Pears 



Flemish Beauty. 

 Apples 



*Yellow Transparent 

 Red Astrachan 



*Wealthy L Tne starred varieties give a succession from 



*Alexander August to December for market. 



Wolf River 

 *McIntosh 



Fameuse. 



Scott's Winter. 



McMahon White. 



(9.) SHUSWAP LAKE. 



This comprises some areas which are not usually grouped, but the climatic 

 conditions are such that development throughout the section is going on along about 

 the same lines, and recommendations may be made for it accordingly. 



The principal agricultural areas are those of Salmon Arm, Armstrong, Enderby, 

 and Notch Hill. The land lies from 1,200 to 1,600 or 1,700 feet above sea-level, and 

 from 15 to 500 or 600 above Shuswap Lake. Salmon Arm and Armstrong are old- 

 settled communities, with a large production of fruits and vegetables. 



This section is the most westerly of the Interior humid areas. The annual 

 precipitation at Salmon Arm and Armstrong averages around 20 inches, which falls 

 almost equally throughout the area, the greater part, however, in the six winter 

 months, largely as snow. The winters are not cold, though there is some injury to 

 the tenderer kinds of fruit. The summers are of good length, and warm, giving a 

 very fine growing season for such varieties as Northern Spy, Grimes Golden, and 

 Mclntosh apples. The records show a growing season of 200 days at Salmon Arm, 

 extending from April 6th to October 23rd, with a mean temperature in the six hottest 

 weeks of 65.5 degrees, which is warm enough to permit of the development of corn 

 and tomatoes. 



While the total precipitation is not as great as might be desired for an exclusively 

 non-irrigated district, no irrigation is being practised, and it must be said that as yet 

 there are no crop failures recorded for this district because of drought. 



The soils are much like those of the Dry Belt, save that under more humid 

 conditions there has been some leaching of plant-food, while the growth of coniferous 

 timber, which must be cleared, leaves the soil in a less favourable condition for culti- 

 vated plants for a year or two. Most of the upland soils are deep and retentive 

 in character, and admirably adapted to a climate where as much moisture as possible 

 must be conserved by cultivation throughout the growing season. 



All parts of the district are within easy reach of the C.P.R. main line, and fruit- 

 growers find a market both east and west for all that the district will not consume 

 locally. Salmon Arm ships an average of from thirty to fifty car-loads of apples and 

 larger quantities of produce annually, and Armstrong, though not a large shipper of 

 apples, is the largest initial shipping-point in the entire Upper Country for potatoes, 

 celery, cabbage, and other vegetables. 



At Shuswap, Notch Hill, Salmon Arm, Seymour Arm, Mara, Enderby, Armstrong, 

 and other points, there have been large plantings in recent years, principally to 

 winter apples, and these are just beginning to come into bearing. Small fruits have 

 proven satisfactory, especially at Salmon Arm, with its main-line facilities and 

 progressive fruit-growers' organization. Spraying for apple-scab is necessary. 



Because its climate in many respects resembles that of Ontario, the district is 

 a popular one for certain classes of settlers, and is developing rapidly. The varieties 

 planted, as a whole, are now being well chosen, though many miscellaneous and odd 

 varieties planted in previous years have a depressing effect on prices received. 



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