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MONTREAL. 



Apples. — The shipments of apples from 



Atlantic ports last week were 51,820 bbls., 



against 45,872 bbls. for the week previous. 



The shipments up to November 15th, the 



close of last week, were 192,572 bbls., against 



304,579 bbls. for the same period last year, 



showing a decrease of 112,007 bbls. This 



week's shipments are expected to be heavy. 



The following were last week's shipments : — 



Liverpool. London. Glasgow. 



Montreal,... 13,249 14,278 9,616 



New York.. 4,486 40 529 



Boston 1,084 



Halifax 8,538 



The market during the past week has been 

 steady, with sales of car lots of No. i winter 

 fruit at #3.50 to #4. The sale was also made 

 of two car loads of choice winter varieties at 

 a point east of Toronto at ^3.50 f.o.b.. 

 Fameuse are a drug on this market, with 

 sales of seconds as low as §1.50 to 82, Real 

 fancy fruit, however, has sold at $4. Cable 

 advices from Liverpool are easier and lower. 



one report quoting Greenings, Russets and 

 Paldwins 21s., Northern Spies i8s, 6d. to 

 20s., and Kings 30s. Another cable quotes 

 Liverpool steady at 22s. to 28s. Glasgow 

 cables are firmer. 



Evaporated Apples. — Although the stock is 

 light yet the high prices curtail consumption, 

 and the market may be quoted dull at 12c. to 

 13c. per lb. Some look for sti 1 lower prices. 



Dried Apples. — The sale of a lot of thirty 

 packages was made in the West at equal to 

 8c. per lb. here, and we quote 7c. to 9c. — 

 Montreal Produce Bulletin. 



LIVERPOOL. 



November 15, 1890. 

 Canadian Apples. — 20 ounce, 20s. to 27s.; 

 Colvert, i6s. 6d. to 20s. ; Kings, 24s. to 30s.; 

 Greenings, i6s. to 23s. 6d ;Spy, i8s. to 23s.; 

 Russets, 1 6s. 9d. to 25s. 6d. ; Baldwins, 20s. 

 to 25s. ; Baldwins, 2nds, i6s. to 19s. 6d. — 

 Messrs. Woodall & Co., Liverpool. 



THE ANNUAL AND WINTER MEETING 



OP THE 



Ontario Fruit Growers* Association 



Will be held in the CITY HALL. HAMILTON, on 

 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, December 16th, 17th and 18th, 1890. 



The public generally, ladies or gentlemen, who have an interest the cultivation of fruits or flowers, are invited 

 to attend the sessions of this Association at Hamilton, especially those of Wednesday and Thursday. 



Standard Certificates should be purchased of the R.R. agent at the starting fKiint, which will entitle the 

 holder to return at reduced fare. 



The Royal Hotel will entertain those in attendance at $2.50 per day, and the American Hotel at $1.50 

 per day. 



A Fruit Exhibit will be provided for in one of the committee rooms, and to this every perron will be per- 

 mitted to contribute samples of fruit. These will be examined by the fruit committee and reported upor. 



Members' Subscriptions will be received at any time by the secretary, entitling the payer to receive all the 

 publications of the society. 



The Question Drawer will be in charge of the secretary, and to it all questions are handed in, to be brought 

 up for reply at convenient seasons. 



The following visitors are expected to be present sometime during the session : — D. McLellan, Mayor of the 

 city of Hamilton ; the Hon. J. M. Gibson, Provincial Secretary; N. W. Awrey, M.P. for Wentworth, President of 

 the Central Farmers' Institute ; the Hon. John Dryden, Minister of Agriculture : Wm. Saunders, Director of the 

 Experiuiectal farms of the Dominion of Canada ; S. D. Wil'ard, Vice-President of the Western New York Horticul- 

 tural Society ; \. Blue, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, and other*. 



PRO<i}RA.mfIi:— Tii«^8<lny, l^eccmber l«lh, IS»0. 



Meeting of Directors in committee room, 7 p.m. Public Meeting, »* p.m. in the city council chamber. Wel- 

 come Address by D. Mcliellan, Mayor of the city of Hamilton. Reply by the president Minutes of the last 



