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Wealthy, Fameuse, Wagener, Rhode Island Greening, Tol- 

 man, Canada Red, and Cranberry, are also produced. 

 Many of the orchards in this district are more than a hun- 

 dred years old, and the apple industry is perhaps more spe- 

 cialized and better organized than in any other part of On- 

 tario. An outstanding feature of the apples grown here is 

 their keeping quality. The climatic conditions are such 

 that the trees do not start into growth as early as in south- 

 ern Ontario and yet the season is sufficiently long for the 

 best varieties to mature. Consequently the apples are just 

 ready to pick at the approach of freezing weather and, 

 when stored in ordinary warehouses, go into a natural cold 

 storage where they retain their keeping qualities until the 

 following spring. This saves the cost of cold storage, giv- 

 ing the shippers of this district a considerable advantage 

 over more southern regions. Large storehouses have been 

 erected along the railway lines at such points as Belleville, 

 Trenton, Brighton, Colborne, Grafton, Port Hope, New- 

 castle, Bowmanville, Oshawa and Whitby. Colborne, for 

 example, has over a dozen warehouses, with a capacity of 

 more than 100,000 barrels. 



In southwestern Ontario (including the Niagara 

 Peninsula), while apples of high quality are produced in 

 considerable quantities, the industry is not specialized, 

 except in a few localities, such as Norfolk and Lambton 

 counties. This district, however, has one great advantage 

 as it is able to get its early apples on the market about two 

 weeks earlier than any other part of eastern Canada. 



Throughout western Ontario, particularly along the 

 shores of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, large quantities 

 of apples of the standard varieties are grown. In the 

 Georgian Bay district, the conditions are very similar to 



