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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



"Sprayed 16,000 Trees— No Repairs" 



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any barrel. It's only one of 50 styles and sizes of hand, barrel and 



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Fruit Conditions in the West 



The Dominion ITruit Commissioner, D. 

 Johnson, during the summer visited the var- 

 ious markets of the prairie provinces for the 

 purpose of making himself more familiar 

 •with the conditions under which fruit is dis- 

 tributed there. In Winnipeg, the Commis- 

 sioner had an opportunity of investigating 

 the arrival and sale of raspberries and straw- 

 berries. The wholesale houses had arranged 

 to pool their cars of fruit, the greater part 

 of which was received from the northwestern 

 states. The demand for berries was better 

 than had been anticipated earlier in the sea- 

 son, as it was thought that, owing to the 

 war conditions and the high price of sugar, 

 the amount of fruit consumed would be cur- 

 tailed. The demand for tender fruit, how- 

 ever, not only in Winnipeg, but in other mar- 

 kets in the west, was much larger than last 

 year, and on the whole he had reason co be- 

 lieve that the wholesalers made prices fuily 

 fifty per cent, higher than -were obtained last 

 season. 



The same conditions existed in Saskatoon, 

 Lethbridge, Edmonton and Caigary, al- 

 though the province of Alberta was some- 

 what more seriously affected by the money 

 stringency which exists in the west at pre- 

 sent. They have a prospect, however, of an 

 enormous grain crop, and if this crop is har- 

 vested without injury, the demand for fruit 

 will be greatly increased. 



A Marketing Conference. 



Tn Calgary the commissioner attended the 

 meeting which was called by the Calgary 

 Ijoard of trade for the purpose of discussing 

 the price of fruit. It was brought out at 

 this meeting that last year the fruit grower 

 In British Columbia received an average of 

 15c. (net) for his apples on the tree, while 

 the consumer paid from $1.50 to $2.00 per 

 box for the same fruit, the difference going 

 to the transportation companies and the 

 middlemen. It was the unanimous desire of 

 the convention that the federal government 

 should appoint a commission to thoroughly 

 Investigate the marketing of fruit and to 

 devise some different methods than now ex- 

 ist of distrihuting same. 



British Columbia. 



Tn company with Chief Fruit Inspector 

 Clarke, the commissioner visited the produc- 

 ing centres of British Columbia, and made 

 an effort to meet the growers as much as 

 possible on their own ranches. In the 

 Kootenay district many of the growers were 

 somewhat discouraged owing to the low 

 prices secured last year and the unsatisfac- 

 tory condition of the orchards. Scab and 

 aphis have developed to an alarming extent 

 and many orchards will have little or no 

 No. 1 fruit for sale. Up to the present this 

 district has been fairly free from such pests. 



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OUR facilities enable us to realize top prices at all times for your fruit, 

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 pine. In time of congestion on the Toronto market we have a ready outlet 

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References: The Cana- 

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 (Market Branch) and 

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