. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 52 THE AUKIUULTUKAL NEWS. February ]8, FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES. THE GRAPE-FRUIT IN CANADA. A circular lias been issued recently liy Messrs G Vipond & Co., of ilontreal, Canada, dealing with tlie status of the grape-fruit in that country and making suggestions for its larger export from the West Indies. Attention is first drawn to the recent lowering of prices of this fruit and the conse- quent larger demand; so that from being an article of luxury, it is becoming one for every-day consumption by all class
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 52 THE AUKIUULTUKAL NEWS. February ]8, FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES. THE GRAPE-FRUIT IN CANADA. A circular lias been issued recently liy Messrs G Vipond & Co., of ilontreal, Canada, dealing with tlie status of the grape-fruit in that country and making suggestions for its larger export from the West Indies. Attention is first drawn to the recent lowering of prices of this fruit and the conse- quent larger demand; so that from being an article of luxury, it is becoming one for every-day consumption by all classes. This demand is increasing to such an extent that the firm feels fully justified in stating that any dealer iu grape-fruit in Canada will require to have access to a full stock during the ?whole of the year. In taking measures to increase such demand, attention must be given to careful grading and packing, and the use of attractive packages. Messrs. Vipond have placed their .lamaica business on an organized and established basis, and the first importation of grape-fruit and oranges under the new arrangement ar- rived in Canada in October. Distribution of this shipment was nrade in car lots in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Eegina as well as in several .smaller cities. This initial .ship- ment has been followed by larger weekly ones, and it was expected that during November and December, about 1-5,000 boxes of fruit from .lamaica, largely grape-fruit, would be distributed in the Northern United .States and Canada. Special attention is draw-n to the necessity of care on the part of exporters in forwarding the fruit, especially as the prices obtained depend mostly on this, and as freight has to be paid for the bad fruits which depreciate the value of the shipments, as well as for the good ones. The firm invites increased exports of grape-fruit from the West Indies, and suggests that those who wish to forward consignments of the fruit, and who are not resident in Jamai- ca, Cub
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