June, 1915. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Okanagan Valley, North 



Chas. Webster, Armstrong, B.C. 



Fruit trees were in bloom quite three 

 weeks earlier than last season, and blos- 

 soming time was unusually free from frosts. 

 Sweet cherries, which are not widely grown 

 here because of their susceptibility to frost, 

 are in most cases well set. Apple orchards 

 bearing very heavily last year, are, as a 

 rule, much lighter this season. Altogether, 

 the fruit prospects are equal to a year ago. 



Mr. F. T. Jackson, until lately partner and 

 manager in the produce firm of Daykin & 

 Jackson, of Armstrong, has taken the place 

 of Mr. R. R. Robertson, as manager of the 

 Okanagan United Growers, at Vernon. The 

 growers hope for the pursuance of a policy 

 which will leave more returns with them, 

 and less with the fruit brokers and whole- 

 Halers. 



A slatted crate is to be tried out this 

 season for shipping a portion of the apple 

 crop to the prairie markets. The package 

 will be less costly than the usual one-third 

 barrel box, and packing a little less elabor- 

 ate. This is another effort on the part of 

 the growers to place apples with customers 

 at a price that will not restrict consumption. 

 By the way, if consumers were making as 

 earnest efforts to deal more directly with the 

 grower as growers have for years been en- 

 deavoring to have their fruit sold to the 

 public at a reasonable margin above what 

 they receive, plus transportation charges, 

 there would be more hopes of closer rela- 

 tions. Several public markets have been 

 opened at places on the prairies, some of 

 which I understand are not as well patron- 

 ized as was expected. Okanagan fruits and 

 vegetables would certainly reach these 

 markets ii the people were there to buy 

 them. Perhaps one result of these war times 

 will be less frequent shopping by phone, less 

 patronizing of the palatial but expensive 

 down-town fruit stores, and more attention 

 to the public markets, where one can see 

 what is offered, get a good knowledge of 

 values, and the growers get there almost 

 directly to the buyers. 



Smith & Gorham, of the HuUcar Nurseries, 

 Armstrong, have, in spite of the depression 

 in orcharding, found a steady sale for 

 their stock in northern Okanagan, Salmon 

 Arm, etc. Their trees being grown under 

 unirrigated conditions, find favor in these 

 districts. 



A large area has been gradually getting 

 into alfalfa around Enderby. A plant was 

 erected some time ago for the production of 

 alfalfa meal for poultry, etc. The output 

 has had a good reception throughout the 

 province. 



British Columbia 



The following grants for horticultural 

 purposes are called for in the estimates of 

 the British Columbia Government for the 

 year ending 31st March, 1916: — 



Board of Horticulture — expenses of mem- 

 bers attending meetings, $500.00; Crop 

 competitions in commercial fruits and vege- 

 tables, and garden and vacant lot competi- 

 tions and demonstrations, $2,000.00; Demon- 

 stration orchards and experimental trees, 

 $2,000.00; Demonstration spraying, $1,500; 

 Fruit-handling, cold-storage, and pre-cooling 

 investigation work, $2,000.00; Fruit-packing 

 Schools, $2,000.00; In aid of British Colum- 

 bia Fruit-growers' Association, $5,000.00; 

 Inspection of nursery-stock, trees, plants, 

 etc., $20,000.00; Suppression of diseases af- 

 fecting fruits, vegetables, plants, etc., $15,- 

 000.00. 



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