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" We have little doubt, however, that when fruit of the 

 necessary quality is offering in fair quantities, canning plants 

 will be put in operation to use the same. Planters should know 

 that in peaches which are probably the most important branch of 

 this trade in America special varieties must be planted. Many 

 of the varieties of apricots, plums and pears being planted at 

 present are suitable in every respect for canning." 



We had much pleasure in stating in 1910 that the necessary 

 enterprise on the part of the canners has now been realised; all 

 the principal jam makers in the Colonies having either already 

 thoroughly equipped canning plants, or they are preparing to put 

 them in without delay. This is as it should be, and we feel cer- 

 tain that they will be repaid. There is not the demand there 

 ought to be for canned fruit in the country at present, although 

 many thousands of cases are imported annually, but we have no 

 doubt whatever that with a Colonial product put on the market 

 nicely turned out and of good quality, the demand will at once 

 increase. We may say that we have sold all our yellow-fleshed 

 peaches, also Japanese plums of a good grade, that we do not 

 care to export, to the canneries at satisfactory prices. 



Planters must bear in mind that now the canners have done 

 their share in putting in plants to deal with the product they 

 should respond by planting canning varieties, especially in 

 peaches, where, as we have said before, special varieties must be 

 planted. We cannot too highly recommend for this purpose the 

 Lemon Cling, Muir, Newhall, Elberta and White Parvie, as of 

 all under our observation we find these sorts the most regular 

 croppers, not only in one district, but spread over a wide area. 



It will, we expect, be many years before the Colonies will 

 take their canned fruit to England, but in these days, when the 

 mother country has been drawing gradually closer to her Colo- 

 nies, we would not be surprised to find in the not very distant 

 future a preferential tariff in favour of Colonial products, especi- 

 ally towards products of the soil. Should this occur, and we 

 think it may, the Fruit Industry will benefit to an extent that can 

 scarcely be conceived. The amount of canned and dried fruit 

 that is exported from the United States alone to England amounts 

 annually to a sum which would allow any one of our fair sized 

 Colonies to flourish. 



Jam. The demand for fruit for preserving purposes is ex- 

 cellent and improving. Makers we find are glad to get the new 

 varieties of fruits which are now coming into bearing, at satis- 

 factory prices to the growers. 



