Apples 



*Yellow Transparent ) 



*Duchess [ Home use; ex P ress shipments. 



Wealthy. 



Alexander. 



Gravenstein Highest quality. 



( Suitable December apples. 

 Blenheim Orange ( 



Grimes Golden Worthy of trial for January and later. 

 (0.) LYTTON, LILLOOET, SPENCE'S BRIDGE. 



This district includes the lower levels, at from 800 to 1,200 feet elevation, in 

 the valleys of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers, as indicated on the map. This lies 

 just east of the Cascade Mountains, and is one of the very driest parts of the Dry 

 Belt, the total precipitation averaging around 8 inches, which falls pretty uniformly 

 throughout the year at the rate of about % inches a month. The snowfall is light, 

 and of not much use as a protection to trees or for sleighing. The district is divided 

 from those on the north and on the east by being somewhat milder in climate. The 

 growing season is long and sunny, and the summer is the hottest to be found in the 

 Province. 



The total area of possible agricultural land in the district is not large, and 

 irrigation is absolutely required for all of it. 



The soils, as throughout the entire Dry Belt, are usually alluvial in character, 

 having been deposited on the floor of the great fresh-water lake which at some 

 ancient period covered the entire Interior country to a depth of about 3,000 feet 

 above sea-level, present elevation. The most characteristic feature of the agricul- 

 tural lands of the Dry Belt is the bench or terrace formation, these benches lying 

 from a few feet to several hundred feet above the present river or lake levels. The 

 soils, as is common throughout all arid regions, are fertile, and on the whole well 

 supplied with lime, potash, and phosphoric acid, and though they have but little 

 humus or vegetable matter, yet their nitrogen is in a very available form. 



The greater part of the district is within reach of the C.P.R. and C.N.P.R. main 

 lines, so that, while the local market is small, there is an excellent outlet, both to the 

 Coast and to the East, for all that is produced in the district. Freight rates on the 

 whole are favourable, and the high quality of the product ensures a favourable 

 market. At the present time railway-construction is consuming most of the vege- 

 tables and much of the fruit grown in the district, but normally long-distance 

 shipments are made. 



The district has two of the largest old orchards of the Interior that of 

 Mrs. Smith at Spence's Bridge, and that of Thos. G. Earl at Lytton. These 

 orchards, with a number of smaller ones, have been producing very high-class fruit 

 of many kinds for a number of years. The total acreage of trees in bearing is 

 not very great, and there has not been enough agricultural land available to permit 

 of much . further planting, yet the district has one of the most favourable climates, 

 if varieties are correctly chosen. 

 Strawberries 



Magoon. 

 Raspberries 



Herbert. 



Cuthbert. 

 Red Currants 



Fay. 



Victoria. 

 Gooseberries 



Oregon Champion. 



Downing. 



Industry. 



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