August, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HOET I C ULTURIST 



199 



Morellos promise well, though if the dry 

 spell lasts, they may be undersized. 



Strawberries have been a heavy crop of 

 extra quality, and other small fruits are 

 bearing well, though currants are wormy, 

 and if the dry spell lasts the last of the 

 raspberries will be small. There has been 

 an average crop of hay with us, though 

 light in places. All other crops lock well 

 where good farming is practised. — W. J. L. 

 H amilton. 



British Columbia Notes 



An idea of the rapid growth taking place 

 ill the development of the fruit industry in 

 British Columbia is furnished by the report 

 of Thomas Cunningham, Provincial Inspec- 

 tor of fruit pests. This report, as pre- 

 sented to the government, shows that during 

 the first fourth months of this year there 

 were 2,718,0oG fruit trees and plants inspect- 

 ed at the provincial inspecting station at 

 Vancouver, as follows: January, 692,000; 

 I'euruary, 103,184; March, 767,152; April, 

 I,-. I/, I Id. This exceeds the number inspec- 

 ted during the same period cf 1909 by 1,- 

 rz'Zj'iai, or by 173 per cent, it is estimated 

 by Mr. Cunniugiiaiu that during the remain- 

 ing eight months of the year the number of 

 trees and plants that will arrive will bring 

 the total up to about 4,UOO,000. 



In one (U his weekly reports to the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Mr. J. C. Aletcalf, 

 who IS visiting the markets in the three 

 prairie provinces on behalf of the fruit 

 growers of British Columbia, states that 

 at Saskatoon there is a better feeling on the 

 part of the jobbing houses and retailers this 

 year toward buying and handling British 

 Columbia fruit. Mr. Metcalf warns cur 

 growers, that while all our fruit might be 

 marketed in the provinces of Alberta and 

 Saskatchewan, it will be advisable to market 

 a percentage of our output in Manitoba, 

 not only for the purpose cf selling it, but to 

 advertise it as well, thus removing the im- 

 pression that exists in the minds of some of 

 the dealers, that we are not growing any 

 appreciable quantity of fruit as yet. Our 

 growers are warned that they will have to 

 put up a good product this season for the 

 prairie markets as i)rices there will be ruled 

 to a great extent by Oregon and Washington 

 competitive prices, which must be met. 



The Mission Board of Trade has passed 

 the following resolution : "Whereas the 

 jobbers and wholesale men of the North-west 

 are petitioning the Dominion government 

 through their various boards of trade to 

 further reduce the duty on American fruit 

 coming into Canada, this board of trade 

 calls the attention of the government to the 

 great injustice and hardship this would be 

 to the fruit growing industry, and jjetitions 

 that in lieu of any decrease being made in 

 the duty the same should be increased." 



The Central Okanagan Land and Devel- 

 opment Co._, near Kelowna, who installed the 

 system of irrigation now in force near Rut- 

 land, have purchased about 7,000 acres al- 

 most due nortli of Kelowna and reaching to 

 within one and a half miles of the city. 

 This purchase includes some cf the best 

 f : I it lands of this district. A system of 

 irrigation is being installed. Water is be- 

 ing conveyed across the valley by a 32-incli 

 steel pipe main to concrete ditches and 

 concrete lateral pipes which convey the 

 water to the sub-division lots. 



Near Brilliant, B.C., the Doukhobbrs, 

 wlic two years ago bouglit 2,700 acres of 

 liiiid, have this spring started a colony. 

 Already tliey have 50,000 fruit trees plant- 

 ed. The Work they have done may be 

 judged from the fact that all the land had 

 to bo cleared and it was heavy clearing at 

 that. They are taking out every root and 

 arc ploughing deep. They intend to put 



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