INFORMATION IDE FRUIT-GROWERS 



WITH 



LIST OF VARIETIES RECOMMENDED FOR PLANTING BY THE 

 PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



(As revised November 15th, 1912.) 

 BY R. M. WINSLOW, B.S.A., PROVINCIAL HORTICULTURIST. 



INTRODUCTION. 



TN issuing a revised edition of the " Varieties List," the Department of Agriculture 

 * has several objects in view : 



(1.) To provide definite information as to the best varieties of fruit to plant, 

 both for commercial purposes and for home orchards : 



(2.) To enable fruit-growers of each district to take action so as to limit the 

 choice of varieties for future planting: 



(3.) To assist the nurserymen of the Province to better estimate the probable 

 demand : 



(4.) To discourage extensive planting of new or little-tried kinds: 



(5.) To encourage the working-over of poor or indifferent varieties with scions 

 or buds of those which are more valuable. 



This revision has been necessitated by the additional information acquired since 

 the last issue, as to the commercial suitability of varieties, taking into consideration 

 all that has been learned about their commercial suitability, their adaptations to 

 various soils, success in different districts, immunity to fungous diseases, etc. 



The marketing question has been made a real problem by the recent increased 

 production in the United States and Canada generally, and ir. the North-western 

 States especially. The general range of prices received in 1910-1912 has been some- 

 what lower than in the period 1905-1909, in some instances very much lower. At the 

 same time, there has been a steady increase in the cost of labour and of living. 

 These two circumstances a using cost of production, and a lower selling price 

 make it imperative that more care be taken to select the most suitable varieties, 

 and to plant them under the most suitable conditions. 



Variety lists were issued by the Provincial Board of Horticulture in 1908 and 

 1910. 



SOURCES OF INFORMATION. 



In the compilation of this list a great many sources of information have been 

 drawn upon. First of all, there has been the experience of the members of the 

 Board of Horticulture, which, as the fruit-growers of the Province are aware, is 

 composed of practical fruit-growers, representing the principal districts men who 

 are in an especially good position to know what is best. 



The >advice of other prominent fruit-growers and of fruit-shippers throughout 

 the Province has also been drawn on to a large extent, and the Department of 

 Agriculture and the intending fruit-grower owe much to them. 



The staff of the Horticultural Branch of the Department, as designated else- 

 where in this bulletin, has been called on for information. These men, by virtue of 

 their continual observation in the orchards, in the fruit fairs of the Province, and 



