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y WERXESDAY, JUXE ®, 19186 TIME IS SHOR T James A. Livingston, Publisher Grimsby, = Phor The Independent subscribers p\aylng n auve ‘before that date get it at the price of $1.00 a year. N JULY 1st the subscription () price of The Independent goes up to $1.50 a year. All subscribers paying in advance () Weekly ‘papers all over Canâ€" ada are raising their subscription price. The continuous rise in wages and materials is the cause. White "News Print" alone has advanced 66 Per Cent in the last nine months. Renew Toâ€"day and Save the "Four Bits" 18 Phone 36 old THUB INDEPHDEXT, CRIMSBY, ONTARIO Ing a test of ten days, and it, showed that sweet cherries may also be proâ€" cooled and shippped west, Precooled Cherrics Stand up Well To demonstrate how precooled cher ries stand up after withrrawal from refrigerator car, a part of the exper!â€" mental shipment was reshipped . by erdinary express to Brandon an! arâ€" riveg there in good condition, selling for a higher figure than those sold in Winnipeg. Cherries that have been picked for | 10 days will not stand up as woll as freshly picked fruit even though they have been under refrigeration. Ripenâ€" ing processes take place alowly under refrigeration, and thus lower the viâ€" ‘umy of the fruit, However, cherrics will not immediately perish . upon withdrawal from refrigeration, and if they have not been underrefrigeration for more than 8 or 10 days most varieties will stand up long . enough for marketing. Upon lrru withdrawal from the refrigerator car there is a rapid condcusation of moisture upor the surface of the fruit (not so heavy on the prairies as in the East on acâ€" count of the low relative humidity of the air in the West), This moisture gradually disappears, but the moisâ€" ture and heat combined always tend: to germinate mould spores. During the day of unloading and distribution the cherries remain in good condition without much sign of change, After twentyâ€"four hours from the car, or on the following morning the fruit will appear in as good condition, but up on careful examination will show disâ€" coloured spots, especially where . it Fas been bruised, After thirtyâ€"six kours the discoloured spots begin to show decay, which begins to be serious after two days from the car unless kept in cold ‘storage. Gooseberries may be readily includâ€" ed in precooled shipments . as they stand refrigeration and shipping well At 32 degrees F. they remain in good condition for four weeks, and at a reâ€" frigerator car temperature will not perish under two weeks. Black Currants Black currants also stand refrigerâ€" ation well, and by precooling may be shipped to Manitoba and _ Saskatcheâ€" wan, At 3? degrees F. they may be stored f<r a porlod of two weeks, aai at a refrigerator car temperature roâ€" main in good condition for 10 days. However, if shippod in the larger naskets there is a tendency to develop a fine monld growth throughout . the package. MÂ¥ 4 ‘The precooling of plums has been wery successful from the first. Shipâ€" ments of 1915 were very active and rvg universa satisfaction, More care being given to the maturity and eondition of the fruit at picking time, and this has augmented the precoo!â€" Ing work to such an extent that preâ€" éooled shipments of plums has beâ€" come very popular, The greatest distance that precooled plums have been shipped were to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and to Glasgow, Scotâ€" whipmonts o vrairie points. At 32 doâ€" iqfl‘g“m'l‘u Tor from 10 ‘ ‘to two weeks, and at 40 degrees . remains in good condition for from ¢ to 8 days. 5 ‘ _ _Plums retain their flavour and texâ€" ture under refrigeration better than any of our tender fruits, and during the past year shippers have bad all fears allayed that had previously made them vory sceptical as to the keeping quality of precooled plums, Our exâ€" perimental tests with the plum vario= | ties have been made to determine |j which varicties are suitable for long | distance shipments after precooling. | ‘The following have proven most satls | factory: Bradshaw, Monarch, Grand | Duke, Reine Claude, Damson, Abunâ€" dance and Burbank, ‘These varieties may be held in storâ€" | age at 32 degrees F. for local markets for a period of one week to three weeks depending upon the variety. Tomatoes Much difficulty has . been _ exâ€" perienced in shipping tmatoes to the western provinces, due . lat,ely to a lack of tomato shipping . information and standards. Thus far pprecooling has not helped to any extent to . fix these standards, since not enouzh PRECOOLING FRUIT time has celapsed for shippers to get nequainted with this manner of ship ping, When picked firm enough for ‘ulllm shipments, tomatoes have not eoloured enough for a precooled «bipmont; and when picked ripe e: ough for local shipments, oten times they have heen too ripe for carrying \ou" distances, Demonstrations dvrâ€" ing 1915 have shown that the question of maturity is most important, In pre cooled shipments, tomatocs must 00 well afvanced in colour, otherwis> they will arcive ca the market pale and ~nattractive;; on :‘e other hand the tomato muet be firm. enough . to stand the noscssary package pressi‘re which it will be exposed to during so ter > a carriogo, The tomat» must alâ€" «o be free from cracks or atem puncâ€" tures, and it has been noticed that ‘Up-m- packed without stems are thus removed4 from the danger of stem puncture and carry more satisfactori By packing in berry cates the red irrant may be included in precocled ‘The better varieties of tomatoos, such as Chalk‘s Jewel, Bruce‘s First and Best, and Danish Export, may be s«tored at a temperature of 32 dogreon Â¥F. tor two weeks. These varieties will \M a rofrigerator car temperature of 40 degrees F. for abont 10 days. TREATWEXT OFP CELERY TO PREâ€" vYENT BLIGHT BLIGNT ‘There are two disticet biights of ectery. early blight and lato blicht. l'ln!n discases aro due to fung!, which feed 1:on the leaves, and in some Continued from page 1 i * Currants (To be continued.) Plums You feed the fire with utmost ease owing to the J double feed doorsâ€"no scattering of fuel and room to big chunks of wood. If you have five or ten minutes to spare come in and PH show you the other advantages of this splendid furnace. i USE GRASSELLL SPRAY cases the » . as, Do not from the sseuâ€"bed th,t are the . least spotted. Dip leaves oi all transplants in a weak solution of ammoniacal cop P@r carbonate, Keep 4@ plants in as vigorous condition as postible from start to finish, This i important, The following is the formjla for ammonia cal copper ‘carbonate Grasselli‘s Lime and Sulphur solution, Grasselli Arâ€" senate of Lead Paste, Grasselli Arsenate of Lead Powder, Grasselli‘s Sulphate of Nicotine. A stock of which I always carry on hand. No order too large or no order too small. 1| am always ready to take your orders or quote prices. J. J. GROCE, "Gveat Lakes Routs"‘ Wher Crop was prodgaced there is a home weiting for you. The CANADIAN â€" PACIFIC Sold by James A. Wray, Grimsby, Ont. \ Ford Touring Car Price $530 Materialâ€"â€"â€"The Best on the Market If you stayed indoors all winterâ€"you might not need your Ford ‘till "new grass" time. But in the wide "outâ€"ofâ€"doors" the Ford serves as well in Janâ€" uary as in June. . It‘s the allâ€"yearâ€"round car with a reputation for service and economy that isn‘t affected by the season. ‘The Runabout is now $480; the Town Car $780; L.0.b. Ford, Ontarioâ€" _ All cars completely equipped, inâ€" cluding electric headlights. Equipment does not inâ€" clude speedometer. Get particulars from will take yea there « «ll the information about h:-â€"‘:-,-â€". m m m -_- "MADE IN CANADA® t set plants are the . least Phone 107 March to October Copper carbonate 5 oz, Ammonia 3 pts. Water, 45 gals, Add water to the carbonate to make a thin paste, Dissolve the paste in wmmonia, diluted with about 2 galâ€" tons of water. Make up to 45 gallons. â€"W, W. Robbins, â€" Colormid Agréilâ€" \llull College, Fort Collins, Colo, Grimsby