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THE CANADIAN HORT1CULTURIS2. 



mostly crown work, such as we have often 

 described in this journal, and he showed us 

 samples of this work, which were a perfect 

 success. 



In pears Mr. Thomas has tried many va- 

 rieties, but has found the Pitmaston Duch- 

 ess, grown as a dwarf, the best commercial 

 variety for profit, and he has a large orchard 

 of it. The Bartlett (Williams) he does not 

 grow to any extent; he prefers Dr. Jules 

 Guyot for market purposes, because it is 



larger and more attractive, although it 

 scarcely equals it in quality. 



After enjoying a cup of tea with our host 

 we came away regretting that we had not 

 more time to study the details of his meth- 

 ods, and concluding that the life of an Eng- 

 lish country fruit grower in the south of 

 England was, after all, not very much differ- 

 ent from that of the Canadian fruit grower, 

 and that the chances of success was rather 

 in favor of the latter. 



THE APPLE MABKETS 



LIVERPOOL.— Messrs. Woodall & Co. 

 write: Receipts show a smart ad- 

 vance, being 80,395 barrels; but, far from 

 proving excessive, it wovild almost appear 

 that the quantity was scarcely sufficient to 

 supply requirements. In the early part ar- 

 rivals from New York were cloudy and un- 

 attractive, but later showed some improve- 

 ment. Maines were generally satisfactory, 

 though many of them were wanting in size. 

 Canadians were excellent in quality, and 

 have taken by far the first position on the 

 market. It is regretable that so many va- 

 rieties, in such small quantities, are being 

 shipped, as they seldom bring their proper 

 value, and the expense of samples so much 

 reduces the net results. It is a matter for 

 shippers to find if some arrangement can be 

 arrived at by which these small parcels can 

 be grouped together, and so avoid unneces- 

 sary labor and expense. At the opening 

 there was. rather a quiet tone, consequent on 

 the generally unattractive appearance of 

 what was offered, and there was a decline of 

 IS. per barrel, but this was fully recovered 

 later, and the sound condition and good 

 quality of all arrivals resulted in an active 

 market, which closed at yesterday's sales at 

 last week's full prices, to an occasional ad- 

 vance on choice parcels. 



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OTTAWA. 



' HE Mcintosh Red is the best family 

 apple on the market." So said G. 

 W. Hunt, of the Ottawa Fruit Exchange 



" This is a first-class table apple, its sea- 

 son running from ist October to ist May," 

 he added. " The apples are popular not 

 only in Canada, but on the other side as well. 

 Chicago will take all of this variety we can 

 supply at $2 to $2.50 f.o.b. I shipped a car 

 to Winnipeg the other day at $2.75 f.o.b., 

 and immediately on arrival of this I got a 

 wire back asking for 500 more. 



" The quality of all apples coming in this 

 year," continued Mr. Hunt, "is exception- 

 ally good. There is no scab even on the 

 Mcintosh. This variety comes mostly from 

 the St. Lawrence, about Iroquois. From 

 the St. Lawrence district we also get Snows, 

 Ben Davis, Russets, and a few Kings. " 



Mr. Hunt says over half the apples re- 

 ceived in Ottawa this year ^ave been ship- 

 ped in boxes. Even a lot of No. 2 apples 

 are received in this form. " The box we 

 prefer," says Mr. Hunt, "is one 10 x 11 at 

 the end, and 22 inches long." Mr. Hunt 

 reports having received 85,000 barrels this 

 season to date, as against 40,000 for the 

 same period last year. ^mi. 



