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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



** Certainly it does," said Mr. McNiell. 

 " Why already our Canadian XXX apples 

 are becoming known among English buyers, 

 and are wanted in preference to those mark- 

 vvith ten X's from countries where there 

 is no inspection. After another summer or 

 two we shall find retailers ordering our 

 XXX apples, with confidence, at steady 

 values. Here is a grand work for us in- 

 spectors, viz. , to see that this grade is kept up 

 to the mark, and this we mean to do." 



A SAMPLE ACCOUNT SALES. 



MANY of our readers will be interested 

 in a sample account sales of these 

 summer apples, so we print one in full. The 

 cases contained about 40 pounds of fruit 

 each, so that about four would equal a bar- 

 rel, so that the highest price shown, seven 

 shillings a case, would equal about 28 shil- 

 lings, or seven dollars a barrel — a pretty 

 fancy price for an apple that is almost un- 

 salable in our Canadian markets. The 

 smaller sized fruit, marked X, and only 2]/^ 

 inches in diameter, sold for from four shil- 

 lings to four and nine pence, which, of 

 course, brought down the average very 

 much for the whole of this lot. 



Glasgow, 5th Sept., 1902. 



Account sales of 303 cases apples ex " Kasba- 

 lia," sold by Thomas Russell, by order and for ac- 

 count of L. Woolverton, Grimsby, Ontario. 

 L. Woolverton. 



Selected fruit, 2 cases llo £ 14 



" 24 " A-trachan6/o 7 4 



Inspected " 40 " " 5/3 10 10 



XXX 16 " " 4/6 3 12 



2^ XXX 4 " " 5/612 



2i XX 20 " '• 5/3 5 5 



2 " " 5/0 10 



XX 16 " " 5/9 4 12 



25 " " 5/6 6 17 6 



17 " " 4/9 4 9 



58 " " 4/6 13 I 



X 48 " " 4/0 9 12 



2 J X 1 1 " " 4/9 2123 



Dessert x 18 " "4/641 



XI"" 5 



Inspected x i " Scotch Ben Davis 5 9 



303 cases £74 4 3 



CHARGES. 



Freight on goods £26 2 4 



River and Harbour dues "\ 



Master poi terage 



Landing, selecting, coopering, 



catalogues, adveitising, etc . . . 

 Cartage to warehouse, bouseing 



and delivering 



Marine insurance, telegrams. . . . 

 Commission and guarantee 3 



7 1 1 6 



2 



!4 3 



37 'O I 



Net proceeds £36 1 4 2 



THE EXPENSE OF PACKAGES. 



There is a serious difficulty now a days 

 with every fruit grower. Freights and 

 commissions eat so large a hole in oi^r 

 proceeds, that we cannot afford to give away 

 so large an amount ingift packages, which are 

 never returned, but always go with the fruit. 

 This year for example, the bill for packages 

 at Maplehurst was about $1200, of which 

 $600 has been for apple boxes, $400 for 

 baskets and $200 for barrels. 



The California apple box is cheaper, for 

 being only 18 inches long instead of 22, 

 much thinner sides are used ; so that while 

 ours costs $12.00 per ibo, theirs can be 

 made for about $8.00. 



ASTRACHAN IN GLASGOW MARKET. 



OUR worthy exchange, the Sun, having 

 made some remarks rather discourag" 

 ing about the export of summer apples, Mr. 

 W. A. McKinnon, who is in Manchester, 

 representing the Fruit Division of the Domin- 

 ion Dept. of Agriculture, writes in reply as 

 follows : 



•' I see that your columns have contained 

 expressions of doubt as to the ' holding up* 

 quality of Red Astrachan apples, so I am 

 sure you will be glad to note the following 

 facts : 



" One Wilson case of Astrachans, which 

 arrived in Glasgow September 4th, was 

 sent at once to Liverpool, and kept at a 

 temperature of 38 degrees for two weeks ; 

 one tray was then removed, and kept in a 

 warm house for a week, without showing 

 any serious deterioration. The other trays 



