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THE CANADIAN TfORTICULTURTS T 



March, 19! 3 



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Quality Alone Insufficient 



Speaking recently before the members 

 the North urn bf'rland and Durham Fruit- 

 (Jrowors' A-iSiioiation, Mr. P \V. HodKetts, 

 Director of Horticulture for Ontario, point- 

 ed out that Ontario apples newl more tlian 

 •inality alone to eniibie thorn to hold their 

 own in the marktts of the world. In thia 

 connection he said : 



"True, our appl&s lead all others for 

 quality; but quality alone will not suffice. 

 l/ook at the apples at pro-ent displayed in 

 Toronto store and restaurant windows and 

 .selling at from two dollars to two and a 

 quarter a bu ihcl box. These apples are 

 from the western States, and baVe no 

 quality whatevtr, but they have good ap- 

 pearance and were well packed. 



"There is no false prejudice in the weet 

 against the methods of packing. Seme of 

 our very btst distiicle are offenders in thia 

 respect. We had a market commissioner in 

 the west last .summer, and he reported from 

 day to d.iy the condition of the fruit on 

 arrival. Here aire s:;me extracts from let- 

 ters received frtm him by our department: 



COMMrSSIONEKB KEP0RT8 



" 'Western Stat©.s apple-, cuming to Win-' 

 nipeg in fine shape. 



" 'Ontario shippers could sell here if 

 they would use boxes. 



" 'Edmonton dealer says that Ontario 

 growers must use a boxed package oir lose 

 market entirely. 



" 'Washington and British Columbia ap- 

 ples are shipped in fancy box packages, the 

 fruit in tiers and each apple wrapped in 

 paper. Winnipeg market demands boxed 

 packages. The small demand for Ontario 

 apples is due to inferior quality. 



" 'There are just enough bad packers in 

 Ontario to give us a reputation as a. soocnd- 

 rate fruit country.' " 



Mr. Hodgetts cited the case of one prom- 

 inent Ontario buyer who went west last 

 summer to sell the pack of one apple asso- 

 ciation. He wrote back to Ontario saying 

 that he had been unable to sell a single 

 barrel of Ontario apples west of the Mani- 

 toba boundary. 



BATES AND DELAYS 



Mr. Hodgetts also dealt with the old. 

 problem of exorbitant haulage rates and 

 vexatious delays. He compared the rat 

 accorded Nova Scotia and American sh . 

 pers to those given Ontario growers, an ; 

 showed tlhat discrimination was practise<l. 

 and traced the progress of different cars 

 of fruit across the continent to different 

 Canadian western points, some cars takir ' 

 as high as fifteen er more days. 



"I believe that the time is not very f 

 off when our best varieties must be boxed 

 said Mr. Hodgetts. "We must be prepar 

 to forward at least mixed ears of boxed a; 

 barreled apples to those western pejnt 

 In the western States they are using im 

 barrels at all. The British Columbia grow- 

 ers are asking the Dominion GoTernmeiit 

 to adopt for Canada the American gradina: 

 of "extra fancy," "fancy" and "choice" 

 in place of cur present grading, one. two 

 and three, and they also -wish to enfon 

 among our packers the use of the Unit. 

 States box package. The=e western buyers 

 seem to have more faith in box than in 

 barrel fruit. I would advise you to put i 

 at least your best fruit in boxes, and per- > 

 haps you might then put No. two stuff in : 

 barrels." ■ 



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