and the sucooss you have attained is only a foretaste of 

 that which awaits you." 



R. W, Starr of (Jornwallis, a piactical orchardiat of wide 

 experience, a keen observer, and probably one of the best 

 authorities on pomology in the province, speaking before 

 the Fruit Growers' Association in 1886, said: — "I remember 

 having seen Ribston Pippins, Greenings, and Bishop Pip- 

 pins, grown by the late Mr. Hockin of Pictou, that would 

 compare favourably with the same sorts grown in Kings ; 

 and Baldwins grown in other parts of the county equally 

 as good as the best I can grow at home. Farmers in other 

 parts of the province should go into the business more 

 extensively. I have seen fine trees all along between 

 Upper Newport and Shubenacadie, and there are some 

 noble trees in the valley of the Stewiacke." Again he 

 says : — " I saw larger fruit in some of the small orchards in 

 Upper La Have than I have seen in the Annapolis Valley. 

 I might say the same of New Germany. In Bridgewater, 

 the various kinds of fruit looked as well as those we have 

 here under ordinary cultivation, and there is no reason why 

 the whole of that country might not be equally successful 

 with the Annapolis Valley in this industry." 



Prof. H. N. Smith of the Provincial School of Agricul- 

 ture, speaking at the same time, says : — "I was surprised to 

 find grapes and apples growing nicely on the north shore 

 of Tatamagoucho Bay, on an arm projecting out into the 

 Bay. When these fruits grow and ripen in the cold and 

 icy winds of Tatamagouche Bay, I see no reason why they 

 should not do well anywhere." 



Many others whom I oould quote have expressed similar 

 views, and ujy own experience and observation incline me 

 strongly to the same opinion. There is no jreason why the 

 different sections of our country should not become famed 

 for certain varieties suitable to their soil, as Annapolis is 

 for the Nonpareil, Cornwallis for the Gravenstein. and 

 West Hants for the Ribston Pippin. ' 



As regards the keeping quality of the fruit, there is no 

 doubt but that in Eastern Nova Scotia we have a great 

 advantage. In the Annapolis Valley they claim that they 

 can beat the world in the keeping quality of their apples ; 

 but in Pictou we can raise Gravensteins and Bishop 

 Pippins that are in full flavour long after theirs are worth- 

 less. This is a matter of^^^small importance when we 

 remember that we have to Compete with them in the same 

 market. 



