THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



from the centre of the vessel and the 

 vicinity of the engines. Where apples 

 are spotted I find that the slightest 

 moisture will cause them to mould and 

 rot. There is no use in sending poor 

 samples here as they cost as much in 

 freight as good ones and will only re- 

 alize ruinous prices, besides gaining a 

 bad name for the shipper and the coun- 

 try. I am convinced that it will pay to 

 put up fine samples in bushel or bushel 

 and a half boxes and wrap each sample 

 in a piece of tissue paper. I find that 

 American apples are generally packed 

 better than Canadian, especially those 

 coming from the Northeastern States 

 and also New York State. It is a grand 

 mistake to think that British buyers 

 wont find small, wormy, spotted apples 

 if we put them in the centre of the bar- 

 rel. They turn the entire contents out 

 when judging any new or old trade 

 mark or shipper, and woe be to him 

 who is found out this way. Every 

 broker and retail fruiterer present will 

 make a note of him. But the careful, 

 honest man gets due credit and will at 

 any time get a good price. I believe 

 packers are to blame almost invariably 

 and not the shippers. I know from 

 experience how very careless they will 

 become, no matter how careful they may 

 be at the outset. It pays to bind them 

 down with the most stringent rules, and 

 then keep a watch over them by occa- 

 sionally tui-ning out a barrel to see how 

 it has been filled. 



THE COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION. 



Just at this time when we are con- 

 gratulating our worthy President, and 

 his able co-adjutor, Mr. P. C. Dempsey, 

 on their safe return from the Colonial 

 and Indian Exhibition, we are sure our 

 readers will be interested in a glimpse 

 of the Canadian trophy, as shown in 

 wood cut kindly loaned us by the 

 Farmers' A dvocate, of London. 



At the bottom you see bags of cereals 

 and specimens of Canadian timbers and 

 minerals. Next above, and around be- 

 hind, are about 1,000 glass jars contain- 

 ing those samples of apples, pears, 

 peaches, berries, (fee, which were so care- 

 fully collected by Mr. William Saunders. 

 Above these again are grains, grasses, 

 hops, (fee, arranged in the most taste- 

 ful fashion. 



All this cannot fail to have a good 

 effect in gaining for Canadian fruits 

 a higher appreciation in the Old Coun- 

 try. 



The Horticultural Times (Eng.) says : 

 — " We learn that Mr. C. R. H. Starr, 

 Commissioner in charge of the Canadian 

 Fruit Department at the late Colonial 

 Exhibition, is making arrangements for 

 the extension of the market for Do- 

 minion fruit in the many populous 

 centres that lie beyond the confines of 

 Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, and 

 London, and is also endeavoring to 

 open up markets on the Continent. 

 The movement is a good one, though 

 we fear the Continental markets will 

 be difficult to open up. There is plenty 

 of scope, however, for increased con- 

 signments in this country of good 

 Canadian fruit. Mr. Starr's efforts in 

 advocating cold storage for shipping 

 Canadian fruit are well known." 



The Canadian Gazette, London, Eng., 

 says : — " The displays of Canadian 

 apples at Exeter and Edinburgh have 

 aroused no little interest at the Exhi- 

 bitions in those places. Reports from 

 Exeter state that a most favorable im- 

 px'ession was prodviced by the Canadian 

 apples. The fruit, we are told, ' ex- 

 celled in color and included some mag- 

 nificent specimens, all in a fine state 

 of preservation, notwithstanding the 

 double consignment, first to London 

 from Canada, and thence to Exeter.' 

 The mayor in opening the Exhibition 

 called special attention to the Canadian 



