America. It is reasonably expected that this is a trade which can be catered to on 

 the completion of the Panama Canal to greater advantage than at present. 



COMMENTS ON USING LISTS. 



In the use of the lists which follow, the following points should be observed : 



The list has reference mainly to the varieties of greatest commercial value, which 

 are marked in each case with an asterisk, and to those most desirable for home 

 orchard planting. 



No attempt has been made to include those numerous varieties which may be 

 of value for those local or special markets which are often to be found by the man 

 who will cater to them. 



The list for each district is not large. There are many other varieties which do 

 well, and still others may be profitable. But there is a great economy in having but 

 a few kinds rather than many. 



Local associations, such as the farmers' institutes, the agricultural associations, 

 and the fruit-growers' associations, should make strong efforts to influence the new 

 plantings of the district. No grower lives to himself alone. His bad choice hurts 

 the district as well as himself. It is suggested that local organizations conduct a 

 series of meetings, to make a choice of varieties for recommendation. In making 

 this list, the Assistant Horticulturist for the district and the Department of Agri- 

 culture might very well be consulted. Having adopted a list, changes should be 

 made in it only with the greatest care, and every effort should be made to give it 

 publicity and to secure its adoption and use. 



The list for home orchard planting is deemed fairly complete for the average 

 home. There are many other good kinds which could be profitably included if the 

 land and time and money are available for them. In all those cases where the 

 intending grower feels that the list does not meet his requirements or his conditions, 

 the Department will be at his service in advising on the kinds most likely to bring 

 results. Letters on this subject should be addressed to the Provincial Horticulturist 

 at Victoria. 



It is not recommended that each orchard-planter should put in all Ilic A/m/.s 

 recommended for commercial planting for his section. Rather should he select the 

 three or four which are best adapted to his own conditions, of location, soil, etc. 

 If the entire list recommended for the district is considered by each planter, the 

 effect will be to give the district a continuous line of fruit, to keep the packing- 

 houses open and to supply the markets. 



It is far from being the intention of the Department, in issuing this list, to 

 discourage experimental work with new or untried varieties. In every section of 

 the Province there is much information to be had from testing both old and new 

 varieties of all kinds. Such experiments, if conducted on a large scale, are almost 

 certain to result in loss to the experimenter, great as their value to the district as a 

 whole. Every fruit-grower might well do a little experimenting with a few varieties, 

 but two or three trees of each kind are sufficient. 



Even with the greatest care in its compilation, the list offered is not absolute. 

 It cannot be accepted as final. It would be a mistake for any intending fruit-grower 

 to take the recommendations for his district as applicable entirely to his own piece 

 of land. 



Our conclusions as to varieties, carefully as they may be made, may be materially 

 changed in the course of years. We are only at the beginning of a real under- 

 standing of our different districts and their soils. The problem of markets has only 

 been presented. Our markets have already established preferences for some varieties 

 'w r e do not. produce to advantage, as, for instance, the Winesap, and things of this 

 kind will continually have to be met and overcome. 



The great problem in the search for suitable varieties is to find kinds to supply 

 the late winter and spring demand for apples. We have no variety that altogether 

 meets the requirements a high-quality, long-keeping red apple of good size, borne 

 on a hardy and productive tree. None of our present kinds meet these requirements 

 fully enough. 



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