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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Jun 



NOTES FROM THE PROVINCES 



Okanagatv Valley, B.C. 



Wm. Buttic 



The peach crop will be very poor owing 

 to the severe winter and particularly to the 

 late spring frosts. In one orchard which 

 I pruned in the first week of April I never 

 saw a better show for fruit buds ; to-day, 

 there is not one to be found. Some of the 

 orchards at the present have from 15 per 

 cent, to 25 per cent, of the peach trees 

 winter killed. 



Apricots in general will be poor. Plums 

 and cherries will have an average crop. 



I have looked over one of the oldest apple 

 orchards in Summerland, that of Mr. Jas. 

 Gartrell. I find every prospect for a heavy 

 crop. 



At the time of writing I am pruning one 

 of the largest peach orchards here. I can 

 safely state that there will not be 20 per 

 cent, of bearing trees having fruit on them. 

 Also I find where irrigation has been kept 

 up late in the fall, the trees, not having a 

 chance to ripen up early enough, have suffer- 

 ed more so than others. 



nurseries is steadily increasing, they were 

 unable to supply the unprecedented demand. 



A good deal of interest centres in the 

 strawberry crop. Reports from other dis- 

 tricts indicate that the frost has done con- 

 siderable damage, while in Hood River and 

 Washington it is not expected that more 

 than half a crop will be taken off. Such 

 being the case, the prospects are that the 

 growers in this section should receive a very 

 good return for their strawberries, much 

 better than in the two previous seasons. 



All trees came through the winter well 

 and only in rare instances do even peaches 

 appear to have been killed. The heavy snow- 

 fall protects the trees and strawberries to a 

 very large degree. 



Some experimenting has been done with 

 walniits by a few of the growers but so far 

 without success. They appear to be much 

 too tender for this latitude. 



Kootenay Valley, B.C. 



Edgar W. Dynes 



It has been extremely difficult for those 

 contemplating the planting of orchards to get 

 enough nursery stock to supply their needs. 

 Very much less stock was imported from 

 Washington and Oregon than in former 

 years, and although the output of the home 



Similkameen Valley, B.C. 



J. D. Harknui 



Early in the growing season there were 

 many reports of damage to trees in the Sim- 

 ilkameen and adjoining valleys from the un- 

 precedentedly severe winter. As the season 

 advanced, it became evident that there were 

 a good many such cases, but it was also seen 

 that in many instances mistaken diagnosis 

 had been made owing to lateness of spring 

 growth and to over-apprehension of the- 

 effects of winter. It may be said that, gen- 



erally speaking, trees that h; 

 eriy treated in every way cam 

 sound and vigorous, and whore 1 

 to do so, it has been possible i 

 finger definitely on the cause, 

 monly it is attributed to keciv>~ 

 tion too late in the fall, 1 

 young growth so late that ; 

 to endure frost. That the wint 

 ceptional was shown by the fact 

 of alfalfa that have flourished 

 series of years, were killed out a 

 re-seeded ; and as only one crop 

 from them this year, instead 

 four crops yielded in ordinary 

 will be some local shortage of fo 

 was considerable damage to 

 Present prospects, however, at 

 for a good yield of peaches, ap 

 plums and cherries except in a 

 The fruit grower is, or ought 

 anxious over the knotty problem 

 ing than over those of cultivat 

 product he knows is his if he « 

 requisite skill and care. A good 

 knows — the prairie market — ishv 

 output. The really hard problem 

 for solution is how to gather h« 

 distribute there, without incu 

 loss through delay in hauling, 

 lack of cooling, excessive charge 

 men, and uneven distribution 

 the needs of localities. It cai| 

 to advantage by individuals, 

 out properly will require an 

 as complete and a degree of e;| 

 ity as high as is to be found 

 est of industrial undertakings! 



Saskatche wa j 



A. H. Hamoii 



It is a little early to tell just] 

 trees and other shrubs have pass! 



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