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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



November, 191 4. 



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Members of the United Fruit Companiea, Ltd., of Nova Scotia, a« Tliey Gathered During the 

 Summer for Their Two Days' Annual Meeting at Berwick, N. S. 



be well packed, sound and healthy in every 

 way. Apples with scab or diseased in any 

 way will not be allowed into the country 



Durimg the short season fc^r Canadian 

 and American apples on this market, a 

 great many thousand boxes of Washing-ton 

 apples are sold. One firm alone handled 

 fourteen thousand boxes, which consisted 

 for the most part of Wine Saps, Rome 

 Beauties, Jonathans, Spitzenbergs, these 

 varieties being very popular. It is claimed 

 that these apples mature more quickly 

 than eastern Canadian apples and for that 

 reason they arrive here at the end of Oc- 

 tober in much better condition than eastern 

 apples do at the end of November. If ap- 

 ples from the State of Washington can be 

 marketed to such good advantage it would 

 seem that British Columbia fruit should 

 also find a ready market. One dealer stat- 

 ed in an interview, "There is no reason 

 why we should not be buying all our ap- 

 ples from British Columbia instead ot 

 from Washington." 



The British Columbia packers know the 

 conditions under which Washington fruit 

 is packed for export, and the kinds men- 

 tioned will show them at once which of 

 their own fruit would find a sale here. 

 Some trial consignments to South Africa 

 would surely create a demand for the high 

 grade British Columbia boxed apple, which 

 would mean a permanent market. If ar- 

 rangements can be made for space in the 

 cold storage chambers on the Camadfl- 

 Cape steamers from Montreal, the British 

 Columbia apple should be shipped across 

 Canada in refrigerator cars for immediate 

 transfer to the steamer. In connection 

 with possible consignments to South Af- 

 rica, there is on file at the Department of 

 Irade and Commerce, Ottawa a list of 

 firms who would give every attention to 

 consignments. 



as compared with £1,^m in 1912-13. No 

 other kinds of fruit were imported into New 

 Zealand from Canada to any considerable 

 extent. 



Packages for marketing fruit 

 procured in good time. 



should be 



Liverpool Sales Organizations* 



A. E. AdsBi, Sec'x, United Fruit Conipa«ic«, Ltd., 

 Berwick, N. S. 



OOPERATIO.X less<.ns considcrablv 

 the cost of getting our products to 

 the consumer. Let me give just oaic 

 illustration of the terrific toll that is 

 being taken out of the fruit of the unor- 

 ganized growers. At our annua] meeting, 

 Mr. J. N. Chute reported on conditions in 

 Liverpool as follows : 



"Liverpool presents problems totally dif- 

 ferent and much more difficult than Lor 

 don. Here are organized forces that ;ii 

 really formidable. Their rules and reg i 

 lations have been framed entirely in th( , 

 own interests and at the expense of the 

 shipper. 



"There are three associations, the brok- 

 er's, the importer's and the buyer's. It 

 is of course obvious that none of these 

 associations look after the interests of the 

 shippers. The various organizations arc 

 composed as follows : The Brokers' Asso- 

 ciation consist of some seven brokerage 

 firms who own the building, and who be- 

 ing established for a great many years, 

 consider they have a monopoly of the fruit 

 auctioneer business of Liverpool. They are 

 very wealthy mem and are willing to ad- 

 vance any amount of money to responsible 

 men who can secure apples for them. They 

 make a flat charge of two per cent, on 

 gross sales and fourteen cents a barrel. 



"The Importers' Association is composed 

 of men like Simon Shuttleworth.Pritchards, 

 Hamilton and others, who go out to vari- 

 ous countries and secure fruit. In consid- 

 eration of the fact that the brokers advance 

 the money with which these men conduct 

 their business they are compelled to put 

 all their fruit through the sales room, the 



•Extract from a paper read at the last annual 

 convenfion of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' 

 Association. 



■ The imports of fresh apples and pears 

 from_Canada by New Zealand during the 

 last fiscal year were over double those of 

 tne preceding year, amounting to £lb.ie,7 



Last Year's Prices for Nova Scotia's Fruit 



The United Fruit Companies of Nova Scotia Ltd. obtained the following prices 

 last year for the fruit handled for their members. The cost of handling the fruit 

 by the Company was only four cents a barrel : 



No. 1 No. 2 Coop. No. 2 No. 3 



Gravensteins, general average $3 26 $2 83 $1 50 $111 



Gravensteins, complete average 3 36 2 81 1 98 1 12 



Blenheims 2 52 2 01 1 50 1 02 



Ontario 2 22 1 75 1 20 1 15 



Kings 2 84 2 32 2 10 135 



Ribstons 2 03 175 100 70 



Emperors, general average 2 60 2 10 1 53 1 14 



Emperors, complete average 2 81 2 43 1 53 1 14 



Wolf Rivers, general average 2 56 2 10 120 108 



Wolf Rivers complete average 2 67 2 10 1 20 1 16 



Pewaukee 2 20 1 70 1 68 1 30 



Bishop Pippins 3 15 2 83 2 02 125 



Greenings 3 00 2 42 1 65 1 31 



Wealthy, general average 3 27 2 20 1 72 1 21 



Wealthy, complete average 3 57 2 80 2 00 1 15 



Wagners 3 05 2 42 1 72 1 25 



Seeks 2 87 2 30 2 05 1 60 



Talman Sweets 2 20 1 80 1 26 1 18 



Pomme Gris 3 50 2 60 1 63 1 60 



Red Starks 3 40 2 30 2 10 1 80 



Starks 3 60 3 02 2 35 1 75 



Mann 2 76 2 16 1 90 1 47 



Vendevere 2 70 2 14 180 1-30 



Gold-n Russets .- 4 60 .S 80 3 10 2 55 



Baldwins 3 51 280 220 160 



Northern Spys 8 50 2 85 2 15 1 40 



Red Russets 3 21 2 61 2 10 1 70 



FaJlawaters 3 10 2 54 2 00 1 60 



Ganos 3 60 3 02 2 90 2 37 



Ben Davis 3 51 2 83 2 43 1 73 



Salomes 3 75 3 02 2 93 2 20 



Coopers Market 4 00 3 50 3 30 2 60 



Nonpareils 4 15 3 60 2 73 2 50 



