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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



Apples will also be very scarce, and pac- 

 kers will not be kept busy with this season's 

 crop for many weeks, although some of them 

 maintain that apples are an "abundant" 

 crop, so as to be able to buy cheap. 



In the vegetable garden we find things 

 doing fairly well, and I think that the yield 

 will be much ahead of last year. Potatoes 

 will be more abundant. I planted some of the 

 Dwarf Champion tomatoes, and like them 

 far better than any of the other kinds, for 

 they do not straggle every way, but stand 

 erect like a little bush, and are loaded with 

 fruit. 



I had some seedling gooseberries that 

 fruited this year for the first time, and will be 

 worth while taking some trouljle with, for 

 they were a good size and very abundant 

 yielders. 



My white Perpetual Moss Rose, that 

 used to give a variety of different colored 

 flowers, changed off and gave nothing but 

 pure white flowers ; but a peony plant has 

 taken up the work of three different colors, 

 viz., white, white and pink (half and half), and 



pure white all at once on the same branches. 

 — J. M. W., Fernhill. 



CHOPPED APPLES. 



Sir, — Your favor with reference to the trade 

 in chopped apples just at hand, and in re- 

 sponse to same would say that we have never 

 had an evaporator connected with our busi- 

 ness ; consequently are not perhaps so well 

 posted as one might be who was directly in 

 the business of evaporating, but, as we under- 

 stand it, all apples are chopped and then 

 evaporated the same as other fruits. Of course 

 this quality of stock is sold at low prices com- 

 paratively, as it is used for making apple 

 butter, jelly, etc. If you will advise Mr. Fall, 

 possibly we might be able to use his apples, 

 both firsts and seconds, as we use the inferior 

 ones for the juice there is in them. We have 

 men now in Canada buying apples and shipping 

 to us, and could send them to his locality if the 

 prospects were favorable for a deal there. — 

 Curtice Brothers Co., Rochester, N. V. 







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TORONTO. 



The Imperial Produce Co of Toronto, Ltd., 

 and London, England, report under date of 

 August 26th, i8go : — 



Our market to-day was liberally supplied, 

 ^///^s — Duchess and Duchess of Olden- 

 burg, 12 qrt. baskets, and Astrachan, 40 to 

 60 cts.; do. 25 to 35 cts.; do. bbls. , $2.50 to 

 $3.25 ; sweet and green cooking fruit, bbls., 

 $2.25 tc $2.50 ; do. 12 qrt. baskets, 30 to 50 

 cts. Peaches — Very scarce and sample in- 

 ferior, $1.75 to $2.00. Pears— In good de- 

 mand, Bartlett, second quality, 12 qrt. basket, 

 65 to 70 cts.; do. choice, #1.00 to $1.25 ; 

 Clapp's Favorite, 60 to 80 cts.; Flemish Beau- 

 ties, 50 to 75 cts.; Bell, 40 to 60 cts. Phims 

 — Common, 80 cts. to $1.00; Greengages 

 and Lombards, .^i.oo to $1.25. Blaeberries, 

 per qrt. , 8 to 9 cts. Huckleberries, per qt. , 

 9 to 10 cts. Tomatoes, per basket, 30 to 50 

 cts. Grapes — Concord per lb. , 10 to 1 1 cts. 

 Musk Melons,Cana.dia.n per hhl. ,$4 ooto^s.oo. 

 Water Melons, per 100, $20,00 to $30.00. 

 Bananas, per hunch, $1.00 to $1.50. Pota- 

 toes, in better demand at 65 to 75 cts. per 

 bush. Onions, in fair demand at $1.00 per 

 bush. Note. — Peaches being scarce and 

 dear, plums will sell freely. Apples and 

 pears will bring good prices, both here and 

 in Great Britain. We are experimenting 



with small packages, and have made arrange- 

 ments for re-packing, so that slack packed 

 and damaged goods will be made the best of. 



Mr. J. W. Brownlow, agent N.D.F.G. 

 Stock Co., reports as follows : — 



Lawton's, per box, 10 to 11 cts. Pears — 

 Common, per basket, 40 to 50 cts.; Bartletts, 

 per basket, go cts. to fi.oo ; do. per bbl., 

 $7.00 to $8.00 ; Clapp's Favorite, per basket, 

 75 to 90 cts.; do. per bbl., $6.00 to $7.00; 

 Flemish Beauty, per basket, 75 to 90 cts.; 

 do. per bbl., $6.00 to $7.00. Peaches — Com- 

 mon, per basket, $1.50 to $1.75; Crawford, 

 early, per basket, $1.75 to $2.00 ; Crawford, 

 late, none. Plums — Common Blue, per 

 basket, 75 to 90 cts.; Greengages, per basket, 

 90 cts. to $1.00; choice varieties, per basket, 

 $1.00 to $1.25. Grapes — Champions, per lb. , 

 9^ to lo cts. Apples — Common, per basket, 

 30 to 40 cts.; Fancy, per basket, 50 to 60 cts. 

 Tomatoes — Common, per basket, 30 to 40 cts.; 

 Acme, per basket, 35 to 45 cts. Cantaloupes, 

 per bbl., $4.00 to $4.50. 



MONTREAL. 



Messrs. Vipond, McBride &' Co. , report as 

 follows : — 



Pears — Bartletts, per basket, $1.00 to $1.25; 

 do. per bbl., $7.50 to $9.00; Clapp's, per 



