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have firm skins, so as not to bruise. Numerous 

 varieties have been experimented with; but only two 

 appear to answer the requirements of the case. These 

 are the Magoon and the Clark's Seedling. The Hood 

 River fruit growers in the State of Oregon, who stand 

 in the very forefront as scientific producers of fruit, 

 grow nothing but Clark's Seedling. The British 

 Columbia growers, including, of course, those of the 

 Kootenays, are recommended to plant the Magoon. 

 I have had experience of both, and I see very little 

 difference between them. If there is any difference 

 it probably lies in this, that at the shipping stage — 

 they are picked before getting dead ripe — the Clark's 

 Seedling is probably a little the more attractive in 

 appearance. Still, that is only an individual opinion, 

 and it may be a minority opinion. At all events, it is 

 conclusively established that one or the other of these 

 two varieties is what the beginner in fruit ranching in 

 British Columbia must select for planting. 



The mention of Hood River suggests the pre- 

 eminent success with which the fruit growers in that 

 region have co-operated for the purposes of their pro- 

 fession. By exercising an inflexible discipline, they 

 have established a reputation for absolutely perfect 

 fruit — absolutely perfect crates of strawberries and 

 absolutely perfect boxes of apples. In consequence 

 of this, they are able to secure the very best prices in 

 the market for both kinds of fruit, prices which are 

 always ahead of the average market prices. What 

 Hood River has done, surely other districts should 

 be able to do! In point of fact, notwithstanding 

 the unfortunate results which have attended the 

 endeavours of certain fruit-growing districts in British 



