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BritisH Columbia Letter 



C. P. Metcalfe, Hammond 



Weather conditions for July and Aug. have 

 been favorable. Raspberries and blackberries 

 are an average crop. Prices good. Plums 

 generally are a heavy crop, Italian prunes es- 

 pecially. Early apples are about over, and the 

 prospects for a heavy crop of fall and winter 

 apples are good. Pears are somewhat less than 

 a medium crop. 



Manufacturers and small fruit growers have 

 been getting rid of their surplus stock of small 

 fruit boxes, and will be in a position to use the 

 legal land f qt. bxs. next year. I think most 

 likely the * qt. box will be used for strawberries 

 and the j qt. for raspberries. Plums and 

 prunes are in now, and will be moved out in 

 carload lots next week and after until finished. 



The Provincial Government here has been 

 making exhibitions of green and bottled fixiits 

 at various points in Manitoba and the North- 

 west. The exhibitions were very creditable 

 and were the admiration of thousands who at- 

 tended the exhibitions and will prove an excel- 

 lent advertisement for the fruit-growing indus- 

 try of the province. 



The problem confronting the horticulturist 

 at the present time is the lack of cheap labor. 

 All countries engaged extensively in the pro- 

 duction of many of the staple articles of con- 

 sumption and trade, have their cheap or coolie 

 labor, and it will be necessary for the Cominion 

 Government to take some action in this respect 

 to relieve the present want The development of 

 the fruit industry of B.C. is being retarded by 

 the want of cheap labor. The problem must be 

 dealt with sooner or later by the Government."" 



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A Growing Exhibition 



The Ontario Horticultural Exhibition, that 

 will be held here from Nov. 6 to 10, will be con- 

 ducted on a much larger scale than last year. 

 One of the chief features this year will be the 

 presence at every gathering of the famous Black 

 Dike Band of Great Britain, one of the most 

 famous musical organizations in the world. 

 The insti-uments are all of brass and, in this 

 I respect, the organization is unique. At < very 

 ' performance at afternoon and evening there will 

 be selections by the band, as well as quartettes, 

 j duets and solos. 



The requests for prize-lists already received 

 i indicates that the exhibition, in all lines, will 

 ^ be nnich ahead of last year. The excellent 

 I quality of this year's fruit crop insures an ex- 

 ceptionally high-class exhibition. It is believed 

 that the combination of high-class flowers, fruit 

 i and vegetables, with the best of music, will be 

 sure to attract a very large attendance. It is 

 1 expected that Massey Hall will be crowded 

 every day. This year the Toronto City Council 

 has appointed representatives to act upon the 

 Board of Management, which insures the inter- 

 est of the city. 



A strong committee, composed of Mayor 

 Coatsworth, representing the city; R. J- Score, 

 H. R. Frankland, representing the Horticultural 

 Exhibition; F. F. Reeves, representing the Veg. 

 Grs. Assn.; H. G. Sibbald, representing the Bee 

 Grs. Assn.; and H. B. Cowan, representing the 

 Dept. of Agric, waited on the Canadian Pas- 

 senger Assn. early in Aug., and requested half- 

 rates to the exhibition. The decision of the 

 railways has not been announced, but it is 

 anticipated that they will run an excursion 

 from all iiarts of the province on Wed., Nov. 

 7, good for the entire week. Those desiring to 

 attend at other dates will lie able to return free 

 on the cctificate i)Ian. 



