THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, irH4 



Potato Profits 



dcpesd largely on bow the crop Is planted. 

 Every iklpped bill Is a loss lo time, fertilizer 

 flod soil. Every double wastes valuable seed. 

 It means $5 10 $50 per acre extra profit Hall hills 

 are planted, one piece In each. That Is why 



oflcn pay for themselves In one season on small 



ftcre-age. They also plant stralglit. at ti^ht <lcpth. 12 

 to 24 Inches apart. ^ With or without Icrtilizer dis- 

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BLACK CURRANTS 



Why not Plant a Large 

 Patch this Spring 



We ttill have a few thousand (irst-clau plants 



of the BLACK NAPLES variety. Very 



hardy and prolific. 



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Caninlirs Departmenttil Hnusf tor Mviii.iniciil Coods 



Duchess, Anjous, Seckle, Louis Bon, C 

 ffiN'iU, etc., which are subj<.'ct to the s. 

 remarks. Barrels of Keiffcr pears roali 

 from 15s to 28s for the first jfrade of sc 

 fruit accordintf to quality, condition, 

 the fluctuations of the market. Due 

 pears rang-ed from 25$ to 45s, Anjous 

 to 26s, Seckle 26s to 42s. In addition ' 

 barrels of Keiffers, we also handled a go 

 number of boxes and half-boxes. Prices! 

 boxes ranged from 5s to 6s 9d, and for 

 boxes from 3s 6d to 4s for first grade fr 

 It must be considered that the prices qJ 

 cd are very satisfactory, but when taken" 

 conjunction with the large proportion 

 rotten fruit which did not realize the 

 of marketing, etc., the net result can 

 be considered in so favorable a light. 



I*R\tllK« SVTISF'.CTORY 



"We had a few half-boxes of Canadi 

 I)eache)s, with 36 to 48 fruits each, whiJ 

 sold at from 9s to lis per package, whi| 

 must be considered to be a very higl| 

 satisfactory result. We think there shofl 

 be a good business in th«se rather lo« 

 prices for the future. 



".•\s regards barrels, we consider th< 

 Canadian packing to be superior on thi 

 whole to that of other countries expor' 

 to this market. The barrels are lar. 

 containing some 180 lbs., of fruit avera 

 whilst the us.e of eight hoops round 1 

 barrels which the best Canadian <)acka 

 use, two at each end and four in the midif 

 ,should be made general, when the prop 

 tion of slack-packed fruit which so ext^ 

 sively diminishes growers' profits would 

 greatly reduced. The half-box package j 

 the package for Bartlett pears, and 

 think it could be used with advantage 

 other varieties. 



"We have mentioned that we had a parce 

 of half-boxes of Bartletts for which 

 realized Us per package. The package i 

 wais a patent one, of which the lid fr 

 into a groove at each end, which gr< 

 was made in the size of a wooden c\a 

 fastened to the edge of each of the 

 pieces. When the lid had been so fitt3 

 it was secured by a strip of wood na: 

 above it to the inside of each clamp. 1 

 clamps thus stood higher than the lid, an( 

 when the boxes were piled above one ano 

 ther in tiers, the top box rested upon thi 

 clampis of the box below and the wholi 

 weight of the boxes was thus borne by th' 

 end-pieces, edgewise, instead of bein} 

 borne by the bulge of the lid, thus cuttinj 

 and bruising the fruit. If this packag' 

 could be generally used, the value of tin 

 fruit when it reached the market would b' 

 enhanced by several shillings per package 



"We also notice that various grower 

 did not wrap all the pears in each box, bu 

 contented themselves with v.rapping the toi 

 layer only. There is no utility in this, tb 

 pears should each be wrapped in the grow! 

 ers' printed paper, or otherwise it is cheape 

 to wrap none, as buyers will not pay tb 

 price of wrapped fruit for boxes, the r-- 

 tents of which are largely unwrapped. 



PRUIT TO .ARRIVE IN GREEN CONDITION 



"The lesson of the past season, as o| 

 others, is that expense should not be sp-' 

 ed in order to get the fruit here in h 

 green condition, which if accomplished u. 

 surely reap its reward in greatly increase^ 

 prices; over-ripe fruit, i.e., fruit too rip 

 to stand during the period of reaching th 

 ultimate consumer, has only a small chanc 

 of paving for its cost of marketing, and 

 very great chance of being thrown away a 

 valueless, if market and weather condition 

 are against it ; there is no margin for saki 

 manship in the handling of such fruit. 



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