PEARS, PLUMS, AND OTHER FRUITS 39 
to other kinds of fruit as well—pears, plums, cherries, 
peaches, apricots, and so forth. 
OrTHER Fruirs.—If the rancher prefers to grow pears 
for export, the Bartlett (Williams’s Bon Chrétien) is by 
far the best seller ; but it must be gathered green, and 
will not keep long after it gets ripe. Other good com- 
mercial varieties are Flemish Beauty, Howell, Doyenné 
du Comice, Beurré Clairgeau, Beurré Anjou, and Duchesse 
d’Angouléme. 
In plums the most valuable from every point of view 
is the Italian Prune. Amongst other varieties, it must 
suffice to mention Bradshaw, Burbank’s Sugar Plum, 
Lombard, Colombia, Yellow Egg, Washington, Peach, 
and Greengage. 
The most desirable of the sweet cherries to grow are 
Bing, Lambert, and Royal Anne. All three sell well. 
The last-named brings in the highest price per pound. 
Early Richmond, Olivet, and Morello stand first amongst 
the sour or preserving cherries. Windsor is an excellent 
sweet cherry. May Duke is valuable. 
Peaches are grown commercially in the Okanagan 
Valley, but the growers are being gradually—in some 
cases rapidly—converted to the opinion that they would 
do better to grow apples. If peaches are planted, I 
would strongly advise the planter to stick to the earlier 
ripening varieties, such as Alexander, Yellow St. John, 
Triumph, Early Hative, and Early Crawford. 
Grapes, apricots, and quinces are not likely to be 
extensively grown on the commercial scale in British 
Columbia. 
