The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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FRUIT GROWING IN ANNAPOLIS VALLEY. 



N the western part of Nova Scotia is a valley of uncommon beauty 

 and fertility. It is formed by two mountain ranges, one called 

 the North Mouutain and the other the South. It begins at 

 Hantsport on the east, and extends to Bear River on the west. 

 The North Mountain begins at the celebrated promontory of 

 Blomidon, which is the easternmost point, and runs to Victoria 

 Beach, where it is terminated with equal abruptness by Digby Gut, an outlet of 

 the Annapolis River and basin, into the Bay of Fundy. The South Mountain 

 is first seen at Horton, and it extends to Bear River, where for the most part 

 it is either lost or merged in a chain of hills which extend throughout Digby 

 county. At its easternmost point the valley is several miles in width, but 

 towards the west it grows continually narrower. 



This valley is drained oy the Annapolis River, which begins about mid- 

 way and runs westwardly, developing gradually from a mere rivulet into a large 

 navigable river, which flows into the Annapolis basin, a fine sheet of water which 

 empties through the narrow Digby Gut into the Bay of Fundy. At a point in 

 Aylesford where this Annapolis River begins and flows westwardly, the Corn- 

 wallis River takes its rise and flows eastwardly, emptying into the Basin of 



Fig. 388,— The Annapolis Valley, 



