. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1897. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. GRIMSBY AND WINONA FRUIT GROWERS— FlO. —Mk. C. I'. CAKrENTtR. ITTLE more need be added concerning these fruit centres, -y^ for we want to deal with many other parts of our beautiful Pro- ce. There are two Winnna men. how- ever, who have accomplished so much, toward the development of the fruit industry in Canada, that we must not pass them by. We refer to Mr. E. D. Smith, who is referred to in a succeed- ing article, and to Mr. T. H. P. Carpen- ter, whose beautiful house is shown in Fig. 1087. At Winona
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1897. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. GRIMSBY AND WINONA FRUIT GROWERS— FlO. —Mk. C. I'. CAKrENTtR. ITTLE more need be added concerning these fruit centres, -y^ for we want to deal with many other parts of our beautiful Pro- ce. There are two Winnna men. how- ever, who have accomplished so much, toward the development of the fruit industry in Canada, that we must not pass them by. We refer to Mr. E. D. Smith, who is referred to in a succeed- ing article, and to Mr. T. H. P. Carpen- ter, whose beautiful house is shown in Fig. 1087. At Winona station, these two gen- tlemen compete with each other in their purchases of fruit from growers, and in their circulars of prices current to buyers. Having telephone connec- tion from the shipping sheds, with the leading growers, they can soon have at their command any quantity of fruit for the filling of orders. Mr. T. H. P. Carpenter and his father, C. P. Car- penter, formed a partnership in the fruit shipping in 1878, and the business of the firm in the fruit business aver- ages between $25,000 and $35,000 per annum. In 1893 their shipments of choice dessert grapes amounted to about half a million pounds, since. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original St. Catharines, E. S. Leavenworth
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