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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTUEIST 



December, 1908 



work for the association has been done by 

 the co-operative committee, A circular was 

 issued, giving a full list of firms handling 

 such supplies as spraying materials, pumps, 

 hose, chemicals and so forth, together with 

 wholesale prices for the same. This was 

 gotten out with a view to lessening the cost 

 of production to fruit growers connected 

 with co-operative fruit associations. The 

 committee investigated, also, various sys- 

 tems of bookkeeping for co-opsrative asso- 

 ciations. It is hoped that some simple 

 scheme will be adopted at an early date. 



A pamphlet was issued, giving the names 

 of co-operative shipping associations in the 

 province and their secretaries and the prob- 

 able output for 1908. This was circulated 

 at the Winnipeg association and to various 

 fruit dealers and other parties applying for 

 same. 



A recommendation was made to the de- 

 partment of agriculture that an instructor 

 in barrel packing be appointed to visit 

 various associations. This recommendation 

 was adopted and Mr. Backus, of St. Cath- 

 arines was appointed to look after this 

 work. In connection with the spraying 

 regulations carried out "by the department 

 of agriculture, the committee assisting in 

 drafting a set of rules for this work which 

 would be in advance of those of 1907. The 

 grants were to be made payable on the basis 

 both of acreage sprayed and the efficiency 

 of the spraying. 



Among the other reports read were those 

 of the committees on "New Fruits," "Trans- 

 portation" and "The Toronto Fruit Mar- 

 ket " Some of these will be found in other 

 columns of this issue. The others will 

 appear later. 



APPLE PACKING 



"Apple Packing and Packages" was the 

 subject of an address by Mr. Elmer Lick, of 

 Oshawa. He said that one of the problems 

 of packing is to get men who are reliiWe 

 and capable of doing the worK. The Oshawa 

 Co-operative Fruit Growers' Association, of 

 which Mr. Lick is manager, is doing good 

 work in its neighborhood in educating 

 farmers and fruit growers in the mat'er of 

 proper packing and grading. While a few 

 years ago these operations were performed 

 indifferently, great improvement is now 

 noticeable. "One can pack more apples in 

 a better way in a fruit house than in the 

 orchard," remarked Mr. Lick, "and the cost 

 is about the same. An essential is to have 

 good barrels, well nailed. The heads should 

 be of basswood. The hoops should be driven 

 tightly. For each liner, only five nails are 

 accessary and two of them should be 

 clinched. The staves should iDe thick. 

 When filling, place the barrel on a level 

 place. Have the face right, even or with 

 smaller rows around outside. Fill ev?nly 

 and have the apples, as far as possible, in- 

 terspacing with each other rather than dir- 

 ectly one on top of another. This system 

 does not bruise the fruit so much. Rack 

 the barrel occasionally when putting in the 

 fruit. When packing in boxes it is a good 

 idea to place a wire around each one to 

 strengthen it." 



"Tender Fruit Packing and Packages" 

 was discussed by Maj. H. L. Roberts, of 

 Grimsby, and "Markets" by F. J. H. Pat- 

 tison, of Winona. Both of these addresses 

 will be reported in full in a later issue. 



A numher of other valuable addresses 

 were delivered. "Prevalent Fungous Dis- 

 eases of Ontario orchards," particularly 

 fire and twig blight and peach yellows, were 

 discussed by Mr. M. B. Waite, of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. A por- 

 tion of this paper appears as the introduc- 

 tory article of this issue of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist. The subjects of the other 

 addresses are "The Apple Maggot, Blister- 



Leaf Mite and Apple Tree Canker," by Prof. 

 Wm. Lochhead, Macdonald College; "Ob- 

 servations on the Use of Fertilizers in Ger- 

 man Orchards," by Prof. R. Harcourt, 

 O. A. C, Guelph; "Results of Orchard Sur- 

 veys in New York State," by Prof. Chas. 

 S. Wilson, Cornell University; "The Ship- 



ment of Early Apples and Tender Fruits t<. 

 Great Britain," by J. A. Ruddick, Ottawa; 

 and "The Western Provinces as an Outloi 

 for Our Fruit," by J. W. Crow, O. A. C, 

 Guelph. All of these papers will appnar in 

 subsequent issues of The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist. 



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