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 GROUP No. 3 Concluded. 



Estimated Bear- 



Acres. ing Acreage. Estimated Yield. 

 Plums and prunes .... 117 %v 14 



Peaches ............. 68 8 32 boxes. 



Raspberries .......... 8% 1 500 crates. 



Strawberries ......... 9 1 1,046 



Currants ............. 4 1 150 



In the Kamloops District apples were a light crop, the plum, prune, and 

 cherry crops being very poor. Small fruits were a good average. 



In the Ashcroft District down to Hope, hardy winter apples paid well; 

 pears were fairly good ; plums, prunes, and cherries were very good ; and small 

 fruits were a heavy crop. 



In Nicola District fruit is scarcely grown in marketable quantities yet. 



GROUP No. 4 NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Acres. Estimated Yield. 



Apples .............................. 38 100 boxes. 



Pears ....................... ........ 2 



Cherries ............................ 2 



Plums and prunes ......... , ........ 2^ 



Raspberries ......................... 2*4 395 crates. 



Strawberries .................. ...... 6% 1,306 



At Alexandria, in the Cariboo District, fruit-growing is still in the experi- 

 mental stage. A few apple-trees bore light crops, but late spring frosts 

 damaged the buds. Raspberries w r ere a fair crop. 



At North Bonaparte (Clinton) no large fruits were raised this year, but 

 small fruits did well. 



At Terrace, in the Skeena District, young apple-trees yielded well ; sweet 

 cherries were exceptionally good. Small fruits also bore heavily here and at 

 Masset (Graham Island). 



GROUP No. 5 DRY BELT AND BOUNDARY. 



Estimated Bear- 



Acres. ing Acreage. Estimated Yield. 

 Apples .............. 18,237 3,039 198,825 boxes. 



Pears ............... 9043,4 151 5,174 



Apricots ............. 9014 15 542 



Plums and prunes ____ 980*4 163 22,292 



Peaches ............. 2,361% 393 555 



Raspberries .......... 166*4 27 23,571 crates. 



Strawberries ......... 168% 28 30,021 



Currants ............. 2 ... 430 



In the Fairview District, including the South Okanagan Valley and 

 Similkameen, the apple-orchards are young and only giving partial crops ; 

 plums, prunes, and cherries had light crops; small fruits fair. 



At Grand Forks the apple-crop was good, practically a full one. Cherries, 

 pears, plums, and prunes and small fruits bore well. 



In the Greenwood District (Rock Creek, etc.) there are many young trees 

 not producing yet. Small fruits did well where grown. 



