The Canadian HoRTicaLTURisT. 293 



In section 1 10 we read that No. i shall consist of perfect specimens. Now 

 perfection is a lofty word and is a state not easily reached either by apples or 

 men. Had there been a modifying adverb it would have been all right, but no 

 packer would be able to submit his apples to inspection, with any confidence, if 

 the inspector is to apply this word in its strict sense. It provides that the apples 

 are to be of a uniform size. " Nearly uniform " would have been a more suit- 

 able phrase. How would it be possible to put up a barrel of apples of exactly 

 one size ? Perhaps it is well enough, in the case of No. i, to say that they shall 

 be free from blemishes of any kind, but, in the case of No. 2, the same provi- 

 sions are made, making scarcely enough distinction between the two grades. 



That a properly arranged system of inspection, for Canadian apples which 

 are going forward to Great Britain, would result in immense benefit to apple 

 growers in Canada, seems well assured. We have lately received a communica- 

 tion from an extensive dealer in apples in Liverpool, England, who says that he 

 is pleased with the prospect of such an Act being in operation, and that a reliable 

 Canadian brand would much encourage our export trade. What a pity that the 

 whole thing is inoperative, for this season, on account of such stupid legislation. 

 It will be necessary that this whole matter be carefully discussed at our next 

 meeting, at Brantford, and the secretary authorized to make representations to 

 Ottawa concerning these egregious faults, in order that they may be remedied 

 before another fruit season. 



Our own views on this subject may be seen on pages 128 and 129, where 

 the grades were thus described : 



Grade No. 1 shall consist of well-grown samples of the variety named, nearly uniform 

 in size, well shaped, of normal color, free from scab, worm holes, curculio knots, etc. 



Goods No. 2 shall consist of apples free from scab, worm holes, but which for lack of 

 uniformity in size, deficieacy in color, abnormal shape, or any other reason, are considered 

 by the inspector unfit to be graded No. 1. 



Possibilities of Small Fruit Culture. — The figures given in the last 

 report of the Seneca, N. Y., Experiment Station, of yield of strawberries, seems 

 rather startling. The Burt, in matted rows, four feet wide and twenty-four long, 

 yielded at the rate of 11,344 quarts per acre; Beder Wood, 10,890; Parker 

 Earle, 8,168. These, says the Horticulturist, were grown precisely as they 

 should be grown by the "mall fruit grower. 



The Shaffer raspberry gave a grower near the Station 6,839 quarts from 

 2,550 bushes, occupying one-and-a-half acres. The crop was sold to a canning 

 factory for six cents a quart, and amounted to $340. The Gregg produced for 

 the same grower, from 2,400 plants, three feet by six, occupying one acre, 2,440 

 quarts, which sold to a canning factory for six cents a quart. 



We often hear of large crops of strawberries from small areas, and count 

 what a prodigious yield per acre the same rate of yield per square foot would 

 give ; but, alas ! we sadly fail when we try to get the same results in field culture. 

 The possibility of it remains, however, and why can't we ? 



