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Exporting Tender Fruits. — Prof. 

 J. W. Robertson, of Ottawa, gave an 

 address on the prospects of this trade, 

 at St. Catharines. He said that too 

 many had gone into fruit growing be- 

 cause they had failed on the farm, who 

 knew nothing about the best methods. 

 They planted varieties that would grow 

 with least care, and least expense, with- 

 out reference to the demands of the 

 best markets j and thus we have too 

 many varieties of tender fruits thrown 

 upon our home markets. 



For a successful export trade we 

 need to confine ourselves to a few 

 staple kinds, and those the very best. 



Great Britain is a good market, im- 

 porting annually about a million dol- 

 lars' worth of pears ; one and a quarter 

 million of plums, and two and a quarter 

 million dollars' worth of grapes. Suc- 

 cess in capturing these markets de- 



pended upon the men who undertake 

 it ; men who will deliver fruit (i) 

 sound, (2) large, (3) of good appear- 

 ance, and (4) of high flavor, charac- 

 teristics that are important in the 

 order named. 



During the past season over 2000 

 packages of tender fruits have been 

 sent over for experiment, and of these 

 400 were Bartlett pears. The pack- 

 ages held about a basket and a third 

 each, and netted an average return of 

 72 cents each. Three hundred and 

 twenty-four cases of peaches were for- 

 warded, and most of these were a fail- 

 ure, because not of a variety that would 

 carry. 



Of early apples 254 cases were sent, 

 and these realized 44 cents net at 

 Grimsby. These cases were too small ; 

 they should contain a bushel. 



Four hundred and forty-one cases 



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