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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURISl 



Fig. 2631. A. Fruit Salesroom in Covlnt Garden, Lonlon. 



The illustration is furnished by Mr. W. 

 A. McKinnon, chief of our fruit department 

 at Ottawa, who calls attention to the " pack- 

 ages in which grapes are sold with bloom 

 undisturbed," and also to the packages of 

 peaches and melons. 



WESTERN MARKKT FOR SUMMER FRUITS. 



n[^HAT a northwestern trade for South- 

 A ern Ontario fruit will develop a hun- 

 dred fold in the near future, owing to the 

 rapid settlement of northern Ontario, Mani- 

 toba, and the Northwest, there is no man- 

 ner of doubt. Southern Ontario will send 

 to the latter points, not merely advance sup- 

 plies of early fruits, but in a largfe measure 

 will contribute the whole supply. The 



northerly limit for many of the early nd 

 tenderer fruits, as well as for some later and 

 hardier varieties, is found somewhere in old 

 Ontario. The very low winter tempera- 

 tures of the northern points enfeeble, if they 

 do not kill, fruit trees, vines, and bushes, 

 while the comparative shortness of the sea- 

 son that is free from frost adds to the diffi- 

 culty of producing fruit on a large or profit- 

 able scale. Berries, grapes, peaches and 

 apples are demanded in the west now in 

 large quantities, and as settlement continues 

 and wealth increases the market will widen 

 more and more. The Ontario fruit grower 

 will do well to look to the northwestern mar- 

 ket. 



