THE'^ GRIMSBY AND IIVAV.V.l FRUIT GROWERS. 



Mr. E. /.J IVoolverton, (Irimsby, is a 

 well-known fruit grower, because of his 

 connection with the Niagara District 

 Fruit (Jrowers' Stock Co., of which he is 

 president. His orchard is a perfect pic- 

 ture, consisting of about sixty acres of 

 the choicest fruit land, in the very best 

 state of cultivation. He has a ten acre 

 orchard of Baldwin apple trees, about 

 thirty years planted, every one a beauty. 

 They had never given a full crop, but 

 this year they were loaded with prime 

 fruit. But they ripened two weeks earlier 

 than usual and two-thirds fell to the 

 ground before they could be harvested. 

 He shipped about 1,900 bis., but like 

 many others, received from the net pro- 

 ceeds scarcely his actual expenses. Is it 

 any wonder that he has decided to dig 

 out a large number of these fine trees 

 and plant some more profitable fruit ? 



Fli:. 10i;3.-Mu. !■: .1. WooLVERTDN'. 



He has a very large vineyard of Ni- 

 agara, Pocklington, and Rogers grapes, 

 which yield abundantly, and one of the 

 finest blocks of Duchess pears in the 

 whole district These fine trees were his 

 pride for some years, owing to their 

 rapid and vigorous growth, until the 

 blight sadly disfigured them. Notwith- 

 standing the discouragements Mr Wool- 

 verton still has confidence in the future 

 of fruit growing, and has planted his 

 whole farm with the various fruits. His 

 farm adjoins that of the Secretary of the 

 Ontario F.G. A , on the west, being separ- 

 ated by a lane leading to Lake Ontario. 



Fig. I(i(J4.— Mr A. H. Pettit. 



Mr. A. H. Pctiit, of Grimsby, whose 

 fruit farm adjoins that of the writer on the 

 east, was one of the first to plant a large 

 peach orchard, chiefly of Early Craw- 

 ford peaches ; a large vineyard of Con- 

 cord grapes, an orchard of 600 Baldwin 

 apple trees ; a plantation of Duchess 

 pears, and other fruits. This original 

 Crawford peach orchard was a great 

 success, and only quite recently was 

 renewed with young trees. The Bald- 

 wins gave him their first crop this year — 

 the finest we ever saw; — and brought the 

 owner excellent prices from some of the 

 inland markets of Great Britain. 



Mr. M. Pettit, of Winona, a notice of 

 whom has already appeared in this jour- 

 nal, is like Mr. A. H., one of our ex- 

 presidents, has always made his vineyard 

 his chief hobby. It is situated on rich, 

 sandy loam, close under the mountain, 

 the sediment from which constantly en- 

 riches. All the way to CoUingwood and 

 Thornbury this condition prevails, and 

 those similarly situated all along the 

 mountain base might well plant their 



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