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the growers of Oregon and Washington and the 

 North- West generally have satisfied themselves that 

 the most profitable varieties for them to plant are the 

 Esopus Spitzenberg and Yellow Newtown Pippin; 

 but their experience does not admit of being adopted 

 straightaway in British Columbia. Neither of these 

 varieties has been sufficiently tested in the latter 

 region. The Kootenays, for example, ripen their 

 apples later than the famous Hood River, in Oregon, 

 ripens its apples of the same variety. It is not yet 

 proved that the Esopus Spitzenberg and the Yellow 

 Newtown Pippin will ripen early enough in the com- 

 paratively late season of the Kootenays to make it 

 profitable to grow them there, although one ex- 

 perienced grower declares that the Spitzenberg does 

 succeed well in West Kootenay. A wait of four or 

 five years will, in all probability, give us just the 

 information that we at present lack. There are trees 

 of the varieties named now growing up, and when 

 they reach the bearing stage this question will be 

 answered. 



Under the circumstances, at present we cannot 

 safely do more than enumerate the varieties which 

 we know to grow well, leaving the question of 

 superiority among them to be determined later. 

 What, then, are these varieties ? 



The Department of Agriculture of British Colum- 

 bia answered this question in 1906, in Bulletin No. 

 20, entitled, " Varieties of Fruit Recommended." 

 The introductory paragraph of this pamphlet runs 

 thus: "This list is published, as experience has 

 shown that the varieties named may generally 

 be safely grown for commercial purposes, and 



