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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



inasmuch as a package containing one 

 straight kind of fruit will, nine times 

 out of ten, sell quicker, and to better 

 advantage, than if it contained two or 

 three different kinds. 



Gooseberries, cherries, red and Vjlack 

 currants, plums, peaches, etc., should 

 always be shipped in 12-quart baskets. 

 Fill the baskets well and shake them 

 down to prevent settling after, and 

 make the fruit a fair sample through- 

 out. We hear of numerous 



COMPLAINTS 



every season from buyers, stating that 

 fruit that they bought was nicely 

 topped up with fine fruit on top and 

 nothing but trash underneath ; and 

 they frequently refuse to pay for it on 

 that account, and thus the commission 

 men have to stand the bi-unt. A gi'ower 

 in doing this may receive benefit in a 

 few instances, but in the long run it 

 will operate against him, because buy- 

 ers are now getting too keen to be bit- 

 ten twice on the same brand of fruit, 

 so that we would strongly urge all 

 growers in marketing their ft-uit to 

 make it a good fair sample throughout, 

 which would decidedly be in the best 

 interests of all concerned. Cover your 

 baskets nicely with cardinal or blue 

 Jeno. Use whichever color is best 

 adapted to make the fruit you are ship- 

 ping look attractive ; and always keep 

 a supply of both kinds on hand. Early 

 apples and pears may be shipped in 

 baskets when fii'st coming in, but as 

 •soon as they commence to move freely, 

 we think it would be best to pack in 

 barrels and ship by freight, and save 

 the expense of baskets, and covering, 

 and express charges. 



Always write your full name and 

 post oflfice address plainly and distinctly 

 on every shipping tag or label, and 

 then see that they are securely fastened 

 to each package, so as to avoid loss and 

 <;onfusion when they reach markets. 



We believe a great many growers think 

 that 



HOLIDAYS 



are good days to ship on. This is a 

 mistake, and whenever possible avoid 

 shipping on such days ; also on late 

 trains, as fruit thus shipped, as a rule, 

 has to be cleared out to pedlers or 

 held over until the following day, when 

 it never looks as nice and will not sell 

 to as good advantage as if fresh re- 

 ceived. 



We omitted to state above that gi-apes 

 should be in 1 6-quart baskt-ts. Fill bas- 

 kets well and mark the weight plainly 

 on the handles. Yours respectfully, 



McWiLLIAMS & EVERIST. 



"DROPPING" OF THE WEALTHY APPLE. 



T. H. HOSKIXS, M. D. 



In the March number of the Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist a correspondent 

 asks if the Wealthy Apple has the de- 

 fect of dropping ofi" the tree befoi-e it is 

 ripe, and it is easily shaken off" by 

 winds'? To these questions Mr. A. A. 

 Wright, of Renfrew, Ont., replies that 

 he has never been troubled with the 

 Wealthy dropping its fruit premature- 

 ly, as the Tetofsky does ; neither is it 

 easily shaken off" by the wind. Mr. 

 Wright adds : " We find it, so far, one 

 of the very best apples we have for our 

 cold, northern climate ; " and he says 

 that he sent several boxes of the 

 Wealthy to the Intercolonial Exposi- 

 tion in London. Notwithstanding this 

 entirely correct statement of Mr. 

 Wright, I have had quite a number of 

 complaints in regard to the Wealthy 

 dropping its fruit, and always from the 

 same parties a complaint that it is a 

 poor keeper. As both of these accusa- 

 tions run counter to my own experience, 

 and as my Wealthy orchard is, I feel 

 sure, the oldest and largest of that va- 

 riety in New England, I desire to give 

 the result of a careful investigation of 

 the matter. 



