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but if we go to him we will deal, cautiously, 

 to be sure at first, but with increased orders 

 if we give him the goods he wants and put 

 up the way he wants. 



The English dealer is the most stubborn 

 man upon the earth, and yet is open to con- 

 viction although he wont admit it ; he can 

 go in purchasing our goods and at the same 

 time you can't get him to admit their super- 

 iority perhaps. But the fact is, he is simply 

 testing yourself and your brand and you 

 don't know it. 



The illness of the King, and disappoint- 

 ments and heavy loss incurred through fail- 

 ure of coronation, has cast a gloom every- 

 where. But this will soon pass over with 

 returning health of the King. Our illumin- 

 ations and holidays were celebrated and 



attracted great crowds, and with the advent 

 of warm weather. we are sure of good daily 

 attendance at the Exhibition. 



So far as I have heard, the fruit crop all 

 over England is a failure, certainly in the 

 Midland counties wet weather and frost has 

 destroyed all, and Canada is expected to 

 send in a larger quota than ever. If ship- 

 pers would arrange to deliver in provincial 

 towns they would meet a hearty demand 

 from dealers. This could easily be done by 

 taking through bills of lading, say to Lon- 

 don via Liverpool, with instructions to de- 

 liver parcels at various towns upon the 

 route. This would ensure much larger 

 orders, as it vi'ould encourage a larger con- 

 sumption of the Canadian product, which is 

 considered altogether the best in the market. 



THE BUELINGTON FEUIT EXPOETEES 



NOTES BY THE EDITOR. 



MUCH credit is due a few enterpris- 

 ing fruit growers at Burlington 

 for their enterprise as Canadian 

 pioneers in forwarding choice apples and 

 tender fruits in boxes to the British market. 

 The secretary of the company, and of the 

 Burlington Fruit Growers' Association, is 

 Mr. Wm. Fisher, and we found him on the 

 9th of August busily engaged in paying off 

 his Indian berry pickers. Busy as he was, 

 however, he left his business for a short 

 time to give us some pointers of public 

 interest. His orchard is by no means 'a 

 small one, including about 2000 plum trees, 

 3000 pear trees, 200 each of cherry and 

 peach, and about 30 acres of apple trees, 

 and all seemed to be under good and careful 

 cultivation. His soil must be well adapted 

 to strawberries, for his seven acres yielded 

 48,000 quarts this season, an average of 

 about 7000 quarts an acre. We asked for 

 information about the shipping company. 



"Well," said he, "we have no special 

 organization. Five or six of us as fruit 

 growers agree to ship together and make up 

 car lots. For fifteen or twenty years past 

 we have been working together in this way. 

 There are only five or six of us, viz., George 

 E. Fisher, C. J. Davis, J. S. Freeman, W. 

 B. Hopkins, A. W. Peart, and myself, 

 though sometimes we invite others to join 

 us in making up a car. Twelve years ago 

 we shipped the first apples in boxes, three 

 to the barrel. Now we use a trifle smaller 

 box, four to the barrel." 



" Do you propose to export your apples 

 and pears this year?" 



"Yes, certainly we do, unless we are 

 offered a higher price at home. We always 

 export our apples unless we are offered 

 $2.50 a barrel or over in our home market. 

 We expect to forward a car of Duchess 

 about the end of August. We would ship 

 more freely if we could fully trust the cold 



