nearly all kinds of fruit except preserving cherries, so that there is no need, either 

 present or prospective, to look farther afield for a market. Competition in fruits 

 on local markets comes very largely from the State of Washington, and to an 

 increasing extent from the Interior sections of our own Province, but the handicap 

 of duty and freight in the former instance, and freight in the latter, gives the 

 local product an advantage which helps to offset some local disadvantages in the 

 cost of production and the quality of the product. 



The fruit-growing industry in this district had its period of greatest expansion 

 in the years from 1904 to 1908. Experience has already begun to demonstrate that 

 this development was, after all, more in the nature of an experiment, and some 

 temporary set-backs, combined with great material prosperity in other lines and a 

 tremendous increase in land-values, have operated to direct attention away from 

 the possibilities of fruit-production. There has been some neglect of both young 

 and bearing orchards, and this is a district where the best of care is absolutely 

 necessary to profit. 



The present production centres most largely around strawberries, principally 

 the Magoon variety ; preserving cherries, principally the Olivet and English Morello ; 

 plums and prunes of mixed varieties, but principally Black Diamond, Pond's 

 Seedling, and Italian Prune; a few pears of numerous varieties; aiid apples quite 

 largely Duchess, Wealthy, and King. Many varieties of winter apples have proven 

 unprofitable, but many orchards planted to correct varieties have proven unprofitable 

 because of unwise selection of location. 



Given care in the choice of location and soil, with special reference to varieties 

 and to markets, fruit-growing will be a profitable industry in this district. A great 

 proportion of the cultivable area, however, should be retained for other forms of 

 agriculture more adapted to its conditions. 



,The list of fruits recommended is as follows: 

 Strawberries 



Excelsior Early. 



*Magoon Good, firm shipping berry; most useful kind grown here. 

 *Sharpless Valued for local market. 

 Warfield Second early. 

 Raspberries 



Marlborough Early crop. 

 *Cuthbert Main crop; fine commercial kind. 

 *Loganberry Profitable commercially for local market ; fine for canning and 



preserving. 

 Gooseberries 



*Oregon Champion Small berry, but free from mildew and productive. 



Downing ) , 



( Good for home use. 

 Industry v 



Blackberries 



Snyder Good quality ; early. 



Evergreen Very productive and vigorous; late; quality low. 

 Red Currants 



Cherry Large, but somewhat soft. 

 Fay's Prolific Firmer, but smaller. 

 Preserving Cherries 



*Olivet The best commercially; a fine money-maker. 

 *English Morello Good for fillers in Olivet plantings. 

 Dyehouse Earlier than Olivet and Morello. 

 Sweet Cherries 



Reine Hortense Very early; soft; home use. 



* Royal Anne Early ; white ; rather soft ; good for home or local market. 

 *Bing Late; very good for home or any market. 

 Lambert Very late; good, but light bearer. 



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