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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1911 



Hood River Valley. The report indicates 

 that this will be a record year in the fruit 

 production of the province, although a frost 

 in January had a disastrous effect on a 

 number of orchards as a result of which 

 apples may be a somewhat short crop. 



The provincial government is distributing 

 'bulletin No. 26. This is an elaborate pub- 

 lication printed on high grade paper and 

 profusely illustrated. It gives an excellent 

 idea of the fruit prospects of this province, 

 as well as of openings in other lines of 

 trade. It is a credit to the Department of 

 Agriculture, and should assist greatly in at- 

 tracting immigration and capital to this 

 province. 



The Board of Directors of the British 

 Columbia Fruit Growers' Association held 

 a meeting at Kamloops on June 3rd to con- 

 sider the proposed reciprocity agreement. A 

 resolution was unanimously carried stating 

 that it was the opinion of the directors that 

 the agreement, if carried, would have a 

 detrimental effect on the fruit industiy, 



and, therefore, that it should be opposed. 



A new industry is being established near 

 Nelson where Mr. T. M. McFarland, a re- 

 cent arrival from Mexico, proposes to go 

 in extensively for raising tropical flowers, 

 particularly orchids, of which he is import- 

 ing some 3,000. 



The nurseries of the province have been 

 completely drained of good varieties this 

 season through the great demand. One 

 good result is that no old stock remains, 

 with the minimum liability to pests. A 

 disadvantage of this condition is that the 

 nurserymen are tempted to dispose of 

 undersized trees. The system of the 

 ranchers of a locality pooling their orders 

 and sending one man to select the stock is 

 increasing in favor. 



A remarkable proof of the interest which 

 large and small investors at the coast are 

 taking in Kootenay fruit lands is shown by 

 over fifty recent sales to prospective 

 ranchers in Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, 

 Tacoma, and Portland. 



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Spring Tooth 

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Massey- Harris 



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Toronto, Montreal, Moncton, Winnipeg, 



Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, 



Edmonton 



Herr Otto Becker of Hamburg has pur- 

 chased a block of land near Wardner where 

 he will start an ostrich farm. 



Two years ago the British Columbia Fruit 

 Growers' Association did not have any local 

 associatins affiliated with it. One year ago 

 there were four affiliated aasociations. To- 

 day the following marketing bodies are 

 affiliated : Creston Fruit and Produce ex- 

 change, Kfwtenay Fruit Growers' union, 

 Okanagan Fruit Growers' union, Kelowna 

 Farmers' exchange, Salmon Arm Farmers' 

 exchange, Hatzic Fruit Growers' associa- 

 tion, Hammond Fruit association, Victoria 

 Fruit Growers' exchange. In addition to 

 these marketing as.sociations there are also 

 affiliated the Armstrong Fruit Growers' as- 

 .sociation, vSummerland Fruit Growers' asso- 

 ciation, and Queens Bay Fruit Growers' 

 association, which are not yet shipping as- 

 sociations. 



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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



FEIEBEOFO 



ONTARIO 



