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Excerpt from Trial Shipments of Peaches in 1910 In 1897 this department made trial shipments to Great Britain of about cases of tender fruits. Of which over cases were peaches. As a result, a good deal of valuable information was obtained and placed before the shippers and growers in the peach belt. During the past three years, in order to encourage the shipment of tender fruits to Great Britain, the department has reserved cold storage chambers on the steamers and guaranteed the earnings thereon so that shippers of small lots might be accommodated and have their fruit carried at a proper temperature and at the regular rates. With the same end in view the department also agreed to pay the icing charges, up to $5 per car, on all shipments of early apples and tender fruits received at Montreal for export in cold storage from August 1 to October 1 in each year. During the past four years small lots of peaches, grapes, etc., have been sent to various parts of Europe for exhibition purposes, with most excellent results. While the action of the department in these respects stimulated the shipment of early apples and pears, it had no appreciable effect on peach shipments, for the reason that the Opinion was pretty generally held that it was not possible to ship our peaches to Great Britain on a commercial scale and land them in good condition. Owing to this apparent disinclination on the part of shippers or growers to for ward such quantities as would thoroughly test the market, it seemed advisable that this department should make a few trial shipments in 1910 in order to procure accurate data respecting the proper degree of maturity at picking time, the best method of packing, proper temperatures during transportation, etc., especially as the acreage under peaches in Ontario. Has been rapidly increasing in recent years. If shipments are made by private individuals or firms such information is not readily available for the general public. The extension of markets for farm products is one of the chief duties assigned to the Dairy and Cold Storage Branch of the department and its organization, in cluding the cargo inspectors at Montreal and at ports in Great Britain, along with the iced car services and the specially reserved refrigerator chambers on the steamers, permits of such work being undertaken with little extra expense or interference with other duties. An appropriation was secured for the purpose during the session of: 1909-10 and the preliminary arrangements were completed early in June. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.