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6-10 o" an acre of Flemish Beauty pears planted in 1902 produced as follows: 



1906 1,958 lbs. 



1907 6,539 lbs. 



1908 10,520 lbs. 



1 1-3 acres of Beurre D'Anjou pears planted in 1895 produced as follows: — 



1905 34,000 lbs. 



1906 38,555 lbs. 



1907 41,651 lbs. 



1908 38,016 lbs. 



1909 21,075 lbs. 



These figures are quite accurate and reliable. 



Kelowna, Jan. 27th, 1912. 



Nova Scotia. 



1. 90 per cent. 



2. Unimproved $20 — improved $40 to $200. All depends on distance from 

 railway station. 



3. 100 acres all the way from $100 to $500 depending mainly on age of trees. 



4. Nearly double. 



5. Shipping facilities to Europe. 



6. I have 1 1-4 acre orchard which gave this year 236 barrels No. 1 and 2 

 marketable apples. It is 11 years old. $200 per acre is a fair average of orchard 

 well kept. 



7. No comparison is possible. For from 8 to 10 years an orchard gives 

 nothing, but after that it is very profitable. 



8. Barrels — Have abandoned boxes after thorough trial of them. 



9. Yes, on the whole. 



10. A small reduction in ocean freight — say 10 to 15%. 



11. We have occasional pests, but as a rule we get through. We fear no 

 pests among those now known except the Green Aphis. 



12. Apples only — Mcintosh, Fallawater, Blenheim, Golden Russet, Baldwin 

 and King. I have 1,000 Cox's Orange growing finely but not yet in bearing. 



13. All of them. 



14. Have settled on vetch as a cover crop, with this and a generous supply 

 of commercial fertilizer and light dressing of barnyard manure. 



15. Yes, decidedly. 



16. No. If winter varieties are planted. Soft fruit is now overdone. 



Middleton, December 15th, 1911. 



Condensed Resume. 



1. The majority of replies in regard to No. 1 agree that not more than from 

 10 to 20 per cent of the land in any given section available for and adapted to 

 fruitgrowing, is at present being devoted to this purpose. 



2. The value of land available which amounts to many thousands of acres 

 in all the fruitgrowing provinces, ranges in price from $10 to $250 according to 

 location, improvements and available markets. 



3. Varying from small holdings of 10 acres to an extensive orchard of 200 

 to 300 acres. Values running anywhere from $100 per acre to $1,000 and over, 

 again according to location and proximity to market and based on revenue 

 producing power. 



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