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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



would be still more if they were more wide- 

 ly known. It is also an excellent shipper 

 to long distance markets, which is a feature 

 that should not be overlooked seeing that so 

 much of our fruit business will have to 

 be done with distant points. 



Mr. Harold Jones, our experimenter it 

 Maitland, says : 



This plum is unknown by this name in 

 our district. The so-called Blue Damson 

 is hardy in wood and bud, but a shy bearer. 

 Plum of poor quality. 



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MR. THOS. PEART, father of our 

 experimenter, Mr. A. W. Peart, 

 of Freeman, Ont., passed away 

 on the 4th of September last. 



The British Apple market seems to be 

 rising instead of declining, as the season ad- 

 vances. 



Plums were in great demand in England 

 this season. Some cases of about twenty- 

 two pounds' v^eight have sold as high as $2 

 each, while peaches in cases of three dozen 

 have brought as much as $3 each. 



The Apple Market is in an excited con- 

 dition, owing to the unusual failure in Eng- 

 land and on the continent. Growers in On- 

 tario ought to get at least $2 a barrel for the 

 fruit in their orchards. 



Chicago is an excellent market for Cana- 

 dian Northern Spy. Immense quantities 

 are stored annually in the cold storage 

 houses there, and held until the following 

 spring at a temperature of 2>Z degrees, or in 

 some instances 31 degrees. 



Bartlett Pears should be held at a tem- 

 perature of 32 degrees F. Experiments on 

 this point are in progress by Prof. Reynolds, 

 of the O. A. C, Guelph, which we will pub- 

 lish as soon as completed. 



A FORTY POUND BOX is a very suitable 

 package for either pears or apples ; that is, a 

 box containing 40 lbs. of fruit. For pears 



the box we are using for apples this season, 

 9 X 12 X 18 (inside), will do; but apples are 

 lighter in weight, and the net weight of the 

 same boxful of them is only 37 lbs. 



For Bartlett Pears we have found a 

 half box very suitable for export, measuring 

 inside 5 x 12 x 18, and taking the fruit two 

 deep. These cases have netted us from 75c. 

 to$i. 



The principal varieties of French pears 

 put upon the British market are Williams 

 (Bartlett), Glout Morceau, Beurre Hardy 

 and Duchess. 



For export prom Ontario we have 

 found Howell, Duchess, Bosc, Triumph de 

 Vienne and Anjou excellent. The Bart- 

 lett is risky, but all right if landed in good 

 condition. 



A London pirm (England) says of the 

 Bartlett pear: We certainly think that, 

 seven years out of ten, there will be an open- 

 ing here for this variety, provided it arrives 

 clean and in good condition. 



At Walkerton the principal varieties of 

 pears shown are Clairgeau, Duchess, An- 

 jou, Winter Nelis, Sheldon, KieflFer, Bous- 

 sock and Flemish Beauty. 



Poultry in an orchard is a wise pro- 

 vision against codling month. Mr. Sherring- 

 ton, Walkerton, has about one acre fenced 

 off for his chickens, and the apples in this 



