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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 1909 



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OUR 1909 EDITION Is the most practical text book 

 on Strawberry growiiif* ever written. It's worth 

 ItB weight In gold because It teaches the Kellogg 

 method of growing the world's record crops of big red 

 berries. Every detail of the work Is lUastrated by 

 photo-engravings. You read It by pictures. They show 

 you just how to do everything from beginning to end. 

 Strawberry growers who follow the Kellogg way are 

 srettlng more fancy berries from one acre than the other 

 feUow gets from two. The book makes you acquainted 

 with some of these top-notch growers; shown pictures 

 of their strawberry fields and gives their yields- This 

 Book for your address. We'll trade even. 



R. M. xaLOGO CCUPANY, B0157O1 Three Rivers, HIch. 



Northern Okanagan, B. C. 



The Northern Okanagan Valley is that 

 section of the country lying to the north of 

 Vernon and south of the C. P. E. It will 

 average four miles in width by about 35 

 miles long and is an exceptionally produc- 

 tive strip of country. Tlifc soil generally 

 may be described as loam; that is, we have 

 a clay sub-soil, covered by a vegetable 

 loam, varying from a few inches to a foot 

 or more in depth. Generally speaking, as 

 we get into the foothills, the soil gets to be 

 of a much lighter character. 



While fruit raising has not received as 

 much attention as it has in the balance of 

 the Okanagan, it is rapidly coming to the 

 front and promises in tlie near future to be 

 the leading industry of the whole valley. 

 Every year, thousands of young trees are 

 being planted, the varieties being confined 



to a few of the best standard kinds. It is 

 from end to end, a first-ciass fruit district. 

 Apples, plums and pears do remarkably 

 well. As a matter of fact, over-loading is 

 one of our greatest troubles and as this is 

 a general or mixed farming section, the or- 

 chards were looked upon as a side issue, 

 proper attention in the shape of spraying, 

 thinning fruit, and so forth, not being given 

 them. This is a condition which, however, 

 is rapidly changing and we may expect, in 

 the future, to see well-kept orchards the rule 

 instead of the exception. And why not, 

 when we hear of comparatively young or- 

 chards yielding from $2.00 to $3.00 to .-i- 

 high as $25.00 to $30.00 to the tree? Thi 

 promise for the future of the fruit grower 

 is surely encouraging. Small fruits also do 

 well. The writer knows of one case where 

 $300 worth of strawberries was sold off one- 

 third of an acre of land. 



WIN 



Don't Waste Time Wishing for good crops, 



because miracles don't happen these days. If you want good results 

 you've got to start right, and that means GOOD S£l^D. 



Don't let your natural inclination to save a few dollars lead you to 

 taking a chance on the quality of the seeds you sow. 



Ewina's "Quality" SEEDS 



are sown throughout Canada by those who want to get the best out of 

 their land. They are the best that human intelligence and most careful 

 selection can produce. 



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