The west coast is comparatively a new country, which has been much handi- 

 capped by lack of transportation. The local population is small, but the local fruit- 

 production at present does not supply its demands. Most hardy fruit consumed in 

 the section is supplied by Victoria fruit- jobbers. 



Commercial production of fruit for shipment is not likely to be undertaken, but 

 it is eminently desirable that the home orchard in this district, such as will supply 

 at least the bulk of the fruit used by the farmer, should receive consideration. 



The list of fruits recommended is more or less tentative in character, but an 

 effort has been made to name those varieties which are likely to thrive best under 

 the conditions. 



Strawberries 



Warfield Earliest. 

 Clark's Seedling Firm ; late crop. 

 Dunlop Second early. 

 Raspberries 

 Cuthbert. 

 Loganberry. 

 Gooseberry 



Oregon Champion. 

 Blackberries 

 Snyder. 

 Evergreen. 

 Red Currant 



Cherry. 



Sour Cherry 

 Olivet. 



English Morello. 

 Peaches 



Early Charlotte ) __ 

 Early Crawford ' Must have suuny wal1 ' 

 Grapes 



Moore's Early Must have sunny wall. 

 Plums and Prunes 



Englebert ) c 



I Small plums, but fairly clean growers. 



Reine Claude For preserving, etc. 



Shropshire Damson For jam-making. 

 Crab-apples 



Hyslop. 

 Pears 



Bartlett A cosmopolitan variety worth trying. 



Boussock ) c 



I Scab-resistant ; good croppers. 



Anjou Late; high quality; worth test. 

 Keiffer Long-keeping. 

 Apples 



Yellow Transparent Very early. 



Duchess Second early. 



Wealthy Early fall. 



Alexander Early fall; cooking. 



Gravenstein Fall ; dessert. 



King Early winter; dessert and cooking. 



Canada Reinette A clean-growing early winter yellow apple. 



Wagener A cosmopolitan winter apple worth trying. 



(3.) MAINLAND COAST. 



Reference to the map will show that there has been included in this district the 

 greater part of the Coast region of British Columbia, including the north-east half 



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