OUE EXHIBITS AT WOLYEEHAMPTON 



ENGLISH FRUIT CROP A FAILURE — HOW CANA- 

 DIANS CAN REACH INLAND TOWNS OF ENGLAND 



A LETTER FROM 



A. McD. ALLAN, F. R. H. S. 



Fig. 2385. A. McD. Allan, F. R. H. S. 



The Supt. of Horticulture for Canada at the Wolverhampton 

 Exposition, England. 



I FIND a great number of people who 

 would use our canned goods more 

 freely if they were certain of their 

 freshness, and many have suggested that 

 every factory should mark upon every can 

 the year of its make as a guarantee to the 

 consumer. I am told that with the keen 

 competition among grocers many are ready 

 to buy up any kind of cheap or damaged or 



old goods for the purpose of cutting prices 

 and taking trade away from his neighboring 

 rival in business. But notwithstanding all 

 our canned goods are working into new 

 channels continually, and the Government 

 representative at the Exhibition, who has 

 charge of the sales department, is a busy 

 man, doing a practical work for Canada. 



Our cold storage chamber has double 

 plate glass upon three sides, so that all 

 goods inside can be seen by the 

 public. Our apples form an impor- 

 ^^ tant part of the exhibit. One pig- 

 eon-holed case covers one entire side 

 and is filled with apple specimens, 

 each wound in tissue and showing 

 the stem, the blossom end or cheek, 

 whichever part seems most perfect. 

 Then I have boxes and cases of all 

 kinds and sizes with enough fruit 

 to show our various methods of 

 packing and our different kinds of 

 packages. It would be a very easy 

 matter to secure large contracts for 

 these for our forthcoming crop, but 

 I do not think Mr. Moore, the sales 

 agent, understands the handling of 

 fresh fruits, and will not likely attempt it. 



The Canadian pavilion continues to form 

 the chief attraction here, and there seems to 

 be a strong disposition on the part of every 

 dealer to do business with Canada ; there- 

 fore I trust the advertising given here will 

 be followed up by trade agents from Canada 

 making personal call upon dealers in all pro- 

 vincial towns as well as the cities. The 

 British dealer will be slow to come to us, 



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