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are much higher. Good land for pears and plums in the Niagara 

 district average about the same as grape lands. The lighter ; 

 of soils in that district, which are used for peaches and pears, arc 

 also used largely for the growing of r.-i-pU Tries and strawberries. 

 The heavier soils produce the other small fruits, along with tin 

 grape, pear and plum, and prices rule accordingly. 



In the newer districts along Lake Erie, light or peach soils ma\ 

 be purchased at price-* ranging from $50 to $150 per acre, and heavy 

 -i!s for the other fruits at from $40 to $100 per acre. 



Generally throughout the Province, other than the tender- 1 run 

 districts, the lighter soiN are used for the strawberry, raspbern . 

 blackberry and Miur cherry, while the heavier soils are given to the 



ami ripened in the open air. Niagara-on-the-Lake. 



other fruits, including the pear and plum, and, subject to distance 

 from shipping point, may be bought at from $30 to $150 per acre. 



Opportunities for investment. The capital already invested in 

 the field of fruit is $75,000,000. And the opportunity for further 

 imestment is great. Other conditions equal, the outlet for profit- 

 able venture is meantime hard to limit. Although three-quarters 

 of all the fruit of Canada is grown in ( Mitario. this industry of the 

 Province is still in comparative infancy. The fruit area is of vast 

 it. including immense implanted stretches suitable for apples. 

 tine in quality and of great variety, and withal the fruit in most 

 demand. The soil is rich, varied and well watered. The climate 

 is good, in certain parts ideal. Cultured and prosperous, with the 

 conveniences and amenities of modern civilization, the Province 

 occupies a central and commanding position in the matter of splen- 

 did markets. Provincial Government information and institutions, 



