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CA XA DIA K HORTICUL TURIST. 



OUR MARKETS. 



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Mks-shs. Pancoast & (tRikkitu write un- 

 der date of January 5th. 



Our market is reooveriuf; satisfactorily 

 from the usual holiday lull ami (juotations 

 below are well maintained. Apples are in 

 good demand and choice stock is >>m ; fine 

 red fruit will command uitt utile jrricex. We 

 quote :— Spitz,$3.2.Tto.^:]..50 bbl. Baldwins 

 S'2.'25to!!!2.50. (^reenings.ii!-2.()0to-2.25. Mixed 

 cars prime winter fruit .$2. 00 to |2. 25. Com 

 mon cooking lower. (Jranberries — Are in 

 ferior supplyfor the season and barely steady. 

 Dark Jersey :$3 GO to $:i 25 per crate ; light 

 Jersey ft2 50to$2 75. Potatoes— of good 

 (juality are in very light supply and all the 

 xotinil iUsirii))le table stock o&eveA finds rea ly 

 sail at outside prices. Poor and unkeeping 

 qualities not wanted. Rose, Burbanks, 

 Fearless and White Star 75c to 80c per bbl, 

 (60 lbs.) Hebrons, 78c to 80c., mixed cars 

 somewhat lower. Onions— are mostly in- 

 ferior and such are dull ; while choice stock 

 connnands full prices, .$3.00, $3.25 bbl. ; 80c 

 to 90c. bushel. Cabbaoe —Scarce and want- 

 ed $10 to $1:1 per 100. If any margin for you 

 please ship : will keep yon posted if you de- 

 sire it. 



MoNTKKAl,. 



Apples — The local market continues very 

 quiet. Holders still complain of the poor 

 quality of some of the stocks in store. Sev- 

 eral cars ha\'e been offered Montreal firms 

 from the West, but they were not taken. 

 • We quote prices here at .$2.50 to ^3 per bbl., 

 for round lots, and at .$3.50 to $4 for selee- 

 tions of single barrels. Evaporated Ap- 

 ples — A few enquiries have been received 

 from the Lower Ports, and we learn of sales 

 of evaporated apples at 10 to IO4 in good 

 sized lots in .50 lb boxes. Dried apples are 

 quoted at (jc. to 7c. Cranberries— There 

 is a fair business at $8.50 to |10 per brl — 

 Onions — Spanish onions, .$3.75 to $4 per 

 case ; Montreal reds, $3.. 50 per brl. Cab- 

 bages— Tlie supply is fair and prices remain 

 steady at .$3 to .$5 per 100. Potatoes —Busi- 

 ness continues quiet at 70 to 75c. per bag for 

 car lots, and single l)ags at al)out the same 

 price — TraJe Bvllelni . 



The Glasgow Market for Grapes. 



An interesting experiment has been made 

 this year by some Grimsby and Winona 

 grape growers, in shipping grapes to Glas- 

 gow, Scotland ; 150 baskets, or more, were 

 shipped, per steamer Colina, to Simons, 

 Jacobs & Co., Glasgow, who received them 

 in excellent condition, and sold them at pub- 

 lic sale, per catalogue, on the 27th of Octo- 

 ber. The ten pound basket with wooden 

 cover was the package used. The varieties 

 were Concord, Niagara, Isabella and Cataw- 

 ba, and several Rogers. The white grapes 

 from which the most was expected, sold the 

 worst, as they are at a discount in that 

 market, even bringing the shippers in debt 

 for charges of cartage, etc. The prices at 

 which the grapes were sold were about as 

 follows : Niagara, Ic. per lb. ; Concord, 5c. ; 

 Rogers varieties, 5-6c. ; Pocklington, lie. ; 

 Catawba ; 7-8c. The net proceeds of the 

 whole lot was only .$15.40 ! It is evident 

 that it is useless to send white grapes to the 

 British market ; but a profitable trade may 

 possib y be worked up in the black varieties. 

 The following letter accompanying the ac- 

 count sales will also be of interest. 



Glasgow, 28th October, 1887. 

 Sir, — We regret to think that the interest- 

 ing experiment that you have made in ship- 

 ping grapes to this country has not been 

 attended with perfect success. The whole of 

 the fruit by the Colina arrived in tolerably 

 good form, and all the black A'arieties were 

 favorably received by the buyers, but there 

 is no demand in this country for the Niagara 

 or any other white grapes, as we have a 

 superabundance of excellent green grapes 

 from Spain. These latter are sold in the 

 .streets at from three to four pence per lb. , 

 and we send you a catalogue of the sale of 

 11,000 lbs., at prices varying from $1.00 to 

 .$4.80 Each barrel contains from 40 to 55 

 lbs , and the difference in price is caused by 

 the keeping quality of the fruit, some of 

 which will last as long as next May. 



If yon could make a few more experiments 



with black grapes, we should then be in a 



better position to say Mhether this business 



could be relied on with any degree of safety. 



Yours faithfully, 



Simons, Jacobs & Co. 



