PRICES OF FRUIT. 27 



berries, $2.30 (9s. 3d.) per 24-basket crate; raspberries, 

 $2.19 (8s. 9^d.) per 24-basket crate; blackberries, 

 $2.40 (9s. 8d.) per 24-basket crate; gooseberries, 

 5^ cents (2|d.) per lb.; crabapples, 2^ cents (l^d.) 

 per lb.; tomatoes, 5^ cents (2^d.) per lb.; currants, 

 7 cents (3^d.) per lb.; and cherries, 9 cents (4^d.) 

 per lb." 



All these, it must be remembered, were wholesale 

 prices, the prices realised by the grower, not the prices 

 paid by the consumer. They range probably some- 

 what higher than prices of the corresponding fruit in 

 England. Add to this the heavier yield, the greater 

 certainty of a crop, and the lower cost of the land, 

 and the scale of advantage dips without hesitation in 

 favour of British Columbia. 



I had before me another table of returns which was 

 not without its effect in the way of influencing my 

 decision. The accompanying statement does not tell 

 us whether part of the produce mentioned was reared 

 under glass; but the inference (e.g., tomato plants) 

 is that it was. And I may state that after I reached 

 British Columbia I visited Messrs. Gellatly's holding 

 personally, and found there two large glass houses, 

 probably each 150 feet long by 25 feet or more wide. 



'* As an example of what can be done on a 10-acre 

 farm in British Columbia, the following statement of 

 early fruit and vegetables shipped from Gellatly 

 [beside Okanagan Lake], B.C., by D. E. Gellatly and 

 Sons is submitted: — 



Shipments {i.e. Sales). 



By Express. By Freieht. Total. 



lbs. lbs. ' lbs. 



Beets .. .. 120 .. — .. '120 



Beans, green . . 1,028 . . — . . 1,028 



