. An experimental shipment of fruit to Winnipeg [microform]. Fruit; Fruits; Fruit; Fruits. II. OBSERVATIONS AT THE SHIPPING POINT. BV I'HOI'. H, L. HUTT, HOKTICLXTUNUT, UNT.\KI0 AuMICl''MAL CoLtEGt. (I) Thk Fhiit. Among the objectn of thiii shipment, one was to place on the Winnipeg market some of the choicest fruit that Ontario could produce, in the hope of helping to open a trade for Ontario srowers in the great Northwest. The accompanying tables give in a condensed form most of the par- ticulars regarding the class, variety, grade, .and condition of tl. fruit Khipped. While much of the
. An experimental shipment of fruit to Winnipeg [microform]. Fruit; Fruits; Fruit; Fruits. II. OBSERVATIONS AT THE SHIPPING POINT. BV I'HOI'. H, L. HUTT, HOKTICLXTUNUT, UNT.\KI0 AuMICl''MAL CoLtEGt. (I) Thk Fhiit. Among the objectn of thiii shipment, one was to place on the Winnipeg market some of the choicest fruit that Ontario could produce, in the hope of helping to open a trade for Ontario srowers in the great Northwest. The accompanying tables give in a condensed form most of the par- ticulars regarding the class, variety, grade, .and condition of tl. fruit Khipped. While much of the fruit in was lirstH:lass, or graded XXX, some of it, as t" records show, fell much below grade, and certainly would not have been shipoed if sufficient first-class fruit had been obtainable at the time. The grov<ers were handicapped in this re- spect to some extent by the unusual '.Ueness of the season, and also by the light crop of some classes of fruit, particulirly of the peaches and plums, which we were especially desirous of including in the Fig. 3.—Some Ontario Apple Boxes: 1. DimensionM, 9 in. x 12 i in. x 19 in ; capacity, 2137 cubic inches. J. Dim- ons, 9 in. X 13 in. X 18 in.; capacity, 2106 cubic inches, d. Di ons, 9J in. x 14 in. x 201 in.; capacity, 2764 cubic inches. 4. ,isions, 10 in. x 10 in. x 221 in.; capacity, 222-5 cubic inches, o Dimensions, 11 in. x Hi in. x 22} in.; capacity, 2784 cubic inches. _ Ihe standard size (not shown), 10 in. x 11 in. x 20 in.; capacity, 2200 cubic Another reason that much of the fruit was not of .i kind to tempt the buyer was because it was picked too green. A genera! impression .seemed to be m the minds of many of the shippers that mme but green, hard fruit, particularly of peaches, plums, and pears, would carry safely to the Winnipeg market. This was, of course, a point upon which no rcliabl" mformation was a* hand, and one of the valuable lessons afforded by experiment is
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