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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, 1909 



TO GROW A GOOD 

 GARDEN 



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Barv, but It can't be done with poor 



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and produce big crops 



If you'll equip tbem 



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A Comparison 



H. W. Power, Katlo, B.C. 



Last September, I had the privilege of 

 examining some of the fruit ranches around 

 North Yakima, in the neighboring stdie 

 of Washington. This is considered one cf 

 the banner fruit growing sections of the 

 northwestern states, and proved interesting, 

 for purposes of comparison. Like every- 

 thing else ■western, the fruit industry is not 

 very old here, but is considerably advanced 

 alongside that of most of British Columbia. 

 Twenty years ago. North Yakima, which is 

 a town with a population of about 15,000, 

 was the centre of a few square miles of hop 

 yards. These have now given place to or- 

 chards, peach, apple and pear principally. 

 The big red apple has become a standard 

 of wealth and in certain favored localities 

 horticulturists are refusing $3,000 an acre 



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for their land. This may sound like an e.^ 

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 land that is brought under cultivation re- 

 quires irrigation. Thirty years ago the 

 whole country was a desert but where water 

 is applied, horticultural results are wonder- 

 ful. In peaches, watermelons and many 

 citrus fruits. North Yakima can surpass any 

 portion of British Columbia. In apples, 

 pears, plums and cherries many sections of 

 the Canadian province are superior, this 

 being more noticeable in the case of the 

 non-irrigated districts. 



Around North Yakima the grading and 

 packing of fruit has been made a science, 

 the result of 10 or 12 years of hard earned 

 experience. Hundreds of growers are now 

 reaping the reward of years of patient work. 

 The farmers are the aristocracy and the 

 merchants and bankers take to the back- 

 ground. What has been accomplished in 

 North Yakima within the past 20 years will 

 be duplicated in many parts of British Col- 

 umbia before another 20 goes by. 



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