June, 1913. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



169 



The Prairie Market for Fruit 



Fruit growers in Ontario, British Colum- 

 bia and Nova Scotia are all alike interested 

 in the capacity of the market in Western 

 Canada for apples, and from time to time 

 estimates of varying degrees of accuracy 

 have been made of the total quantity re- 

 ceived annually by the provinces of Mani- 

 toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Last 

 summer the Dominion fruit inspectors as- 

 signed to these three provinces were in- 

 structed to take motes as to the quantity 

 of apples shipped into their several dis- 

 tricts, and make a report to this office at 

 the end of the season. These reports have 

 been compiled with the following results : 

 The total quantity of apples marketed im 

 these provinces for the season of 1912 was 

 approximately 495,000 barrels, of which 

 Ontario supplied 238,000, British' Columbia 

 75,000, Nova Scotia 18,000 and the United 

 States 164,000. 



In addition to the prairie provinces there 

 is a large and growing market in\ New On- 

 tario which will afford an outlet for increas- 

 ing quantities of Ontario apples. If we 

 consider the present population of Fort 

 William, Port Arthur, Sault Ste. Marie, 

 North Bay, Sudbury, the Cobalt district, 

 and similar sections, we shall find that 

 60,000 barrels is a conservative estimate 

 for the quantity of apples marketed in this 

 section during the past season. The pro- 

 Ijortion of the above total supplied by the 

 I'nited States would probably not exceed 

 ten per cent. 



Montreal 



E. U. Warlmu, D. F. I. 



It has been my privilege for many years 

 to inspect apples from various packages, 

 harvested from one to twelve months, and 

 to note their condition. During early 

 May, while examining Golden Russets, 

 Spy, Ben Davis, Gano and other varieties 

 I found all the way from ten per cent, to 

 fifty per cent, in number one barrels of 

 these varieites in a rotten condition. I 

 asked myself the question, Should these 

 apples be so wasty at this date, and what 

 c ould be the cause ? Upon taking up speci- 

 men after specimen of these varieties I 

 I ould see, without the aid of a glass, that 

 '•very rotten specimen had had an injury 

 of some kind when placed in the barrel or 

 box. These injuries caused probably all 

 the trouble. They were due either to a 

 puncture caused by handling, to a diseased 

 spot or to an insect mark. These speci- 

 mens were put in, some seem and others 

 not seen, and I have put it to the credit 

 of a little oversight or carelessness on the 

 part of the manipulator. 



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