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principle, however, may be laid down. Select such packages as your trade 

 demands, bearing always in mind that fine fruit will justify a little extra expense 

 in the use of an attractive package, one that is substantial and suitable for the 

 class of fruit which is being offered. While the contents should be above reproach 

 a neat handy package will add much to the market value of the product. 



Eastern apple districts are wedded to the barrel, and when properly packed, 

 the standard varieties usually carry well in this package. For our finer and 

 more delicate dessert sorts, however, the box package should be adopted, and 

 the fruit wrapped in paper. This method will give infinitely better results to 

 all concerned. 



A comparison of the average prices for fruit packed in boxes in the Western 

 States and British Columbia, with the prices obtained for barreled fruit, in the 

 Eastern States, Ontario and Nova Scotia, is very clear evidence of the advantage 

 of careful packing in the smaller package for all apples of fancy quality. It is 

 not desirable, nor will it be profitable to put inferior apples in boxes, as the public 

 are looking for and expecting fancy fruit only in a package of this kind. 



The question of uniform sizes of standard packages of various kinds, has 

 been the subject for discussion among fruitgrowers for many years, and has also 

 been dealt with by legislation, as a result of the recommendations of the Domi- 

 ion Conference of Fruitgrowers. It is desirable that unanimous conclusions be 

 arrived at in regard to this feature of the fruit trade, as uniformity in this respect 

 throughout the Dominion would assist greatly in facilitating business between 

 the provinces, as well as on foreign markets, would cheapen to a considerable 

 extent the cost of packages which is quite an important item and would do away 

 with a great deal of the confusion and dissatisfaction which frequently prevails. 



MARKETING FRUIT. 



The proper and profitable disposal of a crop of fruit after it has been pro- 

 duced, is a question that should at once interest anyone who contemplates 

 embarking on an enterprise of this kind. It is just here that many persons 

 fail and in consequence come to the conclusion that fruitgrowing is not as satis- 

 factory from a monetary standpoint as they had been led to believe. 



It must be admitted that considerable judgment and common sense are 

 necessary in the marketing of a product so varied and so perishable as that 

 from the orchard or garden. The man who has a commodity to dispose of 

 that is of a more stable character, can bide his time and await a suitable market 

 before offering it to the public. Not so the producer of fruit. It must be placed 

 in the consumers' hands immediately it is ready, in good condition and, as nearly 

 as may be, with the bloom and appearance with which nature has endowed it. 

 To the extent that failure is experienced in accomplishing this result, more or 

 less serious financial loss will follow. Thus the question of available markets 

 and ease of access to them is of extreme importance. 



Fortunately for the fruit industry of Canada, conditions of late years have 

 been such that the markets have not only been able to absorb, at fair prices, 

 what domestic fruit has been offered, but have clamoured for more, and this 

 demand has created a very large trade from the south, both in the citrous and 

 other tropical fruits which we do not produce, and also in many of the deciduous 

 fruits which, under proper conditions, should be more largely supplied throughout 

 the entire season by our own people. This trade will be taken care of in a much 

 more satisfactory manner just as soon as Canadian fruitgrowers become more 

 fully alive to the situation, and to the possibilities that are within their grasp 

 in this respect. 



Broadly speaking, there are four classes of markets open to the Canadian 

 fruitgrower, which may be considered under the following heads or divisions: — 



