the fruit and the quantity (net) shall be 

 put upon every package. Of course a 

 brand is a brand by law, but take grapes, 

 pears, peaches, plums, raspberries, straw- 

 berries, etc., and there is more fraud 

 than righteousness. I go to market and 

 buy, say, a ten pound basket, if I do not 

 get a nominal seven pound one, I do get 

 only nine pounds. Then there are 15, 



17, and 20 lb baskets and a buyer must 

 be an expert to detect the fraud. The 

 only cure for these miscellaneous pack- 

 ages is the one above suggested, viz.: 

 Make it an act (of the Ontario Legisla- 

 ture I think) that every package of fruit 

 offered for sale shall be labeled 

 Put up by . 



Containing 00 lbs net. 

 . Peaches 

 or whatever there is in it. 



Then perhaps fruit will be correctly 

 and honestly put up. These are sug- 

 gestions for your winter meeting. See 

 page 420. 



G. H. Fawcett. 

 Ottawa. 



% ©per? I^etters. % 



The Colored Plates. 



SiR,_I notice of late some few giving their 

 opiuion about the plant distribution, but we 

 hear nothing about those beautiful colored 

 plates we used to have in each number. They 

 would make a fine show in the bound volume, 

 even one on the first page like 1897 I have 

 mine Set in frames, ten in each frame and 

 think they are a good decoration for a fruit 

 growers home. They are also some help in 

 getting subscribers in this part, so I would 

 rather see the plants discontinued than the 

 colored fruit plates. Now why not make the 

 December number a kind of a Christmas 

 number, as it is the last volume fpr this 

 century, and I believe it would be much 

 better for agents at least, than the spring 

 plant distribution. 



D. N. Anderson. 



Wyoming, Ont. 



The Apple Crop of the United 

 States in 1898 amounted 28,570,000 

 barrels, and this was counted an un- 

 usually short yield. This year, also a 

 short yield, the amount is estimated at 

 35,100,000 barrels. The following is a 

 showing of the 



APPLE CROP OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Year Barrels 



1894 57,630,000 



1895 60,540,000 



1896 67,570,000 



1897 41,537,000 



1898 28,570,000 



1899 35,100,000 



The exports of American jfid Cana- 

 dian apples, for the seasot)j^ given, are 

 shown in the second tabl^with ,this 

 article. Liverpool was the laigest re- 

 ceiver, that port being ^redited with 

 689,036 barrels ; London coming l^ext 

 with 271,347 barrels, Glasgow 180,336 

 barrels and Hamburg 2^861 barrels 

 following, all other receiving ports being 

 credited with 57,512 barrels. 



APPLE EXPORTS 



Year Barrels 



1891-92 1,450,336 



1892-93 1,203,5.38 



1893-94 174,841 



1894-95 1,438,155 



1895-96 756,415 



1896-97 2,919,846 



1897-98 913,996 



1898-99 1,221,087 



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