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large area along the St. John River and its tributaries which may be utilized 

 for orchard purposes. This land may be obtained at a comparatively low cost, 

 and offers very fine possibilities to any who may desire to secure a home for them- 

 selves in a community where social and educational advantages are good, 

 where transportation facilities are excellent and where markets are assured. 



Pioneee Work Already Done. 



Many years of experiment have now pretty well demonstrated those varieties 

 of apples covering the season which are most likely to succeed here and prove 

 profitable, so that the prospective fruitgrower may enter upon the enterprise 

 assisted by the experience and results of those who have done the pioneer work 

 and have successfully established themselves in many places, in comfortab e 

 homes and on well managed farms. 



Many Fruits Grow Wild. 



Throughout the Province one is immediately attracted by the profusion 

 of hardy fruit trees of various kinds which are found growing wild on the road- 

 sides and in the forests This fact alone would give a favourable impression 

 as to the general adaptability of those sections for fruit production under careful, 

 intelligent methods. Consequently one is not surprised to find that first im- 

 pressions are corroborated and emphasized upon the farms of many who have 

 taken up the growing of fruit in a larger way. 



St. Stephen. 



In the vicinity of St. Stephen the growing of small fruits has attained 

 considerable importance, and it would be difficult to find finer fruit or more 

 luxuriant growth of plant anywhere than was in evidence on the strawberry 

 plantation of Messrs. Donald & Son of the Pine Grove Fruit Farm. So far an 

 excellent local market has always been found for all the small fruits that have 

 been produced, and there is no doubt that the plantings could be greatly extended, 

 in view of the larger markets available. In this section there are some compara- 

 tively important apple orchards, but in this regard also there is ample scope 

 for extension. 



Woodstock. 



In Carleton County, of which the town of Woodstock is the centre and, 

 as already mentioned, the scene of the late Mr. Sharp's efforts, the orchards 

 are by no means as thrifty or profitable as they would have been if operated 

 in a more intelligent manner. It is to be regretted that the foundations laid by 

 this gentleman have not been built upon and followed up with energy and 

 success. A very small percentage of the land suitable for orcharding in this 

 locality is at present being devoted to that purpose. 



Mr. Tappan Adney, a son-in-law of the late Mr. Sharp, devoted considerable 

 time to an explanation of the conditions which have led up to the present lack 

 of interest in this particular section. He is, however, sanguine that with the 

 general revival of fruitgrowing in New Brunswick, Carleton County will take 

 its rightful place as one of the most important fruit-producing sections of the 

 Province. 



Fredericton. 



In the vicinity of Fredericton the first demonstration orchard under the 

 the control of the Provincial Government was found on the farm of Mr. Joseph 

 Hawkins, and this was visited in company with Mr. A. G. Turney. In this 



