88 The Ottawa Naturalist. [July 



air, were shown in Philadelphia in 1876 and in Chicago 1893 by- 

 Henry Pafford, Esq., for many years mayor of the town ot 

 Niagara. 



Crossing Lake Ontario to Toronto and travelling eastward, 

 we pass through a favoured pear growing region, but one pro- 

 ducing also fine apples and plums. The Peninsula of Prince 

 Edward county is deservedly famous for the apples it produces. 

 Northern Spy, King and Fameuse are staples and grow to great 

 perfection. The growing of garden varieties of pease for seed 

 and canning purposes is a specialized industry in this county 

 and one which yields an estimated annual revenue of about 

 $200,000 to the farmers of the county. From Kingston to 

 Montreal along the river is also a region producing fine apples, 

 plums ard berries. Mr. C. C. James, Deputy Minister of Agri- 

 culeure for Ontario, gives the following estimated statistics 

 regarding fruits and fruit areas in the province in 1895. Area in 

 orchard, garden and vineyard, 320,122 acres ; number of apple 

 trees of bearing age, 5,913,906 ; young trees not bearing, 3,548,- 

 053 ; yield of apples in 1896 estimated to be 55,895,755, or about 

 20 million barrels. Fairly complete statistics covering the fruit 

 resources of the province may be found in Bulletin No. 92, 

 Department of Agriculture, Toronto. I have given more 

 space — and for obvious reasons — to Ontario than to the provinces 

 eastward. The fruit possibilities of the province are great and 

 are being rapidly developed by progressive and intelligent 

 orchardists. 



Manitoba aitd the North- West Territories. — As far as 

 the tree fruits are concerned, those which can be grown 

 successfully in these regions without extraordinary care 

 have yet to be produced. A {q.v^ apples and crabs have reached 

 fruiting age in Southern Manitoba. The seeds of these should 

 be carefully planted in the hope of securing therefrom hardier 

 forms. Berries of all kinds may be grown by the exercise of 

 judgment, skill and perseverance. Some of the native fruits are 



