FRUIT EXHIBIT AT HALIFAX. 



Fig. 1685. — Provincial Fruit Exhibit at 

 Halifax. 



only those varieties of fruits of the dif- 

 ferent classes which reach especial ex- 

 cellence in Nova Scotia. 



With the present transportation facili- 

 ties, growers the world over come into 

 competition with one another in the 

 world's markets ; and it is useless for 

 growers in one district to grow those 

 sorts which can be better grown in some 

 other district. For example, the Grav- 

 enstein and Ribston Pippin reach a 

 higher state of perfection in Nova Sco- 

 tia than anywhere else in America, while 

 the Ben Davis can be grown much bet- 

 ter in the Ozark region of Missouri and 

 Arkansas. Nova Scotia growers should 

 therefore confine themselves largely to 

 the former sorts and avoid those varie- 

 ties which reach only mediocre quality 

 here. 



Again, it is a well recognized fact 

 that where a plant of any kind reaches 

 its highest perfection, there it will be 

 most likely to vary from the type. It 

 therefore follows that varieties, or even 

 sorts of the varieties first named, are 

 very likely to be found in Nova Scotia, 

 and Prof. Craig urged that growers 

 should pay more attention to this 

 matter, noting those trees, or even 

 branches, which give the best fruit and 

 the most of it, and propagating from 

 them. 



Continuing, he said that in his opinion 

 the fact that it is possible to ripen Alex- 

 ander and Early Rivers peaches in Nova 

 Scotia, is a strong indication that chest- 

 nuts might also be grown there. There 

 is no question as to their hardiness, and 

 by selecting the early sorts of Spanish 

 and Japanese chestnuts, there should be 

 no difficulty in ripening the fruit, 



Nova Scotia ought also to grow her 

 own grapes. With the proper varieties, 

 grown on the warmest soil, in a sheltered 

 location, and trained upon a trellis, 

 there should be no question as to sup- 

 plying the home demand. But we must 

 abandon such old and late sorts as 

 Catawba and Isabella, and select in 

 their stead, Lady, Moyer, Winchell and 

 Moore's Early. These are not commer- 

 cial sorts, but are the ones most likely 

 to succeed in this climate. 



F. C. Sears, 



Mr. Chas. E. Brown, of Yarmouth, 

 writes as follows regarding their exhibi- 

 tion. 



Among the miscellaneous sorts was 

 one dish of Wolf River, shown by J. 

 Adolphus Hatfield, of Tusket, the most 

 brilliantly colored specimen on the 

 table, very large in size, and perfect in 

 shape and cleanliness, meriting a spe- 

 cial prize. Clearly Wolf River should 

 be propagated wherever it does well. 

 It is thought to be a seedling of the 

 Alexander, but it is of better quality, 

 and less liable to black spots. 



It has become uite solidly establish- 

 ed that to grc .v fine, clean apples, 

 spraying several times during the sum- 

 mer is imperative. Neighbors might 

 club together and procure a spraying 

 outfit of a more effective make than 

 each might care to afford for himself, 

 while about town, in the vicinity of 

 orchards, the owners of haying machines 

 might add a spraying outfit to their 



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