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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTUEI8T. 



that this meeting at Grimsby was ac- 

 knowledged to be of interest and profit 

 to all, and was the means of increasing 



the fraternal feeling between the Onta- 

 rio Association and a strong local organ- 

 ization of fruit growers. 



SELECTIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 



Delivered at Orimsby, Wednesday Evening, 28th Septembei: 



HONEST PACKING. 



Our apples have taken the British 

 buyers by storm, and consumers there 

 will not purchase any others so long 

 as they can obtain a suitable article 

 from us. Britain wants the best and 

 the best only. There is no better mar- 

 ket for a choice article, nor so poor a 

 one for an inferior article. Canada 

 has gained a good name for general 

 honest culling and packing, and it is 

 absolutely necessary that we do not 

 allow a spot to tarnish our character. 

 I would entreat every orchardist and 

 shipper, not only for his own best 

 interests but also for the sake of the 

 fair fame of our country, to exercise 

 the greatest care in the cultivation, 

 selection and packing of our fruits. Let 

 the grower leave nothing undone to 

 excel in the production of the choicest 

 fruits, and when he ships allow nothing 

 to pass to the shipper but the best. 

 Above all things teach your children 

 to be scrupulously honest in picking 

 and culling out the apples ready for 

 packing. Never encourage a child to 

 think it smart to get a spotted or 

 wormy apple off on the buyer by hid- 

 ing it in the middle of the basket or 

 barrel. Let the shipper see to it also 

 that he acts in strictest honesty with 

 his customers. Let the brand always 

 truly indicate the contents of the barrel. 

 Let every specimen be sound and clean 



for a good brand of fruit. Choice lots 

 should be made of even size and good 

 colour in the barrel. Under no cii-- 

 cumstances let the brand indicate any- 

 thing better than the fruit in the barrel 

 fairly demands. 



SHIPPING. 



Generally speaking, it is a mistake 

 to ship on consignment to any but the 

 three great distributing centi'es, Lon- 

 don, Liverpool and Glasgow. Ex- 

 perience has shown that fruit shijiped 

 to London direct by water has received 

 much more damage in transit than 

 when shipped via Liverpool and thence 

 by rail to London. It is a very com- 

 mon thing to find in cargoes shipped 

 direct to London by water, bai-rels with 

 only a few pecks in them, and as these 

 few left are clean, fine samples, it is 

 natural to conclude that they have been 

 tampered with either when passing up 

 the Thames, or when in charge of the 

 dock companies. I have often visited 

 the docks to see cargoes dischai-ged, 

 and almost always remarked an amount 

 of careless handling that was startling 

 — barrels of apples standing in the 

 storage sheds open, and passers-by hav- 

 ing every chance to pilfer that could 

 be desii'ed. I would therefore advise 

 shippers to .shij) to London always via 

 Liverpool. 



MARKET FOR FALL APPLES. 



Thei-e is still another market nearer 



