THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



7th to Sept. 7th. The insects captured 

 were taken out and identified every morning-. 



Following- is the result of the captures : 

 Decidedly C Inchncumoti Flies were 70 % of all taken. 



The inventor of this trap-lantern moth- 

 catcher boasts that he sold over 40,000 dur- 

 ing the past season. If all these were in 

 operation for four months, probably forty 



millions of decidedly beneficial insects were 

 captured and destroyed. 



I find a great similarity in the results of 

 my experiments with those of other ento- 

 mologists at agricultural experiment sta- 

 tions in the United States. In every case, 

 without exception, so far as I am aware, no 

 codling moths were taken. 



Prof. Webster, State Entomologist of 

 Ohio, advises us Canadians to impose a 

 specific duty of $5.00 on every Haseltine 

 Moth-Catcher brought into this country, for 

 he considers it not only an imposition, but a 

 source of untold injury to the orchards of 

 the country. W. Lochhead. 



THE KIEFFER SHIPMENT IN COLD STORAGE- 1. 



Mr. Wilson's Report. 



'EAR SIR, — In reference to your in- 

 quiry regarding my recent trip to 

 the Glasgow Exhibition, and also 

 the. experimental car load of fruit 

 to the Scottish Commercial Metropolis, I beg 

 to submit the following particulars. 



Y reached Montreal October 23rd. The 

 car-W pears packed by Mr. Murray Pettit 

 arrfVed on the 24th in excellent condition, 

 and'^'^ere very carefully transferred by the 

 ageAts of the Donaldson S. S. Line into the 

 cold storage compartment of the S. S. Ma- 

 rina. The Government Fruit Inspectors 

 (Mr. W. A. McKinnon and others) after ex- 

 amining these pears, expressed themselves 

 satisfied with the fruit, and were pleased to 

 observe that not a single package of the 

 whole 600 was either bruised or broken. 

 We left Montreal on the afternoon of the 

 25th, and from the time the cold storage 

 compartment was closed until the arrival of 

 the Marina in Glasgow (November 7th) the 

 temperature of the compartment was taken 

 every four hours, night and day, the highest 

 register being 41 degrees, and the lowest 



37 degrees. The pears were unloaded on 

 the morning of November 8th, and on ex- 

 amination were found to be just a little 

 riper than when packed. Very little of the 

 maturing process having taken place during 

 transit. With such a complete cold storage 

 system as this I am certain the most deli- 

 cate ot our Canadian fruits, if carefully and 

 properly packed, can be landed in Britain in 

 " perfect condition " and command the high- 

 est price obtainable. Condition is every- 

 thing, and the day these pears were ex- 

 hibited for sale their appearance and perfect 

 condition was so striking (not one pear 

 being deteriorated) that buyers offered to 

 take the whole shipment at prices fully 50 

 per cent, in advance of the figures at which 

 the same variety of pears was selling, wrap- 

 ped and packed in ordinary boxes or barrels. 

 Messrs. R. & W. Davidson, Glasgow, to 

 whom these pears were consigned, stating 

 the quality, condition and appearance of the 

 fruit was unprecedented in a shipment of 

 this magnitude, and expressed great satis- 

 faction at the size of the packages. Small 



