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SMALL FRUITS : 



Strawberries Ma goon (S.), Sharpless, and Paxton (L. M.) 

 Raspberry Cuthbert. 

 RHUBARB : 



Victoria, Myatt's Linnseus. 



IMPORTANT. The best commercial propositions on Vancouver Island are 

 undoubtedly the Olivet and English Morello cherries, the Bartlett pear, the 

 Italian Prune, and early apples, depending on the section as above noted. 

 Strawberries and rhubarb are also good commercial propositions at the 

 present time. 



The fruit industry of the Island generally has rather overlooked the 

 possibilities of the local and Northern market, but there is no doubt that in 

 a few years the Coast market will overtake the entire production in every 

 line of fruit growing on the Island, and will permit of the production of 

 much more fruit at remunerative prices. 



2. Lower Mainland. 

 APPLES : 



Summer Yellow Transparent (L. M.), Duchess of Oldenburg. 

 Fall Wealthy. 



Winter King of Tompkins County, Northern Spy. 

 Crabs Hyslop. 



Careful shippers report that the Yellow Transparent and Duchess of 

 Oldenburg are about the best propositions in the apple line in this district. 

 Bark diseases on these varieties can be controlled by proper spraying. The 

 Wealthy should be planted here only on well-drained soils. This is not 

 particularly an apple country. 

 PEARS : 



Fall Bartlett and Dr. Jules Guyot. 

 Winter Buerre Clairgeau, Buerre d'Anjou. 



Pears have not been extensively tried commercially, but do very well, 

 and give excellent returns and are worthy of more extensive cultivation. 



CHERRIES : 



Preserving English Morello, Olivet. 



These two do well, but have not received the attention their possibilities 

 warrant. 



SMALL FRUITS : 



Strawberries Early Fairfield, Warfield. 



Late Magoon, Campbell. 



Of these varieties all are satisfactory, the Magoon perhaps being a little 

 soft for long-distance shipping here. Strawberries are, in the estimation 

 of quite a few growers, the best proposition on the north bank of the 

 Fraser River. 



Raspberries Main crop Cuthbert. 



This variety is pre-eminent, and some growers rank it as the best commer- 

 cial proposition in the section. 



