SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the Fruit 

 Growers' Association of Ontario and all its privileges, including a copy of its valuable Annual 

 Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. 



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Notes and Comments. 



Two Foreigners called at the Canadian Fruit Court on the 22nd ult., 

 viz., Prof. Dr. I. Singer, of Vienna, and Mr. E. Wagner, of Denmark. The 

 latter discussed the possibility of opening up in his country a market for Cana- 

 dian apples. When the crop is short in Denmark, and prices low in Canada, he 

 believed it would pay Canadian exporters well to send their apples to Denmark 

 direct. 



The Terrible Cold Storage Fire, which was such an awful holocaust 

 of brave humanity, was also a serious damage to our Canadian fruit and vegetable 

 exhibit. We still had some fifty or sixty large cases of fine vegetables and fruits 

 there stored away from which to draw fresh supplies from time to time for 

 replacing those on the table. Canada's was the only exhibit of vegetables of 

 1892, and the loss of our reserved supplies is a most serious calamity. 



We must depend on our provinces and our Experimental Farms to forward 

 fresh fruits and vegetables of this season's growth as soon as possible. 



The Sale of Canadian Apples in Chicago as a special line of business 

 is proposed by Mr. R. H. Napier, Chicago, formerly a resident of Ontario. He 

 called upon the Canadian Fruit Court a few days ago, and we discussed the 

 prospects. Thousands of barrels of Canadian apples are yearly sold in Chicago, 

 and they are more sought for than those grown in the United States, because of 

 their superior flavor. The Canadian-grown Spy is the great favorite here, an 

 apple which grows in Ontario to great perfection, but is less suitable than some 

 others for export to great Britain. The present duty of 75c. per barrel is almost 

 prohibition ; still it is quite possible that this will soon be removed. 

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