THE 



Canadian Horticulturist. 



•ISQO. 



No. II. 



HINTS FOR NOVEMBER. 



WINTER APPLES. 



()\V that the apple crop is mostly gathered, the short- 

 ness of the crop is proved to be even greater than was 

 anticipated. Maplehurst orchard is no doubt a fair 

 representation of the majority of orchards in Ontario 

 and in Western New York ; and in it, where there 

 should be a crop of several thousand barrels, we have 

 only harvested one hundred; and these largely seconds. 

 There are a few tavored sections of our province, and some parts of 

 Michigan also, where there is a fair crop, but these have been speedily 

 bought up by speculators, and will be held for the high prices which 

 cannot help being the outcome of a general failure. In Montreal, the 

 price of winter apples is firm at $3.50 to $4 per barrel, while in New York 

 city it ranges from $4 to $4.50 for fancy fruit. The old country mairket too 

 is getting excited and as much as $8 per barrel has been paid in Glasgow 

 for choice Kings, and $5 for choice Baldwins. 



From all this it is evident that our readers who have apples to sell may 

 safely count upon getting good round figures for them. We do not, how- 

 ever, advise holding too long, for in the month of November competition 

 usually runs about as high as at any other time. Buyers are then laying in 



