January, 1915 



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23 



than I have Riven them. Third, The effect 

 on the crop for another year. This latter 

 factor cannot be answered now but the ex- 

 periment is laid out to extend for a period 

 of years and will be reported on from time 

 to time. 



Marketing Problems Demand 

 Attention* 



D. Johnson, Daminion Frnit Commiisiener, Ottawa 



THK marketing of apples at the con- 

 sumers' end has made no progress in 

 the last fifteen or twentv years. There 

 has been no effort on the part of the 

 producer to get closer to the consumer. 

 This was strongly brought to our attention 

 a few days ago in the city of Ottawa. A 

 carload of apples was bought in Prince Ed- 

 ward county at 25 cents per barrel on the 

 trees. The apples were picked and loaded 

 by the buyer in bulk form on board the 

 car, piling the apples some 2;4 feet deep. 

 They were shipped 150 miles and sold to 

 the retail trade in Ottawa at $1 a barrel. 

 These apples were turned over to the con- 

 sumers at from $2 to $3 a barrel. 



The fruit arrived in good condition and 

 was just the class of apples that the great 

 majority of the consuming public of our 

 cities are looking for. They would keep 

 well on into the winter and would meet the 

 needs of the great bulk of our consumers ; 

 but the fruit should have been placed' 

 straight to the consumer instead of to the 

 horde of pedlars, hucksters, etc., who 

 largely control the fruit trade of our cities. 



The great question for the fruit growers 

 in Ontario to consider is how we can bring 

 the products of our orchards to the con- 

 sumer at the least possible cost. Money 

 and energy expended in this way will bring 

 greater results to the province as a whole 

 than large plantings of orchards at the 

 present time. 



A step forward in the organization for 

 handling our apples should be taken. We 

 took advantage of the opportunity a short 

 time ago of pointing out in the press the 

 chance for municipalities, charitable insti- 

 tutions, factories, etc., to go to the orchard 

 districts and buy their apples direct from 



•Extract from an address delivered at tile last 

 annual convention of the Ontario Pruit Growers' 

 Association. 



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