r GROWING 51 



FRUIT GROW I 



.1 Inrlt of Southern or Old Ontario extends from 

 east to west for a distance of over 400 miles, and from north to 

 sout! m 50 to 150 miles, constituting an area of from *VQOD 



to 60,000 square miles. It is no small oasis in the desert, but a gar- 

 den in procesi oi realii . i mi the grandest scale. The 



I only ! adequate labour, an 



ossihilities are as yet unmeasured. In the open air grapes 

 peaches grow luxurumK vards and orchard* 



\er miles. And in the fall a market may be seen where 

 him wagons are :-u fruit and the atmo- 



sj-lu-M- is tilled with fragrance. In the fn : tltcre are many 



beautiful i "nun th ottage with shade trees and pretty 



garden. to tin- ii k house with ornamental trees, tennis 



lawn and > of flow ty on fruit -grow - 



In- land, the Miiiohine. and the rain we have 

 .thing; only we m men tthusiastk f 



growers to take .^e of these favourable condition* to make 



Ontario grow, so that she will Continue to be the guiding star of ttm 

 great Dominion." 



Kinds. On:. MC cnintr> of the k:nj of fruits, the apple 



v, Snow. .olden ku^ct. '.rcening. Wealthy, and 



MM- :t |.:...!u . in abundance the pear 



Bartlett, Anjou. Du< ' icrs; the plum, such as the Bur- 



bank, Bradshaw. Lombard, and Monarch; the quince, the *l 



he raspberry, and other small fruits; the grape. 

 liich are the Concord. Worden. and Niagara; 

 the peach, its bc*t dlow St. John. Crawford. 



Kll" : New 1'rolir 



Quality. The gardens anil on h.mU . -r Tanada have the reputa- 



in the * apples, peaches and 



.inking with (lu- m London. ' 



York and other gre;r < of wealth. Ontario leads in fruit- 



proc! > ie$t qua! 



In the southern parts of the Province the (teach is produced In 

 Niagara peache* vstal 



Palace, London, were admitted t> he th. entered 



I British port. 



ternational Apple-shi||*crx' AMOCU- 

 .land. Unite esident'* 



irio, which gives this Province the premier 

 ion for apples on the North American Continent. 



