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trees of each kind of fruit which should be planted on 

 that area. On the other hand, it is easy to supple- 

 ment this kind of half-estimated fact by the general 

 experience of trustworthy fruit-growers, who are 

 actually engaged in orchard work. 



Mr. F. G. Fauquier says (1906): "I have been 

 living on my present location on the Lower Arrow 

 Lake, at the Needles, about midway between Nakusp 

 and Robson, for the past four years. My clearing 

 has cost me from $30 to $40 per acre — that is, cleaned 

 up clear of stumps and roots and ready for the plough. 

 .... Small fruits of all kinds do very well here, 

 especially raspberries; they will yield enormous crops 



if cared for Apples, pears, plums, and cherries 



all have given most satisfactory results with me. 

 The early apples have come into bearing the second 

 year after planting, and have continued since then 

 giving more or less of a return every year. Bartlett 



[Williams'] pears the same The future I look 



upon as assured for this country there need be 



no doubt of the prosperity of ranchers and others in 

 this district — a small fortune for the man who is 

 willing to work and use his brains in connection with 

 it. I do not know of any country where a man can 

 as easily make a living in so short a time as in this 

 district." 



Mr. Thomas Morley, writing in April, 1907, says: 

 " We are exceedingly fortunate in Kootenay in the 

 absence of insect pests. Tt is true we spray our trees, 



but simply as a preventive We claim to be 



absolutely free from any of the pests which cause 

 much trouble and expense to fruit growers in other 

 parts of the Continent of America We can 



