

nhcr fruit lections are the Ottawa Valley, from 



.! in I 're vott to Pembroke in Renfrew; the sooth ihr 

 Lake Simco. Huron Counties on Lake Huron; and the 



inland coontk i ! MM:. .m. with the southern 



i> and \\ aterloo and j..ir Imgton and 1*111 



lIl -' : elision of the apple beit that bar* 



An Awakfmn.f lnt.-i.-tt. In many section* of the Province, 

 akmg an intelligent interest in their orchard*, expend- 

 ing time an. I lal> -m. and reaping hand M, me returns. Theie Climpkl 



and (to\ eminent demonstrations, scicn 



other-, and a -rr.it a\\akeiiin. .ilf hearted, hap- 



hazard methods ..f many farmers have got ln<kxd. the 



awakening has begun n i> paid t ultujttng. 



li/ing. pruning and ully tuti |ier cent, more Spraying 



lan in am | med from neglect, the 



orchard iui- .1 at'. led or <|uadrupled :n value, and i% often now coo- 

 ed to be the best asset of the farm. The making of orchards. 

 apple and p mcing at a \ery rap hundreds of 



thousands of me> ha\nig been planted during the last few years. 

 I ; ruit -growing IN no longer confined to the farm, acted by 



handsome p- :ng up ' ch with en- 



thusiaxin. In at n Ontario will IK- priMlucing twice as much 



fruit as before. 



AV.MI//.V Apple orchards, well kept and properly marketed. 

 bring to the farmer from $60 to $150 net profit per acre. The 

 1 is from ireebarreU a tree. or 75 to toobarreU 



rage return t. the farmer at shipping |ni t* 

 . to $3.00 jxrr barrel \\ Jt'.i careful treatment, aj^.le 

 can IK- made to produce in ti . Mine and le highly pr-h: 



within fit iged a Ittirel per tree 



ar old >. Hut eptionaL 



Hi- Northern Sp> tr. r. totalled joo barrels of 



i grade, with 15 U liesides. Hut the Spy ha* gone a* 



high as nine % and there are apple-trees that go 



much higher still The H..n. Mr Hurrell. Ujminion Minister of 



10 realize that they ought 



to ha inance of their orchards, and the fen- 



farmer who is Carrying on fruit growing is making a big mi- 

 if he does not get sonn knowledge of what hi* 



orchard is doing and what it ought to do. If he did. he would be 

 ama/ed at the iinanci.il results he could get from his Orchard."* 



