October, 1915. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



The Okanagan lakes constitute the great 

 fruit producing district of British Coiumbia, 

 and many thousands of acres of beautiful 

 orchards are to be seen. This district wUl 

 probably have a tonnage equal to last year, 

 but in some parts the quality will seriously 

 interfere with the mariieting, the scab and 

 aphis affecting fully 60 per cent, in the nor- 

 thern part, while the south or dry belt is 

 comparatively free. 



The British Columbia fruit growers have 

 made a special effort this year in the adver- 

 tising of their fruits on the prairie markets 

 as well as in their own province, and this 

 campaign has resulted in practically no im- 

 ported fruit being consumed. In the city 

 of Vancouver alone it was estimated that 

 $80,000 worth of American small fruit would 

 have been marketed had it not been for the 

 vigorous advertising efforts carried on by 

 the British Columbia fruit growers. They 

 are making arrangements for an even more 

 vigorous campaign for the marketing of 

 larger fruits and are confident of good re- 

 sults. 



Washington State. 



The commissioner spent a day or two in 

 the Washington fruit districts, as the fruit 

 produced there comes in direct competition 

 with the Canadian boxed apples. The apple 

 crop in this district was about 60 per cent, 

 of last year, and in Oregon and Northern 

 California the crop was very light. This dis- 

 trict has, perhaps, been more advertised 

 than any other apple-producing district in 

 the United States, with the result that 

 650,000 acres of orchard have been planted. 

 These orchards are now coming into bear- 

 ing, and, while last year they produced some 

 15,000 cars of apples, they predict that in 

 ten years' time, at the rate of increased pro- 

 duction, they will produce 50,000 cars. Many 

 of the orchardists are growing discouraged, 

 as they were led to "believe that a fortune 

 was assured them in the business, but are 

 now beginning to fear over-production. Some 

 are seriously considering the removal of 

 their orcihards in order to plant other crops, 

 such as alfalfa, or wheat, which grow so 

 wonderfully well there. 



NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, ENG. 



In spite of the war there should be a 

 great consumption of fruit this year in Great 

 Britain. Government statistics show that 

 there is less unemployment this year than 

 there has been for years. 'Men are working 

 day and night turning out munitions of war, 

 working at a pressure never before dreamed 

 possible. The world looks on amazed at the 

 manner in whioh England has "found her- 

 self." 



This city will be one of the large consum- 

 ing centres as the working classes, many of 

 whose homes contribute several members 

 to war work, are earning as much as |50 a 

 week per family. It is a veritable gold mine 

 to them and they are able to buy luxuries 

 as never before. 



Mr. W. H. Bunting, of St. Catharines, Ont., 

 this year grew an Dlberta peach tliat 

 measured twelve Inches in circumference. 



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The Vineland, (Ont.) Experimental Sta- 

 tion preserved and donated its whole crop 

 of peaches for the military hospitals. The 

 donation was expected to equal 5,000 gallon 

 bins. 



BRITISH caUUMBIA. 



The inspectors this year have returned 

 several large shipments of fruit, from United 

 States points, owing to their being infected 

 with the coddling moth, and similar pests. 

 One shipment contained 400 boxes of pears 

 and 600 boxes of peaches. It was sent back 

 from Vancouver. Another large shipment 

 of pears was sent back from Vancouver. 



As a result of the recent fruit conference 

 at Calgary, a party of about 50 members of 

 the Calgary Board of Trade is expected to 

 visit the leading fruit districts of British 

 Columbia early in October. 



The executive of the Okanagan United 

 Growers expect a material change for the 

 better over conditions than obtained last 

 year. They estimate that the total apple 

 crop of the Okanagan will bring the growers 

 cash returns amounting to close to half a 

 million dollars, and that the sale of other 

 fruits will show an increase in price of from 

 10 to 30 per cent, over the returns received 

 in 1914. Putting the total shipment of apples 

 from the valley at 350,000 boxes, which was 

 the amount marketed last season, they 

 figure that this will bring in about $455,000, 

 as compared with $350,000 in 1914. Returns 

 for apples are estimated to average about 

 $1.35 per box as compared to 80c last season. 



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A four weeks' campaign is being conduct- 

 ed in St. Catharines, and vicinity, to can 

 10,000 jars of fruit for Canadian soldiers in 

 hospitals in Prance and England. Jars and 

 sugar are being supplied by a committee, 

 ladies iwill put up the fruit, which growers 

 will donate on the trees. Boy scouts, sol- 

 diers and civilians will do the picking. 



W. D. Culp, of iBeamsville, this year picked 

 twelve plums that weighed 2 lbs. 12 ozs. or 

 an average of 3 2-3 ozs. each. One measur- 

 ed 7 1-2 inches in circumference. 



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