FRUIT GROWING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



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Fig. 109.5. — From a Photo of a Cherry Tree, seven years planted, on ground of M. J. Henry, 

 Vancouver, B. C. 



and have proved to be one of our best 

 preserving cherries, selling readily at 

 IOC. per pound, growing larger fruit 

 than they did in Pelham and perfectly 

 free from black-knot or worms. 



Very few apples grow to perfection 

 in this lower part of British Columbia, 

 near the salt water. I grow good Yel- 

 low Transparent, Maiden's Blush, Weal- 

 thy, Duchess of Oldenburg, Talman 

 Sweet and King. Baldwin and Ben 

 Davis yield and keep well, but do not 

 color up nicely. The Dutch Mignonne 

 and Little Romanite, I notice do well 

 in neighbors' orchards. Around Lytton 

 and Armstrong, in the upper country, 

 they grow the finest apples I ever saw. 



Nearly all the English gooseberries 

 mildew badly with us, but the Downing 

 and Oregon Champion are free from it 

 so far and yield immense crops. 

 Vancouver, B.C. M. ]. Henry. 



FRUIT growing in British Col- 

 umbia can be made very pro- 

 fitable if the settler has means 

 enough to properly clear the 

 land and live until he can get returns 

 from his plantation of fruits, which 

 means an expense of $200 to $400 per 

 acre for clearing, and his living for two 

 or three years until his fruits begin to 

 bear. 



Nearly every variety of plums and 

 prune grow to perfection here, but 

 there are only five or six varieties that 

 I would plant for profit. 



Cherries do equally as well, and 

 bring good prices, especially the Gen. 

 Wood, Yellow Spanish, May Duke, 

 Royal Ann and Black Tartarian. Seven 

 years ago, my friend, Daniel VanWyck, 

 of Ridgeville, Ont , sent me some suck- 

 ers of the common sour cherry, which 

 have now grown into bearing trees. 



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