heat units received, but the mean temperature of the six hottest weeks is about 

 2 degrees less, due to the cooling influence of the deep lake. 



The precipitation is fairly evenly distributed during the four quarters of the 

 year. Snowfall is, of course, light, though at an altitude of 300 to 400 feet above 

 the lake it is of some use to supply moisture and to provide protection for tree- 

 roots. All the land in this district unde.r cultivation is of necessity under irrigation. 



The soils are typically Dry Belt, ' and a big proportion of the area has deep 

 volcanic ash and clay loam soils of considerable fertility. There are, however, 

 considerable areas of open gravel on some of which fruit-growing is being attempted, 

 with less success. In common with the upper half of the Okanagan Valley, the 

 district find* It^ ir.Mvket on the Prairie and to some extent on the Coast, while this 

 year, for the first time, a number of car-loads of apples are being sent to Great 

 Britain direct. 



In this district there was practically no fruit-growing being done up to about 

 eight years ago, but four large irrigation systems made passible the planting of 

 the present acreage. It is in this district that the great proportion of the British 

 Columbia peach-crop is grown, and about one-third of the trees are peaches. As 

 these are planted as fillers in the apple-orchards, the great majority must be 

 removed in a few years at latest, and the district will then become to all intents 

 and purposes a producer of winter apples. Only a small proportion of pears, plums, 

 or other fruits has been planted. 



The following figures, taken from the Orchard Survey of the Department of 

 Agriculture, indicate the relative plantings of trees in the various sections: 



" Peachland District. 



11 Apples 14,2.>9 



Pears 726 



Plums 340 



Prunes V 48 



Peaches 7,215 



Apricots 125 



Cherries 963 



" Of the trees planted, 66.3 per cent, are over five years old, 33.7 per cent, being 

 under five years. Peachland has planted less trees in proportion during the last 

 five years than any other point on the Okanagan; the above represents practically 

 the entire available acreage. 



" The varieties are as follows : 



" Summer and early fall 2.8 per cent. 



Wealthy 5.5 



Mclntosh Red 4.7 



Crabs 3.1 w>i 



King 0.7 



Jonathan 18.7 per cent. 



Wagener 17.0 



Grimes Golden 1.4 



Northern Spy 3.5 



Spitzenberg 5.2 



Newtown Pippin 2.3 



Other winter varieties 35.1 



(The latter are chiefly Bismarck, Snow, Ontario, 



Gravenstein, Baldwin, and Canada Red.) 



"The varieties of peaches planted are Alexander, Triumph, Yellow St. John, 

 Fitzgerald, Early and Late Crawfords, and Elberta. 



" Pears are chiefly Bartlett and Flemish Beauty, and cherries Royal Anne, Biug, 

 Governor Wood, Lambert, and English Morello. 



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