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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1907 r 



vineyards in the province is locate 1 near 

 junction of Fraser and Thompson Rivers. 



District No. 3 may be briefly described 

 as the valleys of the Similkameen and its 

 tributaries, portions of which are perhaps 

 the most tropical of any part of British 

 Columbia, and most favorable locations 

 for the cultivation of grapes, peaches and 

 other delicate fruits, wherever sufHcient 

 water for irrigation purposes is available. 



No. 4 includes the districts surround- 

 ing Adams, Shuswap and Mabel Lakes 

 and the valley of the Spallumcheen 

 River. Here the natural rainfall is 

 sufficient and splendid apples, pears, 

 plums and cherries are successfully 

 grown. The cHmatic conditions in this 

 district resemble verj' much those of 

 southern Ontario, and a fruit-grower 

 with fixed ideas from the latter pn^vince 

 might be more successful in this district 

 than he would on irrigated lands. The 

 timber is, generally speaking, light and 

 the land rich. 



No. 5 is the great Okanagan valley, 

 stretching from Larkin southward to the 

 international boundary. The vicinity 

 of Kelowna in this valley contains the 

 largest area of fruit lands of any one 

 place in the province. Peaches are now 

 being shipped in large quantities from 

 the 'Okanagan, and all other northern 

 fruits are successfully grown by the 



irrigation system. Improved modern 

 methods are in general use by the fruit- 

 growers in this district and the industry 

 is perhaps more advanced than in any 

 other part of British Columbia. 



No. 6 is usually called the Boundary 

 or Kettle River country, and although 

 the smallest of all the districts named, 

 the quality of the land is excellent and 

 the climatic conditions all that could be 

 desired. Where a sufficient water supply- 

 is obtainable, there is no trouble in 

 producing fruit of the highest quality. 



No. 7 is West Kootenay, an enormous 

 fruit-growing district, where only a little 

 progress has been made on the southern 

 portion, but sufficient to indicate the 

 possibilities and the superior qualitv of 

 the fruit which may be raised along those 

 lakes and streams. The neighborhood 

 of Nelson and Kaslo has accomplished 

 wonders in the past few years, but the 

 shores of the Arrow lakes are practically 

 untouched by the hand of the fruit- 

 grower, and the valley of the Columbia, 

 from the Big Bend south to Arrowhead, 

 affords opportunities little dreamed of 

 by many of those in search of fruit lands. 

 In the greater part of this district, irriga- 

 tion is only necessary in the very dry 

 seasons. 



District No. 8 is the country known 

 as East Kootenay and is separated from 



No. 7 by a range of mountains. It 

 traversed by the Upper Kootenay Rivei 

 from the fifty-first degree of north lati- 

 tude southward to the intemationa 

 boundary, and from Columbia and Wind 

 ermere Lakes northward by the Uppe; 

 Columbia River, to the Big Bend. Ir 

 the southern portion of this district then 

 are immense stretches of thinly-woodec 

 lands suitable for fruit-growing purposes 

 and the valley of the Upper Columbis 

 has many choice locations for the enter 

 prising fruit-grower. The lack of trans 

 portation facilities is a great hindranc* 

 to the development of the fruit lands o 

 the Upper Columbia. 



District No. 9 comprises the vas 

 coast region including the Queen Char 

 lotte Islands and the northern half o 

 Vancouver Island, from Jervds Inlet t< 

 Portland Canal. There is little knowi 

 of its cajmbilities, but undoubtedly 

 has a few surprises in store for the future 

 Though in small quantities as yet, apples 

 peaches and grapes have been success 

 fully grown on the Skeena River. Tb 

 first apple trees were planted at Hazle 

 ton in the spring of 1901 and fruited it 

 the fall of 1904. 



For a considerable distance inlanc 

 from the west coast, there are numerou; 

 valleys and plateaus, which are wel 

 adapted to growing many of the hardie 



