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The Profits and Now that the daily Press, and 
notably the msi News, has taken 
the matter in hand, the subject 
of Fruit Growing may idm be threshed 
ар „моу, and to useful purpose. The 
of so much and prominence 
distributors, to ask for such things is to have 
ihem sooner or later— and gus A. sonet than 
later. For demand 
in such 
and sustains the supply, dh the неса the de- 
eavy loss of the 
grower. Now the Фе ines to the fruit 
а ony question is on е surest proofs that 
oe еза а grown 
fruit has already been d. With equal cer- 
: hear 
E т supply = be ку forthcoming, 
would yield him good: ETR prices, 
The chief difficulties in the way are such as 
may readily be overcome by wider knowledge 
and greater enterprise. Our climate, with all its 
faults, that of occasional hard spring frosts in- 
cluded, is one of the finest in the world for Apples, 
the most important of all our national fruits, and 
the one that has the most money in it. It Would 
be something approaching a national scandal 
that growers and traders from the States and 
Canada should beat English cultivators at their 
oors in the culture and distribution of our 
national fruit. We are not disposed to admit that 
‘this is so with the same facility as the Editor or 
some of the writers in the Daily ly News. Our wider 
trade would lead us to challenge the statement 
that the home growers аге really beaten. No one, 
however, can deny that American and Canadian 
Apples are often preferred to those grown at 
home. Nor are the reasons far to seek. Many of 
home-grown varieties are worthless, more are 
perishable, and the popular sorts often come in all 
together with a rush 
return in quantity 
shops and barrows alike by low prices and the 
steady progress of decomposition. These gluts 
of perishable articles in the market not “only 
ect on prices also extends far 
beyond the local causes or disturbances, such as 
congested markets or perishable varieties that 
produce the ruinously low prices., Apples re- 
ported unsaleable prevent rather then encourage 
d In this way the good varieties suffer 
with the And much of the worthless rub- 
bish, the serial bi up of which has originated 
able articles is for prices to sink to and remain a 
the lowest level rather than climb to the highest. 
Hence these clearances, rightly kr sS are 
steps towards a do uble or threefold im 
ment—-viz., in the growth of s 
higher prices, and improved distribution. 
these steps forward boldly taken and firmly main- 
tained, the home grower of Apples has little to 
fear from foreign competition, the formidable 
ring of middlemen, or the much-talked-of prefer- 
ential freights and rates in favour of foreign 
produce. In the matter of quality, without dis- 
paraging foreign Apples, we may say, without 
hesitation, that our best varioties; tested by price 
and experience, are equal to the best imported, 
Wi ith 
Heavily, too, as the middlemen's and market 
profits eat into ‘the growers’ returns, these would 
hit the latter lighter were qualities and gross 
values very much raised; for the commission is 
charged per bushel, and ‘Hed per hundredweight 
or per pound; hence by raising the value by the 
growth of better sorts, the actual costs of the 
middlemen would be cut ‘do own one-half, two-thirds, 
three-quarters, or even more. By the growth of 
long-keeping sorts, the grov er could hold on till 
he got prices, and could command markets that 
Fruit, 
d even more than corn—sho uld 
like corn—an 
ies sold "de sample rather than bulk. If this 
be done it would save reserve 
the fruit from the ае effects of three or 
more are and render t 
to be true to sample, the fruit grower would 
tion and conversion 
superior ne. je oes Za tl 
.only be со: 
have ample time to choose his 'own mar 
to send his goods direct to the buyer ; ‘atid ¢ thusit — 
might come to pass that the character of the _ 
grower, as well as the quality of his fruits would | 
raise and keep his prices at the top of the market, ^ 
Not only is perishable and inferior fruit almost 
worthless, but so is a mixed lot. As already stated, 
the level of the mixture sinks to that of Ка 
worthless part. Hence careful sorting and — 
sampling and packing are equally, or even more 
profitable, than superior cultivation or the skilful 
selection of superior varieties. 
In the 
serving the fruit on the spot 
veying them to market in the raw st 
has hardly as yet assumed practical importance 
case of Apples the аео of pre- 
ather than con- 
and o 
acres ally ' Sim 
portation of 70 per 
of our fruit. 
increased, it is probable that those of meat and 
of fruit might be greatly diminished; or, if not, 
that our home supplies of new and ‘dried fruits 
might be doubled 
There used to be a considerable home trade in 
dried Beaufins, a fine, solid,long-keeping Apple— - 
one largely grown in the Eastern Counties, The 
process of drying is simple, the fruit keeping 
ong and sweet after they are dried, and proving 
very useful for many purposes afterwards. The 
Americans and Canadians have many methods of 
of trade in most of our grocers’ shops. Prese 
Pippins, Apple jelly, and other boge 8 pes 
ducts of the f foreign 
growth and preparation, 
rather than forward in these 
Apple growers are in danger 
and undersold at their own мант in the cultiva- 
of their own national 
The difficulty as to BiR the factories 
e fruit or the fruit 
fruits. 
regard to Apples. 
adopted, as proved best ind most profitable ; 
in fact, this 
pickling and preserving are not seldom taken on 
e ground, and purchase through character or 
by sample, precedes delivery, to some of "d 
larger and best houses, of several Dar 
larger producers also make a co e 
among the smaller growers outside the sweep 
sure market at paying prices, an 
h f series of years 
choos- 
require, and presenting each lot in the 
rket, and E 
