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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



December, 19I3 



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A KODAK 



1 he Christmas gift that will appeal to 

 every member of the family- will add to 

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Brownie Cameras, Ue'Ud^/ks) $1.00 to $12.00. 



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heard to remark, "and then when we bring 



our fruit here, we have to take second place 

 to fruit that looks as if it had been grown 

 in a sod orchard." Probably, however, the 

 awards were placed correctly from the 

 standpoint of the requirements of the con- 

 su;ner, as the texture of the medium-sized 

 apple of large growing varieties is gen- 

 erally superior. 



Due to the lateness of the season, tender 

 fruits were necessarily a limited exhibit. 

 The territory they represented, however, 

 seemed to be unnecessarily limited, almost 

 every entry coming from the St. Catharines 

 district. There are other sections of On- 

 tario that can grow just as choice pears 

 and grapes as cajn the St. Catharines dis- 

 trict, and they would do well to advertise 

 their possibilities for the production of 

 tend'er fruit. Exhibitors were G. A. Robert- 

 son, F. J. Stewart, R. Thompson, W. J. 

 Furminger, Geo. Goring, Alexander Glass, 

 and W. L. Hamilton. 



Mr. P. J. Carey, Dominion Fruit Inspec- 

 tor, with several assistants, gave daUy de- 

 monstrations on a subject that is very near 

 to his heart — the proper boxing of apples. 

 Mr. Carey's corner of the building was a 

 popular one, and it is to be regretted that 

 bad weather so marred the attendance at 

 the fair that more were not able to take 

 advantage of Mr. Carey's instructive de- 

 monstrations. The exhibition was a dis- 

 tinct success, and showed a marked im- 

 provement over former years, particularly 

 in the flower and vegetable sections. 



Eastern Annapols Valley 



Eunico Bnchanaa 



When the shortage of the apple crop was 

 found to be greater than was expected, the 

 growers consoled themselves with the pros- 

 pect of high prices ; but this hope has been 

 dampened by the fact that the apples are 

 not keeping well. The long rainy period 

 in October delayed harvesting roots and 

 fruit until well on in November. During 

 the first week of November, we had severe 

 frosts, so that many apples and potatoes 

 were frozen. This short cold snap has 

 been followed by unusually warm weather, 

 which still continues (November 13), with 

 the result that the apples are decaying io 

 the warehouses, probably owing to a com- 

 bination of causes — warm weather now, de- 

 layed picking, aphis attacks, and summer 

 weather conditions which were conducive 

 to spot. These spots are now sinking and 

 turning to rot, while Ribstons and Blen- 

 heims went soft. In some cases of Green- 

 ings, the warehousemen refused to pack 

 them . 



This has roused the companies to seri- 

 ously consider a cold storage warehouse at 

 Berwick before next season, as now they 

 are bound down to choose between shipping 

 to glutted markets or letting the fruit de- 

 teriorate, a serious situation with which 

 we have not had to contend before. 



The first exports to England brought 

 good prices. Early Gravensteins netted 

 the United Fruit Co. members as follows : 

 No. 1, $3.85; No. 2, $2.65; for large spot- 

 ted No. 2, $2.45; No. 3, $1.00. Blenheims, 

 No. 1, $3.00; No. 2, $2.30; No. 3, $1.00. 

 Boxed Blenheims, $1.03 per box. Dudleys, 

 No. 1, $4.52; No. 2, $3.79. This variety 

 has not many threes ; it is not a common 

 apple in this locality, but is recommending 

 itself. Late varieties of apples are attack- 

 ed by minute black spots, and nearly all 

 kinds seem to be unusually ripe for this 

 time of year. 



