NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



3.> 



The Kieffer is used chiefly for canning; 

 indeed, there is no pear that is superior to it 

 for this purpose, not even the Bartlett. As 

 a matter of fact canners label their canned 

 Kieffers, Bartlett, because when put up they 

 cannot be distinguished by the public from that 

 variety, either in appearance or in flavor. So I 

 do not see that we need expect to see Kieff"ers 

 sold again at as low a price as they have been 

 this year." "Do you think," asked Mr. M. 

 Pettit, "that all the canners in the country 

 could possibly handle the whole crop of this 

 pear that will be produced five years from 

 now? The pear will never find sale in the 

 open market for eating purposes, and must 

 be grown for canning only, and I am afraid 

 it will be a drug on our hands." Mr. Pettit 

 spoke from personal interest, for he has one 

 of the largest KieflFer orchards in the section. 

 "Well, I cannot say," said Mr. Smith, "but I 

 think it is a great mistake for fruit growers 

 to change their notions on varieties so often. 

 One season's experience of low prices for any 

 special fruit will lead to its utter rejection, 

 when perhaps the year following it will be 

 the best paying fruit in the market. The 

 Longhurst peach did not pay last year, so no 

 one will plant it next spring, but if the 

 Crawford should be a failure next season, 

 then the Longhurst will be in demand, and 



growers will wish they had included it in 

 their planting." 



FOUR EXPORT PEARS. 



Sir, — What four varieties of pears would you 

 recommend for export, to be planted near Toronto 

 on high well drained clay loam ? 



Toronto. R. Brackon. 



We would place Duchess first ; it is large, 

 of good quality and carries splendidl)'. 

 Judging from one year's experience, we 

 would be inclined to make Pitmaston second 

 for export. Both these do best grown as 

 dwarfs. Bosc is another excellent export 

 variety, carries finely, and is excellent in 

 quality. The fourth would be Anjou, for 

 it succeeds well in Canada, and carries well. 

 We do not recommend planting plums 

 and pears together ; it is better for harvest- 

 ing the fruit and for general management ot 

 the orchard to have each fruit in a separate 

 plot. 



THE EXPORT TRADE IN APPLES L\ 1902. 



A PAMPHLET has just come to hand 

 showing the exports of all kinds of 

 produce from the port of Montreal during 

 the past year. From the chapter on apples 

 we take the following table, showing how 

 our Canadian apples have been distributed 

 among foreign markets during the past 

 five years : 



1902. 



Bbls. 



Glasgow 188,270 



Liverpool 169 813 



London 74.630 



Manchester 30,444 



Bristol 6,331 



Aberdeen 6,068 



Belfast 1,642 



Hamburg i ,829 



Cardiff 2,370 



South Africa 250 



Leith 458 



Antwerp 36 



Others 1,359 



Totals 483,496 



.828 

 18.1 



54. M 4 



123.737 



•58 

 374 



267,701 



>.I79 



335 

 267 359 



1,251 



436,236 



