Canada, Australia and New Zealand 87 



cent of the total crop. The commercial production in 

 Xova Scotia for the years 1911 to 1919 inclusive, together 

 with the exports, are as follows : 



TABLE V. PRODUCTION AND EXPORTS OF APPLES m NOVA SCOTIA 



Commercial 



Year. Production. Exports. 



(Bbls.) (Bbls.) 



1911 ^ 1,734,876 1,408,700 



1912 993,523 801,000 



1913 651,390 519,582 



1914 981,437 752,500 



1915 613,882 416,500 



1916 681,470 416,808 



1917 744,730 13,700 



1918 808,600 271,170 



1919 1,500,000 492,180 



During the past five war years, production has undoubt- 

 edly suffered through lack of care and it is probable that 

 planting in Nova Scotia in the last ten years has not been 

 more than sufficient to 'take care of the average annual 

 mortality. Some fairly large orchards, however, are only 

 now coming into bearing, and it seems reasonable to expect 

 an annual commercial crop in Nova Scotia for the next 

 decade of about 1,000,000 barrels. 



The leading commercial varieties of this district are the 

 King, Gravenstein, Golden Russet, Roxbury Russet, 

 Blenheim Orange, Ribston, Baldwin, Bishop Pippin (Bell- 

 flower), Stark and Ben Davis. The Nova Scotian Grav- 

 enstein, King, Blenheim and Russet are particularly well 

 and favorably known on the English markets. The Grav- 

 enstein is undoubtedly the outstanding variety. 



The climatic conditions are particularly favorable inas- 

 much as the apple area is practically an island, preventing 

 extremes of temperature, and irrigation is, of course, 

 unnecessary. Clean cultivation is the general rule, about 



