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the barrels are not going to average very 

 much. Besides other food products are 

 largely shipped on consignment to brokers, 

 such as cheese, butter, and eggs to a certain 

 extent." 



HOW LONG TO STORE APPLES. 



THE question when to ship for best 

 prices seems very unsettled, and pro- 

 bably varies every year. The Brighton 

 apple men are now rushing forward all their 

 stock in order to finish shipping by April ist. 

 They say that this continent has such an un- 

 usual quantity of apples in storage that the 

 price cannot advance. 



Mr. Allan gave his opinion that our apples 

 should not reach England later than April, 

 else they will meet the early fruits of Spain, 

 and the Tasmanian apples. On the other 

 hand we notice that Woodall's reports of 

 Baldwin sales always reach the top notch in 

 spring time. So we are still at sea, and 

 cannot conclude this question. 



APPLES PAY. 



NOBODY about Brighton thinks of dig- 

 ging out his apple trees. They pay 

 too well. One packer at Brighton took 

 about 2,000 barrels off his nineteen acres 

 and sold them for $4,900. They were 

 Phoenix and Baldwin. " I can beat that 

 record," said Oscar Chatterson, of Brighton, 

 " In 1896 I took 1,088 barrels of apples off 

 four acres, but I did not get much for them 

 that year." 



"In 1898," said Mr. F. C. Morrow, "I 

 was saved from disaster by a car of Mann 

 apples. I had met poor sales and two car- 

 loads of my apples had been frozen at 

 Montreal, though they were inside a refrig- 

 erator car, so that I was utterly discouraged. 

 On the 17th of March I forwarded a car of 

 Mann apples to Liverpool and got a net 

 return of $4.40 per barrel! and for a car- 

 load of Spys I got $3.00 f. o. b. to go to 



Montreal." 



PLAIN BRANDING. 



♦*JTisa great mistake," said Mr. Allan, 



"to use rubber stamps or indistinct 



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pencil marks for the name of the variety; 

 this is too important to be done carelessly ; 

 it should be made plain and distinct so that 

 it would not be easily erased, and could be 

 easily read." 



We noticed that the Brighton people do 

 this well. They use nicely cut stencils for 

 all marks, and printer's ink as a marking 

 fluid. They thin it with coal oil, and apply 

 it with a brush, neatly and quickly. 



THE TRENTON STORAGE. 



MR. EBEN JAMES, who represents 

 Woodall & Co., Liverpool, has per- 

 haps the best situated apple house in Ontario, 

 because at Trenton there are both Grand 

 Trunk and Pacific lines in competition, and 

 the Central Ontario R. R. to bring stock from 

 theinterior; while all about the Bay of Quinte, 

 calling at least at twenty docks plys the 

 Steamer Verona, gathering the apples of the 

 farmers and landing them directly upon the 

 commodious wharf of the Trenton Storage 

 House. There are no wharfage, or cartage 

 charges. The building is of stone, 94 

 X 124 feet and the cost about $40,000; 

 when completed it will be four stories high, 

 and afford accommodation for about 50,000 

 barrels of apples. Refrigerator machinery 

 will be put in next season, so that apples 

 can be held at any desired temperature from 

 "start to finish ;" and for convenience of 

 handling there will be barrel lifters, hoists 

 and carriers, so that unloading from the 

 cars, or loading upon the cars or upon the 

 steamers for Montreal can be done at the 

 least expense. The Richelieu line of steam- 

 ers will call two or three days a week, and 

 there are besides two daily boats. 



The cost to the grower who chooses to 

 store his apples, will be : ist, the additional 

 charge on the through bill of lading by the 

 Railway Company of 11 cents a barrel, 10 

 cents a barrel for the cold air storage, or 

 25 cents a barrel for refrigeration, a total 

 of from 21 to 36 cents a barrel. To this 

 must be added the extra cost of repacking, 



