Apricots 



Tilton. 



Royal. 

 Grapes 



Moore's Early. 



Campbell's Early. 



Concord. 



Niagara. 



Delaware. 



European varieties produce well, if protected. 

 Plums and Prunes 



Peach. 



Bradshaw. 



Yellow Egg. 



Pond's Seedling. 



Italian Prune. 



Reine Claude. 



Damson. 

 Crab-apples 



Transcendent. 



Hyslop. 

 Pears ^-. 



Flemish Beauty. 



Bartlett. 



Anjou. 



Clairgeau. 



Winter Nelis. 



Ilowell. 

 Apples 



Yellow Transparent. 



Duchess. 



Wealthy. 

 *McIntosh. 

 "Jonathan. 

 *Grimes Golden. 

 *Wagener. 

 *Ronie Beauty. 



Delicious ] May prove of highest class commercially on further 



Yellow Newtown ( trial. 



(12.) SlMILKAMEEN. 



In this district are included the lower valley of the Similkanieen (extending 

 up to a few miles above the town of Keremeos, which is the principal fruit centre 

 of this section) down to the point where the river crosses the boundary into the 

 United States, and the valley of the Lower Okanagan River and Osoyoos Lake. 

 Of this district, no meteorological records have been kept, but practical experience 

 has shown it to have a longer and warmer season than any other part of British 

 Columbia, and so it is adapted to certain varieties of fruit which require such a 

 long season, such as the Winesap apple. 



There are several thousand acres of land now under irrigation, and on some 

 of this has already been planted fruit-trees. Much larger areas of very fine land 

 will undoubtedly be put under irrigation in the near future, and this, when accom- 

 plished, will make the district an important one. 



As to climate, no definite figures can be offered, but the winters are usually 

 mild, with little snow, and sunny. The growing season is long, practically free 

 from spring or fall frosts, and warm. 



The district has previously suffered from lack of transportation facilities, having 

 only the Great Northern Railway, which made it tributary to Spokane. Direct 



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