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shipments of fruit were successfully tried with both apples and pears of the firmer 

 and better shipping kinds. A little later the softer fruits such as Bartlett pears, 

 grapes and tomatoes, were exported in an experimental way with some success 

 as far as the pears were concerned. Since that time these co-operative ship- 

 ments have been continued each year until this district has established a very 

 good connection for its product in the British markets. The principle upon 

 which the shippers have united has been that of mutual good will and intelligent 

 self interest. The experience of the Burlington District is commended to the 

 consideration of other districts which may be embarking on a scheme of co- 

 operative organization of a more pretentious character. 



FANCY Box SHIPMENTS. 



Large canning and evaporating factories are important industries here. 

 There are also several factories engaged in the manufacture of the many barrels, 

 boxes and baskets required to handle the fruit produced. A feature of the 

 business of the Biggs Fruit Company is the development of a large trade in 

 fancy box apples shipped to private addresses in Great Britain. The firm 

 undertakes, for a reasonable sum, to deliver one or more boxes of apples to any 

 address in the British Isles, all charges prepaid. This enterprise has met with 

 great favour, and during the past season it has been enlarged to include peaches, 

 of which some five hundred cases were forwarded in the same way with great 

 success. 



The manufacture of concentrated lime and sulphur in a large way, is carried 

 on here, a modern and well-appointed plant having been established for this 

 purpose. 



NIAGARA PENINSULA. 



West of Hamilton brings us to the section of the Province known as the 

 Niagara District, and includes a portion of the County of Wentworth, and the 

 whole of Lincoln, Welland, and Haldimand. Throughout the greater part of 

 this territory, particularly along the south shore of Lake Ontario as far east 

 as the Niagara River, are to be found the principal commercial peach orchards 

 and grape vineyards of Canada. Many thousands of acres are devoted exclu- 

 sively to the cultivation of these fruits, which here find a very congenial home. 

 Extremes of temperature are so rare that a complete failure of these fruits 

 seldom occurs; in fact, although the writer has been engaged in the production 

 of fruit in this section for over thirty years, he does not remember a situation 

 of this kind in his experience. 



INTENSIVE METHODS ADOPTED. 



Plums, pears, cherries and small fruits of all kinds are grown with ease and 

 with a certainty of production which renders the business very reliable and 

 profitable, if ordinary care and application are exercised. A trip through this 

 section by railway, trolley or motor car during the summer season is an event 

 to be remembered, and has elicited many expressions of astonishment and 

 praise from delighted visitors. During the month of September, 1909, the 

 biennial meeting of the American Pomological Society was held at the city of 

 St. Catharines, at which time several trips were arranged through various 

 portions of the country. Representative men from the more important fruit 

 sections of the United States were in attendance and without exception these 

 gentlemen were absolutely astounded at the extent of the industry and the 

 intensive methods employed. 

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