December, 1915. 



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us as to the condition of the markets, the 

 quantity of fruit, and the prices being 

 realized. All this is made up in the form 

 of a summary report, and is sent out to the 

 various shippers and dealers interested in 

 the fruit business. Any shipper or grower 

 can write or wire us and we will give him 

 the latest information possible. In fact 

 there are a number of the largest shippers 

 who have asked us to keep them posted 

 regularly as to market conditions." 



"We have had to prosecute a number of 

 shippers this year for violating the Inspec- 



tion and Sales Act by overfacing their 

 packages of fruit. Many still have the habit 

 of piling the large fruit on top of the pack- 

 ages and the smaller fruit underneath. We 

 intend to put a stop to this, and our offi- 

 cials have forced many packers to repack 

 their fruit before they were allowed to sell 

 it. The violations are not by the large and 

 responsible growers and shippers, but by 

 men with a small knowledge of the fruit in- 

 dustry, and who lack an established reputa- 

 tion to uphold." — E. G. W. 



Douglas Gardens 



English Market Prospects for Apples 



J. Forsyth Smith, Canadian Fruit Trade Commissioner, Manchester, Eng. 



GREAT difficulty is being experienced 

 by shippers and importers' agents in 

 securing required steamer space, and 

 the trade expect that although this will 

 seriously handicap the apple business, it 

 may prove a factor of considerable import- 

 ance in maintaining values on British mar- 

 kets. The high freights on the other hand 

 (J1.25 to J1.50 per barrel, and 80 cts. to Jl.OO 

 per cubic foot for box apples) will increase 

 the risk taken by apple buyers in Canada, 

 and make it necessary that fairly high 

 prices be obtained if apples sold on shippers' 

 account are to yield satisfactory returns. 

 Conditions of the Market. 

 War conditions, additional taxation, and 

 the increased cost of living, together with 

 the general tendency to restrict the number 



Fruit Imports into Great Britain. 



The following tables show the quantities 

 of various fruits imported into the United 

 Kingdom during the month of August, and 

 during the eight months ended August 31 

 for 1915, 1914, and 1913. 



Fruit Imports for September, 



The following quantities of fruits were im- 

 ported into the United Kingdom in Sep- 

 tember, 1914 and 1915: — 



1915. 1914. 



Apples Cwts. 33,677 43,078 



Apricots and peaches. . . " 77 170 



Bananas (bunches) . . 593,917 650,000 



Oranges Cwts. 5,185 6,205 



Pears " 35,745 31,187 



Plums " 1,244 963 



Quantities of Fruit Imported. 



Fruit. 



Apples 



Apricots and peaches 

 Bananas, bunches . . . 

 Oranges 



Month 



1913. 



Cwts. 



58,028 



1,005 



798,262 



19,404 



of August. 

 1914. 



Pears 188,829 



Cwts. 



7,354 



1,500 



1,143,104 



20,274 



54,671 



1915. 



Cwts. 



29,415 



56 



970,583 



11,039 



68,923 



8 Months ended August 31. 



1913. 



Cwts. 



1,705,774 



7,831 



4,952,091 



4,299,694 



257,118 



1914. 



Cwts. 

 1,179,184 



29,833 



5,851,165 



3,716,047 



178,988 



1915. 



Cwts. 



2,092,009 



8,890 



5,997,263 



4,648,044 



102,521 



OAKVILLE, ONT. 



At the date of writing (15th Oct.) the 

 following named plants are showing 

 good bloom, viz.: 



BEDDING PLANTS— 



Antirrhinums — "Silver Pink." 



Pansies. 



Salvia — "Bonfire." 



PERENNIALS— 



Coreopsis — (Second Crop). 

 Delphiniums — (Second Crop) 

 Echinacea — (Rudbeckia) pur> 



purea. 

 Gaillardia. 

 Hardy Asters — Nos. 22, 23, 26, 



34 and 40. 

 Helenium — 4 sorts. 

 Holly Hocks. 

 Kniphofia— "Pfitzeri." 

 Phlox — "Miss Lingard" (Sec- 

 • ond crop) "Jeanne d'Arc." 

 Shasta Daisies. 

 Veronica Spicata. 



Garden makers would do well to keep 

 these plants in mind for late bloom. 



JOHN CAVERS 



Banana and orange statistics are included in the tabulation for purposes of compari- 

 son. 



Receivers complain of the way the Eng- 

 lish apple is packed, and this, we think, is 

 largely due to the difficulty growers have 

 experienced in obtaining necessary labor. 



Most of the English cooking sorts will be 



of banquets, dinners and similar public 

 functions are expected to lessen the demand 

 for fancy box fruit. Labor, however, is 

 fully employed at wages considerably higher 

 than normal, and the working classes will 

 be able and probably willing to buy apples 

 freely. Sound No. 1 and No. 2 barrel apples 

 will be in good demand. The prospects for 

 No. 3 apples appear more doubtful, especi- 

 ally while quantities of English apples are 

 moving, but there is a distinct section of the 

 consuming public calling for cheap fruit, 

 and the large No. 3's especially (No. 1 in 

 size and color, but showing scab or other 

 defect) will experience a fair demand. 



Price Prospects. 



Prices are so variable, and depend so 

 much upon fluctuating conditions of satis- 

 factory supply, glut or market bareness, 

 condition, quality, etc., that forecasts are 

 always of doubtful value. The trade in 

 Olasgow, however, agree that prices as fol- 

 lows may reasonably be expected for good 

 No. 1 Ontario apples: Kings, 25s. to 30s.; 

 Baldwins, 23s. to 26s.; Spies, 25s. to 30s. 

 The size of the Nova Scotia barrel may be 

 expected to make a difference of from two 

 to four shillings. Any good varieties of 

 No. 1 box apples, Jonathans, Spitzenbergs, 

 Newtowns, Rome Beauty, should sell from 

 ten to twelve shillings, possibly at a slightly 

 higher price. Cox's Orange Pippin, In 

 strong demand but of which there is a 

 limited supply, may quite possibly reach 

 fifteen or sixteen shillings, or higher. 

 General price expectations are lower In 

 Liverpool than in Glasgow, and in London 

 lower than in Liverpool. 



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