60 FRUITS 



of ' culls ' (apples too small to peel, being less than two inches 

 in diameter) were sliced and dried and shipped to Havre to 

 be used, it is supposed, in making cider. 



Nova Scotia is another apple -growing province. The 

 sheltered land near the Bay of Fundy is covered with orchards, 

 especially in the Valley o! Annapolis. 



The best apples of British Columbia grow in the Valley of 

 the Okanagan, a tributary of the Columbia, in the southern 



APPLE ORCHARD IN BLOOM, CANADA 



part of the province : but there are many other apple 

 districts. 



In nearly all the Australian States the cultivation of apples 

 is increasing, but at present the most extensive orchards are 

 in Tasmania. The County of Kent in the south of the island, 

 and especially the Huon Valley, are the most noted districts. 

 The fruit is exported in large quantities, and from Hobart 

 alone in the season a dozen or more large ocean steamers 

 leave the docks loaded with apples as their cargo. 



BANANA (Natural Order Musaceae). This great plant, which 



