December, 1908 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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 apple of our Dominion in its season. 



NOTES FROM THE PROVINCES 



Rootcnay Valley, B. C. • 



Edgar M. Dynes 



November was marlied by the re-organiz- 

 ation of the Kootenay Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation. The shipping returns for the pre- 

 sent season have not been very satisfactory 

 and as a consequence the old management 

 resigned. New methods will be adopted in 

 future. 



Fruit growers generally are agitating for 

 an experimental fruit farm. Such a station 

 would be of great assistance to the growers 

 of the district in determining what varieties 

 are the most valuable from a commercial 

 Istandpoint. 



Representatives of nursery firms report a 

 record business. One home nursery re- 

 ports being sold out of some varieties al- 

 ready, although they had a heavy stock. 

 There has not been a large amount of fall 

 planting but the indications are that next 

 spring the Kootenay will again break all 

 previous records in the number of trees 

 planted. 



The sale of government lands at Creston 

 was most successful from every standpoint. 

 The prices ruling were high, reaching $300 

 an acre in one instance. Several blocks 

 turned over at $150 while, in every instance, 

 the price obtained was 300 per cent, above 

 the upset price. A most striking feature 

 about the sale was the fact that two-thirds 

 jf the sales were made to local Creston 

 men who have been on the ground for 



some time and who know just what the 

 land can be made to produce. Creston 

 strawberry growers have been particularly 

 successful, as averages of as higii as $1,000 

 an acre have been obtained. 



The Doukoboors are making suibstantial 

 progress on their colony at Waterloo and 

 will have a sawmill running very soon. 

 During the winter they will cut lumber 

 for use in building houses and in the 

 spring will move their families from Sask- 

 atchewan. They state that they are well 

 satisfied with Kootenay and that other * 

 colonies will be brought out in the future. 



Montreal 



E. H, Wartman, Dominion Fniit Inspector 



This sixteenth day of November we find 

 cars of apples arriving from Ontario free 

 from frost,--unusual so late in season. In 

 fact, I have not seen a frozen apple in the 

 hundreds of barrels I have examined so far. 

 This must be a pleasant thought to the 

 shippers. 



The apples going forward in standard 

 boxes put up by the co-operative packing 

 associations are very satisfactory. The 

 breakage in barrels this season has been 

 very small, due to the strong eight-hoop 

 barrels which are on the increase. 



Wholesalers have made sales of strictly 

 No. 1 Spys at $5, which leaves a good mar- 



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