CANADIA X HoirriCULTURlST. 



i'g:j 



seen in C:iii:ula was ^flowing yeiirs a^'o at 

 Sandwicli, a trie witli a tiiiiik fully twtlvc 

 inches in diameter. 



I was pleased tost-e your friend Mr. Sellccks 

 ivccoiiiit f>f the Puritan I'otivto. I also jfot a 

 |>eck from Peter Henderson and I can fully 

 indorse all vour friend says of the I'uritan. 

 Next to the i'uritan I tliink there is no potato 

 e(|ual to the Rosy Morn. Vour friend seeins 

 to have had no luck with his Tree Tomato. I 

 do not know where he got his seed, hut 1 gut 

 a itacket of seed of the "Champion Dwarf 

 Toinato" fron- I'i'ter Henderson, which .seed 

 was sown in a hot bed about the tenth of .April 

 and I think every seed grew, as I raised over 

 sixty ])lants, thirty of which I planted out in 

 .]\\w and I may say I never had better toma- 

 toes, a good size, very even and smooth, Havor 

 excellent. Each plant yielded from a peck to 

 half a bushel. The balanc of the i.laiits 1 



gave to my friends who all said they never had 

 better tomatoes. A market gardener wIki grovs s 

 every year over half an acre, asked for some 

 to nave for seed. In color thej' somewhat 

 resemble the .\cme, between that and the 

 Hathaway. 



The ))ear I got this spring Iuim made a good 

 and healthy growth and I tnist 1 may be 

 spared to report the fruit. 



I hope to get you a few new subscribers this 

 fall. I consider the report of the Knt« mologi- 

 cal Society worth far more than the dollar I 

 paid in. If farmers and fruit growers would 

 study their interest, your membership should 

 be doubled a)id nuich sunshine would be added 

 to their homes every month when they handed 

 your valuable journal to tln-ir wives and 

 daughters. 



Wishing you and the society every success. — 

 f'llAs. .Tas. 1m)\, Dchivarr, Ont., Oct. 0, IScSS 



OUR FRUIT MARKETS. 



Montreal.— Heavy Apple Exports. 



TiiK continued heavy sliipnients ..f apples 

 from this port bears out our former statements 

 regarding the abundant croji of fall fruit, as 

 they have surpassed all records of previous 

 seasons to date. For week ending September 

 :i;i, there were shipped from this port 21,7!)<> 

 bbls., making a total of StiA'M bbls. for the 

 season, against 13,155 bbls. for the correspon<l- 

 ing period last year. The aggregate shipments 

 from all the Atlantic )iorts last week were 

 50,507 bbls., making a grand total of 114,.")'.llt 

 bbls. for the present season against 70,(>H2 for 

 the same |)eriod in 1887, showing an increase 

 ..f 34,!)67 bbls The disposition of last week's 

 .■«iiipments from this |)ort were 5,(587 l)l)ls. for 

 Ijiverpool, (j,.")53 bbls. for London, !»,35() fur 

 tJlasguw, 200 bbls. for Bristol, 2!» bbls. for 

 ll.inihurg, and a small shipment to Paris in 

 lioxes. It will be noted that the ex)»orts from 

 Montreal last week were ahead of those from 

 New York, which dealers remind us never 

 occurred before at this season. Some laige 

 .sales of New York State ap]iles have been 

 nuide to Montreal shippers. 7,000 bbl.s. .if 

 Kings having been sold to one firm, costing 

 from «1.25 to §2.20 i.er bbl., or an average of 

 $1.75 jier bbl. laid down here. Several car 

 loads of winter fruit have arrived and were 

 dis|>osed of at ^l.'.tO per bbl. Several nnuid 

 lots of New York State Baldwins have l)eeii 

 sold at .?1 to $1.25 per bbl. at )K)ints of shij.- 

 ment. Western winter apples in this market 

 range from §1.75 to ••?2 j)er bbl. Montreal 

 Kameuse have .s. .Id at $2 in large lots at the 

 orchards, and are being re.sold at §2.25 to ?2..")0. 

 Latest reports from England are di.scouraging 

 owing to the large shipments now arriving 

 there. A private cable was received in this 

 city to-day from Liverpool which read : - 

 "Ston .shipping." Exporters therefme are 

 ai)i)rehending slaughter sales, and state that 

 they will be surj.rised if their expectati..iis are 

 not realized. 



Messrs. Simon, Shuttleworth & Co. cabled 

 Wednesday's Li\eri.ool market to Mr. Walter 

 Webling as folL.ws: Baldwins lis. to 13s., 

 Kings 18s. to 20s., (in^enings lOs. to 12., Rib- 

 stons 12s. to 14s., Cranberry and 20 oz, lis. to 

 13s., Jennettings 88. to 10s., Calverts and (ira- 

 vensteins 10s. to 12s. Only the choicest fruit 

 fetched the outside quotations, and the market 

 is very flat except for tine grades of sound 

 fruit. Present sui)plies ex-jeed the ref|uire- 

 ments, but the j.rices are now down to a point 

 which will largi'ly increase consumption. 



Messrs. Garcia, Jacobs & Co. cabled Wed- 

 nesday's London market as follows :—" Rib- 

 st.ins 17s. to IDs., .lennettings l>s. to lis., 

 Calverts and Gravensteins 10s. to 12s. tonality 

 and condition are being well paid for. but lower 

 grades and conditions are very weak." — Trrt'/r 

 /iiiflctht. Oct. .;, ISSS. 



Low Prices Explained. 



TiiK low pries which have been made in the 

 English markets are due to the enormous (juaii- 

 tities of fall apples which went forward. 

 London had still plenty of small fruit on hand, 

 and this had als.. a bad etfect on the prices. 



I have constantly been saying not to ship in- 

 ferior kinds, and what was the bulk of the 

 apples which have been shipiied '' Not two- 

 thirds of the ditferi-nt varieties weiv wanted in 

 the London market. 



The croi) being very large nearly all ..v.-r the 

 States and Canada, shippers must j.ay special 

 attention to the varieties and packing. 



London wants only the best fruit. I am con- 

 vinced that »/«<«/ winti-r apples will do well. - 

 .fos. Hki.I.KMANS, Minilrni/, lUth Octohn; />». 



Losses in Apples. 



Shipi'KK.s complain l..udly ..f the lo.s.s.s lately 

 sustained on tneir consignments to (Jreat Bri 

 tain, some having lost $1.00 to ."J1.25 \ht bbl. 

 This, howev.'r. w.is not unexi)ected aft.T tin- 



