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In the northern part of the Okaiiagan Valley the apple-crop was light ; 

 plums and prunes, fair; cherries, poor; and small fruits, good. At lake points 

 farther south, apples were medium and other fruits fair. Peaches were a 

 failure, owing to spring frosts. 



GROUP No. 6 EAST AND WEST KOOTENAYS. 



Estimated Bear- 

 Acres, ing Acreage. Estimated Yield. 



Apples 1,499% 375 18,000 boxes. 



Pears 127% 32 33 



(158 (sour). 



Chemes 133 ^ J12G [I (sweet). 



Apricots 43 11 



Plums and prunes 40% 10 510 



Peaches 53% 13 225 .. 



Raspberries 28*4 7 3,982 crates. 



Strawberries 1)0 22 1(5,092 



( 1 urrants 30% 8 1,418 



Knxt Knntt'mui Section. 



Small fruits were a very good crop at Athalmer and Wilmer. At Cran- 

 brook the crop of large fruits was light, whilst at Moyie and Wasa trees are 

 scarcely of bearing age yet. Strawberries and currants were a good crop. 



Wcxt Kofttciidi/ tfrction. 



Ifcrcltttokc District. Apples, plums, and prunes are all young here, as is 

 (he case ai Nakusp and Arrowhead, and the crop was light. 



A'n.v/0 District. At Lardo and Mirror Lake small fruits were good, apples 

 medium, and other fruits light. At Crawford Bay and Ainsworth the apple- 

 crop was medium ; small fruits, fair. 



/'o.v.s-/(///f/ District. Most of the orchards are young and bearing light 

 crops. Sour cherries were a heavy crop at Klko; small fruits generally a 

 medium to heavy crop. 



The tot:il acreage in orchard accounted for by Crop Correspondents is 

 31,819 acres, and allowing 10 per cent, for omissions, etc.. a fair estimate of 

 total plantings up to 1!>11 would be :j5.tlOO acres. 



The crop of apples this year is about 40 per cent, of that of 1910; all 

 other fruits also yielding light crops. The total estimated value of fruits and 

 berries was .$878,181. 



TREE-PLANTING, ETC., IN 1911. 



The acreage newly planted to fruit in 1911 is estimated at 10,500 acres; 

 and of the standard fruit-trees, seedlings, grafts, and bush fruits required, 

 151,751 dollars' worth were imported from various points; the balance, valued 

 at $199.038. being raised in the home nurseries throughout the Province. 



At interior points winter apples of the following varieties have been 

 planted almost exclusively: Mclntosh Red, Jonathan. Wagener, Grimes Golden, 

 Rome Beauty, Winesap, Spitzenberg, and Yellow Newtown, the varieties vary- 

 ing according to locality. 



Few peaches, but an increased number of apricots, were planted in the 

 more southerly districts. 



The acreage in strawberries and raspberries has been largely increased 

 in the West Kootenay districts, and to a lesser extent on the Lower Mainland. 



