CANADA 



as leading fruit-growing centers of tlie province. The 

 standard commercial apples of Ontario and New York, 

 as Greening, Baldwin and Spy, do not succeed. Fameuse, 

 Wealthy and Duchess, with Canada Baldwin and Win- 

 ter St. Lawrence, do well, the latter two being natives 

 of the Pi">iii' r. ;mi.1 iiimh appreciated. The fruit area 

 along tin \. "i ' !.-!iii,l- 

 arylin>i- iin-. 



Applo :'<r Ill- .11.- Ma- 

 are grown for huuic use. 

 The earlier varieties of 

 grapes only are grown. Con- 

 cord does not ripen with 

 certainty every year. Dili 

 ware, Lady and Mo..r. 

 Early are generally reli:i 

 in this western region. 



Gibbland Farm, once tin 

 home of Charles Gibb i I 

 ceased 1810) a promm 

 amateur fruit crrowoi i i 



■were \\ I I 

 Quebec tl i ii^h th 11 it 

 of Mr Gibb A few of th 

 summer varieties have --i 

 perseded older kinds Th 

 only winter Russian apple 

 which has become at all 

 well known m Quebec is 

 Arabka of Ellwnn„'Pi & Barr 

 cessful in a tmiftiplpc wh 

 Unless f II I 1 th 



by over! 



Monti I 1 I 1 I le shipping port duiing Sep 



Ontario and 



235 



to 200 acres of land for a cow, but found no buyer. This 

 land is now valued at from $300 to $500 per acre. The 

 improvement of native fniits began in 1830 by the in- 

 troduction of foreign varieties, and by the establishment 



Fui 



Portland oi 

 lit gioweis m 

 Duihess and 



Boston For a numbei t 

 the vicinity of Monti e 1 I 



Alexander apples t I i | I i i lie un 



satisfactory fe it f uit 



growing m Qii I I i 



apples The 11 I le 



sirable substitut I ild 



win Scott Wiut 1 1 i i^ tr 1 tcLici 11> rec 



ommended 



Ontario —From the standpoint of a fruit grower, thi 

 province iiiiy be divided as follows 



1 An 1] I 1p <Tonni' ip'i n m the extreme east oi 



very large In Is U II t i 1 i* 



shipped from Lean 11 I Isi 



more than double tl t i i t t it t li Ism 



more than hilt a nulli n pea h trets weit ] 1 inte 1 in 

 that region In the Niagara district the output of 

 peaches is much larger, and the fruit lndustr^ is more 

 uniformlv diversihed The Niagara fruit grower is 

 strictly up to date Electiic cars run ever\ half htur 

 past the doors of the fruit growers residing bttwttn 

 Hamilton and BeamsviUe telephones connect thi ir 

 homes and bung daih market reports Duiin-r the 

 shipping se I 1 1 tl lit trim 1 ivin"* Ni ^ii t ills 

 daily an 1 I 1 t 1 1 i 1 i i li 



peaches 1 1 ii I i j II is 



the 



then, ith 1 t 11 s,, I , , 



2 A 1 , 1 11 1 i 1 I I 1 

 Toronti IK t 1 i tl 



3 An \t 1 1 1 II 1 h tin tl^ 

 between Toicnto en the siuth 

 north Haliburton on the northe on 

 the west [In the vicinity of Ow ith 

 shore of Georgian Bay, plums ot / ire 

 extensiveh cultivated 1 



4 A peach grape, pear plum and small truit region 

 in the Niagara peninsula between the o\ erlapping ends 

 of Lakes Frip and Ontaiio 1 Fig -iP 



5 A 1 ' f( ^ t 1 I V,. St fHir 

 and 1 1 ted 

 in th< I I I lie 

 might 1 



housie 

 The 



and! 



f m 



are from seed i lanted pr ) 

 One of the oldest treis is 

 trees are productn 1 ut 

 planting of api 1h i I i 



the 



■84 n 



region is noted I it i i it 4 



Peninsula was setti 1 n 1 t I t i tl 

 region. Here letw iii 1 s(l i the I nit I 

 alists recened grants of land trim Km,; 

 planted seeds of apples Irought from thi 

 the United States. Here we are told that 

 in the early part of this century, offered to 



Sp-s Greening and Baldwin Ben D i% ^ I I | il 



and Ontdiio are 1 eingwideh planted — ti I i 



of the proMn e It is a cioss b t\\ i \ 1 s, i 



Wagener pioduced by the 1 1 \ I 



Princess Louise and Mclnt 1 I 



of Fameuse are becomir_ 



parts of the province Am i 



the province are the Movei nil „i i c ilic 1 li 



gerald and Longhurst peai hes 



C C Jimes Deput\ Minister of Agriculture for 

 Ontario gives the folk wing estimated statistics regard 

 ing fruits and fruit areas in the province in 1895 Area 

 in orchard garden and vineyard iiO 122 acres number 

 ot apple trees of bearing age, 5 91 ^ <)00 \ oung trees not 

 bearing 3 548,053 In 18% the > leld of apples m the 

 province was estimated to amount to 20 000 000 barrels 

 The Provincial Fruit growers Association has a mem 

 bership of 5 000 and publishes a monthly Journal of 

 Horticulture Secretary and editor Linus Woolveiton 

 Grimsh\ Out 



\ I ff ml 1 fi t xperiment stations has re 



1 1111 1 ated as to i over the va 



I 1 I tl province The object is 



t t I 1 1 1 It I I II tl iits old and new These 

 I un 1 1 the ) mt c nti 1 t the Ontario Agricultural 

 L llej,L md tht, Ontario Fiuit growers Association, 

 with L Woolverton as e-?ecutive oflicer whose duty 

 It IS to make an annual report of the whole to the Min- 

 ister of Agriculture. 



