BALDWINS GEENmOS AND YORK IMPERIALS. 



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They visited the Agricultural machinery 

 shops, where binders and reapers are made, 

 carriage and wagon shops, the Agricultural 

 College and the Experimental Farm, but 

 nowhere did they express themselves as 

 being so well pleased as in the orchards of 

 Ontario. In the Niagara district particu- 

 larly, they were struck with the sight of 

 mile after mile of orchards cleanly cultiva- 



ted and the fences removed, looking like one 

 large farm composed of thousands of acres. 

 These men who fought against the Brit- 

 ish have laid down their arms, accepting 

 the changed condition, and in a few months 

 will return home, carrying the news of pro- 

 gressive agriculture to their farms and vil- 

 lages. 



EXPORT OF INFERIOR FRUIT A LOSS. 



THE government agents at Glasgow and 

 Liverpool again draw attention to the 

 great injury that is being done the apple 

 trade by the shipping of inferior fruit. Here 

 is a typical case ; i6o barrels of XX Bald- 

 wins shipped by Mr. , of Brighton, 



Ont., were sold to-day at prices that cannot 

 yield the seller anything. They were so 

 small as to be quite useless for the trade 

 here, in fact they never should have left 



Canada. 128 barrels branded Kings were 

 opened up and two-thirds were of a different 

 variety. 9 barrels of this same lot turned 

 out 6 barrels 20 oz. pippins, i barrel Rib- 

 ston and i barrel Kings. This wrong nam- 

 ing, though not as serious a matter as 

 fraudulent packing, is very annoying to the 

 trade, and is another illustration of the care 

 that should be used in these details of the 

 apple trade. 



APPLE SCAB IN YORK STATE 



"Apple scab has," says S. D. Willard, 

 writing in Country Gentleman,- " developed 

 in Ontario County, N. Y. , to an extent 

 rarely before observed in the section. There 

 seems to be little difference in many instances 

 whether trees have been sprayed or not. The 

 fact, however, is clear that not more than 

 one-third to one-half the apples in the im- 

 mediate vicinity, and particularly Baldwins 

 and Greenings, are fit for barreling. The 

 majority of them are going to the canning 



factories. It is a well-known fact that most 

 of the apples raised in the section are made 

 up of Baldwins and Greenings, but this sea- 

 son has demonstrated to the minds of some, 

 at least, that there is a marked difference in 

 varieties as suffering from the pest. My own 

 apples, made up largely of Hubbardston 

 Nonsuch and Boiken, have been almost en- 

 tirely free from it, particularly the latter var- 

 iety, which has never shown any disposition 

 to suffer in this way." 



BALDWINS, GREENINGS AND YORK IMPERIALS 



WOODALL & CO., of Liverpool, write: 

 "Receipts are 61.926 barrels, which 

 is a further increase on late liberal sup- 

 plies ; there is, however, no signs of falling off in the 

 demand, which has throughout been good. What 

 are now coming forward is largely winter stoc k, but 

 it has been quite a disappointment that so gfreat a pro- 

 portion should be poor, unattractive fruit. It may te 

 holders are Fending seconds with the view of keep- 

 ing the best till later on ; this may be good policy, 

 as, fortunately, our maikets have readily taktn 

 eyerything offered, and paid prices in accordance 

 with the value. The range in quotations is very 



wide, as while good to fine ruled high, ordinary 

 and inferior, in consequence of the large quantity, 

 are much lower in proportion. This may be in- 

 stanced in Baldwins, which sold up to 20/ per 

 barrell, and sound inferior down to 7/ per barrel. 

 Greenings, through the uncertainty of how they 

 may turn out, are hopelessly out of favor, and 

 some which appear to be good, reliable parcels 

 do not realize their value. At yesterday's sales 

 the demand was well maintained and closed at 

 1/ to 2/ decline on ordinary, and about unchanged 

 for good, some Western York Imperials touching 

 23/ per barrel." 



