January, 191 2 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Irrigation as Practiced in one of British Columbia's Now Numerous Irrigated Orchards 



The irrigation company generally carries the water to the highest point in the orchard. The fruit grower then distributes it from there, 



Sb& shown in the illufitra/tion. 



Summer Apples — Yellow Transparent, 

 Lowland Raspberry, Duchess of Olden- 

 burg. 



Fall and Early Winter Apples — St. 

 Lawrence, Wealthy, Alexander, Wolf 

 River, Fameuse, Mcintosh Red. 



Winter Apples— Milwaukee, Bethel, 

 Canada Red, Blue Pearmain, Golden 

 Russet. 



ONTARIO 



The fruits recommended for plantinj^ 

 in Ontario are fully described in bulletin 

 179, issued by the Ontario Department 

 of Agriculture, Toronto. Descriptions 

 are given of the qualities of the different 

 varieties of fruit are well as of the local- 

 ities for which they are best suited. 



For growth in the Ottawa Valley and 

 in the eastern part of the province not 

 elsewhere enumerated, south of latitude 

 forty-six degrees, Mr. W. T. Macoun, 

 horticulturist at the Central Experimen- 

 tal Farm, Ottawa, recommends the fol- 

 lowing varieties of apples : 



Commercial and Domestic — Summer — 

 Transparent, Lowland Raspberry, Duch- 

 ess, Langford Beauty. 



Autumn — Dudley, Wealthy, Alexan- 

 der, McMahon. 



Early Winter — Mcintosh, Fameuse, 

 Rochelle, Wolf, Baxter. 



Winter — Milwaukee, Bethel, Scott. 



Additional varieties suggested for do- 

 mestic use are : 



Autumn — Peach of Montreal, St. Law- 

 rence . 



Winter — Swayzie, Peewaukee, Golden 

 Russet, Rufus. 



Crab Apples — Commercial and Domes- 

 tic — Whitney, Martha, Hyslop. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA 



Mr. R. M. Winslow, the provincial 

 horticulturist, writes us that in British 

 Columbia, on Vancouver Island, the 

 Wealthy and King apples are the varie- 

 ties now most largely planted, while 

 Grimes Golden is becoming more of a 

 favorite as another winter apple suitable 

 to go with the King. In pears, the Bart- 

 Ictt, Boussock, Bosc, Clairgeau, and An- 

 jou have all done well, and plantings are 

 being increased. By intensive culture, 

 the Olivet Cherry has been a fine com- 

 mercial proposition around Victoria, and 

 is worthy of extended planting. The 

 Magoon strawberry meets with more 

 general approval than any other variety, 

 being extremely well adapted to local 

 conditions, attaining a good size and 

 yield in the dry summers prevalent here. 



In the Lower Mainland country, the 

 Dunlop and Magoon strawberries are 

 proven, the latter preferably for local 

 and the former for long-distance ship- 

 ments. The Cuthbert raspberry is well 

 proven, and is one of the best commer- 

 cial propositions. Large fruits are not 

 as favorably reported as the srrlall fruits 

 mentioned, but the Yellow Transparent 

 and Duchess give good returns, because 

 of the earliness with which they can be 

 put on the Prairie markets by express 



and the Wealthy and King, among later 

 apples, are giving good satisfaction. 

 Here, as on Vancouver Island, the plant- 

 ing of pears, particularly Clairgeau and 

 Anjou, is being more extensively carried 

 on. 



In the Thompson River Valley, par- 

 ticularly Walhachin and Kamloops, the 

 Transcendent, Wealthy, Mcintosh Red, 

 and Jonathan have proven themselves as 

 the best commercial varieties of fruit, 

 while in the Salmon Arm and Armstrong 

 District, a little further east, the same 

 varieties, and also Wagener, Grimes 

 Golden, and Northern Spy, have been 

 settled on as furnishing the most suit- 

 able types of apple to grow. 



In the Upper Okanagan, the Trans- 

 cendent Crab, Wealthy, Mcintosh, Jona- 

 than, and Wagener are being steadily 

 increased. In the .Southern Okanagan, 

 the Mcintosh, Jonathan, Wagener, 

 Rome Beauty, and Spitzenberg, are re- 

 commended. For the Similkameen, Jona- 

 than, Spitzenberg, Yellow Newtown, 

 Winesap and Rome Beauty are very de- 

 servedly popular, while Delicious is also 

 t>eing extensively tried out. In the 



Grand Forks and Boundary Districts, the 

 Wealthy, Mcintosh, and Jonathan have 

 been proveri by extensive plantings, and 

 are to be recommended for further ex- 

 tensions to the orchard area. 



In the very extensive West Kootenay 

 country. Wealthy, Mcintosh, Jonathan, 

 Wagener, and Northern Spy do very 



