Imperial Fruit Show 



[Oct., 



Since 1904, the Ministry has pubHshed a Weekly Return of 

 Market Prices summarising the trade in the various classes of 

 Weekly Return of ^S^^^^^^^^'^l produce ajid requisites at lead- 

 Market Prices. markets throughout the country. The 

 Return includes a summary of the trade 

 rnovements generally, with more detailed reports regarding cer- 

 tain selected markets, which are together representative of the 

 trade of the country as a whole. Tables are included, showing 

 in convenient form the average prices of the various commodities 

 at each market week by week. The Return has hitherto been 

 supplied to the public free, but, in view of the increased cost of 

 printing and publishing, the Ministry has decided that after the 

 end of this year it can be issued only to subscribers. The rate 

 of subscription will be announced later. Farmers who do not 

 already receive the Return may obtain a specimen copy on 

 application to the Ministry. 



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An article in the issue of this Journal for September, p. 540, 

 gave an account of the Imperial Fruit Show to be held at the 



Im erial Fruit ^^'^'^^^^ Palace from 28th October to 5th 

 Show November. Schedules relating to the Com- 



mercial Section, the Amateur Section, 

 the Cider Section, and the Overseas Section, have now been 

 issued, and fruit growers throughout this country, and the other 

 parts of the Empire where apples are grown are now busy 

 selecting from the general bulk the show fruit for competition 

 in the various classes. 



Present information indicates that nearly 40,000 cases of 

 apples will be exhibited at the Crystal Palace, and of these 

 some 5,00/) or 6,000 are expected from Canada. Such a display 

 of apples should have the effect of attracting to the Crystal 

 Palace the general consuming public of London and adjoin- 

 ing centres. 



The growers, and indeed the whole of the horticultural 

 ■industry, now realise that a show of this importance provides 

 a unique opportunity for further propaganda to interest the 

 public in the use of apples, and so lead to a greater consump- 

 tion, thus encouraging the industry to increase its acreage with- 

 out the risk of the supply being in excess of the demand. 



The Federation of British Growers have in hand a project 

 whereby samples of named varieties of apples will be supplied 

 to the public, in order that they may become acquainted with 

 the merits of the different varieties. The National Farmers' 



