The garden of Canada : Burlington, Oakville and district . for mine Avas $1 per bbl. I put them into store,and sold them in February at $, Avith not three per cent. Avaste. Ifevery apple-gioAver in Canada had a building similar to the one described,of a size .sufficient to liold Avhat apples he may groAV from year to year,it Avould add hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Aalue of Canadianexports, by having six months instead of six Aveeks to market his crop. Purchasing and dealing in apples has been and is noAv a game ofchance, and very much of a gambling transaction, as mostly all the

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The garden of Canada : Burlington, Oakville and district . for mine Avas $1 per bbl. I put them into store,and sold them in February at $, Avith not three per cent. Avaste. Ifevery apple-gioAver in Canada had a building similar to the one described,of a size .sufficient to liold Avhat apples he may groAV from year to year,it Avould add hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Aalue of Canadianexports, by having six months instead of six Aveeks to market his crop. Purchasing and dealing in apples has been and is noAv a game ofchance, and very much of a gambling transaction, as mostly all the fruitmust be got to market before cold Aveather sets in. Consequently hun-dreds of thousands of barrels of Canadian apples are forced on congestedEuropean markets, and as a consequence many, Aery many are sold at aloss. Yes, many consignments haAc not realized enough to pay oceanfreight. Hoav differentit Avould be cotild the groAver keep his apples andhaA^e a fcAV months in Avhich to make sale. I am, faithfully, H. H. , October 27th, In tiik (>

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