THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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snipping to Great Britain 



During the last few years keen competition 

 between the different steamsln]i lines running 

 out of Montreal has caused them to improve 

 their transportation facihties. The weakest 

 link in our chain of transportation between 

 Canada and Great Britain is not found in our 

 ocean transportation. Apples suffer most in- 

 jury from heat between the time they are 

 picked from the tree and the time they are 

 loaded in the steamships in Montreal. Apples- 

 should be well cooled before they are loaded 

 into the cars. 



It is not wise to ship apples in a cattle boat 

 because the cattle deck interferes with the 

 proper ventilation of the holds. Apart from 

 this, there is frequently delay at the other side 

 because the cattle have to be taken off first 

 at a separate dock, and in order to do this, 

 particularly at the port of London, a large 

 steamer is apt to miss the tides and lose from 

 1 to 2 days before she can be docked and her 

 general cargo is discharged. 



It is difficult to recommend any one par- 

 ticular steamship line for the carriage of ap- 

 ples. If apples are shipped by either the 

 Allan, Dominion, C.P.R., Manchester, or Ret- 

 ford lines, they will receive good accommoda- 

 tion. These lines carry advertisements in 

 The Canadi.\n Horticulturist, in which 

 they keep the fruit growers informed on the 

 dates of sailing. When shipping, growers 

 should make it a condition that the apples be 

 stowed in well-ventilated holds. 



When shipjMng to the Old Country it would 



e well for the growers to advise Mr. W. W. 



loore, Chief, Extension of Markets Division, 

 ' »ttawa, of the different shipments as soon as 

 iliey are ready to go forward, stating the ship- 

 liing point, car numbers, name of steamship 

 line and steamer, and ])ort of destination. He 

 would, he told The Horticulturist, then in- 

 struct the inspector at Montreal to look out 



for such shipments, note where they are stowed, 

 and as far as possible have thermographs 

 placed in the same compartments with the 

 apples. As soon as the thermograph records 

 were returned from the other side he would 

 furnish the shippers with copies of the charts. 

 He would also instruct the inspector at the 

 ports of Great Britain to report on the con- 

 ditions of the apples when landed. 



The Hon. Nelson Monteith, Minister of Agri- 

 culture for Ontario, has intimated by letter to 

 the Ontario Horticultural Association that he 

 favors the giving of a grant of $100 to the asso- 

 ciation to assist in defraying the expenses of 

 bringing speakers to the conventions. He said, 

 also, that the department of agriculture would 

 arrange to have printed the proceedings of the 

 annual convention next month for distribution 

 among the members of the horticultural societies 

 of the province. Grants for these purposes will 

 probably be made at the next session of the 

 legislature. — - — 



Have you sprayed and had poor results? 

 There must be a reason. Is it because the 

 machine you bought was misrepresented and 

 turned out no good? Then buy one that is 

 guaranteed to give satisfaction — one that can 

 be deijended upon. The best line of power 

 sprayers on the market to-day is made by the 

 E. C. Brown Company, of Rochester, N.Y. An 

 advt. on page 292 tells what you want to know. 



Growers should profit by the experience of 

 the past season's scarcity of fruit baskets and 

 buy their supply for next year in advance. 

 Buy from a reliable firm. The Oakville Basket 

 Company make all styles of packages. They 

 recognize the importance of turning out good 

 stock and of bringing it to the attention of 

 growers through the columns of The Horti- 

 culturist. Recently they signed a contract 

 for i page for a year. See advt. in this issue. 



snipping' Pears to England 



At different times Canadian growers have 

 attempted to ship pears to Great Britain. Good 

 results have followed some shipments, and dis- 

 appointment others. This year several ship- 

 ments have gone through from Montreal to 

 Glasgow and Liverpool. In each case, according 

 to information furnished The Horticulturist 

 by Mr. W. W. Moore, Chief, Markets' Division, 

 Ottawa, the reports from the inspectors in 

 the Old Country indicate that the pears arrived 

 in good condition. The following are the par- 

 ticulars of three shipments: 



S.S. Athenia sailed from Montreal for Glas- 

 gow, Aug. 30, with 041 bxs. of Bartlett pears, 

 carried in refrigerator chamber, which were 

 landed at Glasgow in excellent condition. 



S.S. Virginian sailed from Montreal for 

 Liverpool, Aug. 31, with 150 bxs. of Bartlett 

 pears in refrigerator chamber. These were car- 

 ried at a temperature of from 72° down to 30°, 

 and were landed in good condition. 



S.S. Canada, which sailed Sept. 1 for Liver- 

 pool, had 301 bxs. of Bartlett pears, which were 

 carried in cool air at a temperature of from 

 60° down to 44°. These were reported on 

 arrival as of good quality and in good condition. 



Annapolis Valley Apples 



W. T. Macoun, C.E.F., Ottawa 



On Sept. 20 and 21, the writer drove from 

 Middleton to Wolfville, N.S., a distance of about 

 40 miles through the Annapolis and Cornwallis 

 valleys, which are noted for the fine ap])les that 

 are raised there. This drive afforded an excel- 

 lent opportunity of seeing many of the well- 

 known orchards of that district. ^ 



The Gravenstein a])ples had been picked, 

 but later varieties were, for the most part, still 

 on the trees. The Gravensteins were badly 

 spotted this year in most orchards, but the 



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