March, 1915 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



IX. 



pies packed out so that it can be seen at a 

 glance just how any members apples pack- 

 ed. Tabulated sheets recording this pack 

 are kept by the foreman of the packing 

 room. 



As the barrels of apples are taken into 

 the packing room the foreman marks on 

 his sheet the name of the barrel, the num- 

 ber of barrels and the variety. When that 

 parcel is packed he records on the same 

 sheet the number of one, twos and threes 

 procured. The local managers report daily 

 to and receive constant instruction from 

 the central office, which markets the 

 whole of the output of each company. In 

 the work of marketing an efficient and well 

 organized sales force is employed. 



Prc-Cooling Fruit* 



Edwin Smitb, Sapt. Fruit Cold Storage, Griaiby, Ont. 



To precool fruit it is not always neces- 

 sary to have an elaborate and expensive 

 plant. .Anything that lowers the tempera- 

 ture of the fruit previous to shipment tends 

 to check its ripening processes and post- 

 pones decay. At Summerland, B.C., a type 

 of plant is being experimented with that 

 costs from $l,5CiO to $3,000, and is giving 

 splendid results. At Mission and Hatzic, 

 B. C, the provincial Department of Agri- 

 culture has carried on experiments to show 

 the beneficial results of using cold night 

 air that they have in that region, and also 

 by picking raspberries in the early morn- 

 ing while the dew is yet present, and re- 

 moving the moisture by fanning in a de- 

 hydrator before shipping. Such an appli- 

 ance costs but from twenty-five to fifty dol- 

 lars, depending on the size, and so suc- 

 cessful has it been that the growers have 

 become enthusiastic about it, and are pick- 

 ing in the rain amd making very success- 

 ful shipments after dehydrating. 



The practice of wet picking is not to be 

 encouraged in regions where plenty of dry 

 weather is to be had. Mr. J. C. Wiggen, 

 of Wymdale, B.C., cools his strawberries 

 by placing them in a cooling house situat- 

 ed in a mountain "draw" or ravine through 

 which currents of cold air pass during the 

 night. This practice coupled with his ad- 

 mirable cultural and harvesting methods 

 gives him a wonderful reputation in all 

 his markets and he thus commands high 

 prices. 



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In precooling fruit for express shipments 

 extreme care must be taken not to overdo 

 the work. While in British Columbia I had 

 charge of a series of investigation in the 



•Extraot from a paper r«a<J at the last annnal 

 oonTcntion of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Asso- 

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