REPORT ON THE No. 24 



Lal^c Huron District: By A. E. Sherrington, Walkerton, Ont. 



Commercial: Astrachan, Duchess, Wealthy. Fameuse, Mcintosh, Blenheim, Green- 

 ing, Baldwin, Spy, Golden Kusset, Ben Davis. 



Domestic: Transparent, Astrachan, Duchess, Mcintosh, Grimes, Blenheim, King, 

 Spy, Golden Kusset. 



St. Lawrence District: By Harold Jones, Maitland, Ont. 



Commercial: Duchess, Alexander, Wolf River, Scarlet Pippin, Fameuse, Mcintosh, 

 Ba.xter, Milwaukee, Golden Russet. 



Domestic: Transparent, Brockville Beauty. Scarlet Pippin, Fameuse. Mcintosh, 

 Blue Pearmain, Golden Russet, Yellow Bellflower. 



Algoma District: By Charles Young, Richard's Landing, Ont. 



Commercial and Domestic: Astrachan, Transparent. Duchess, Charlamoff, Gideon, 

 Longfield, Wealthy. Scott Winter. 



Site of the Orchard. 



The large inland lakes surrounding the southern portion of this Province 

 have a wonderfully ameliorating eftect upon the climate for some distance from 

 their shores, and as a rule, our most extensive commercial orchards are in prox- 

 imity to these large bodies of water. There are, however, in the interior many 

 localities quite as favorable for fruit growing, but in such locations the question 

 of site and exposure has to be more carefully considered. The site usually 

 selected for the orchard is one near the buildings, which may be all right if these 

 are on the highest g^round, for such grounds are not only best drained but are 

 least liable to untimely frosts. Good atmospheric drainage is often qu'.te as im- 

 portant as good water drainage, and cold air, like cold water, runs down hill. 

 Only a few feet of elevation above a wide adjoining area may be sufficient to 

 enable trees in full bloom to escape a frost which destroys the crop on the lower 

 level. On le\el lands there is practically no atmospheric drainage and the orch- 

 ardist must take his chances and make th(; best of it. 



Exposure. 



^\'nere the land is rolling, and there is a choice of exposure, the situation 

 should be carefully considered, for in many cases this may be the difference be- 

 tween success and failure. As to which is the best exposure, depends largely 

 upon the surroundings. In proximity to large bodies of water the best exposure 

 Is toward the water. In localities subject to late spring frost the safest exposure 

 is towards the north, as this helps to retard the period of bloom till danger of frost 

 is past. On a northern exposure trees are less likely to suffer in times of severe 

 drouth, and there is also not so much injury from sun scald, a most serious 

 trouble in northern localities. For the reasons given a northern or eastern aspect 

 is, as a rule, preferable to a southern or western one, and also because there is 

 less exposure to our strongest prevailing winds, which come from the south-west. 



Windbreaks. 



Protection from the prevailing winds is another matter that requires due con- 

 sideration. The shelter accorded by a high hill or natural belt of timber is per- 

 haps the ideal one, but when these do not exist, the planting of a windbreak is 

 necessary. The best trees for windbreaks are some of the evergreens, such as 

 Norway and White Spruce, the Austrian and Native White Pines. The Norway 

 Spruce Is most used because it is a rapid grower, and the young trees may be 



