Canada, Australia and New Zealand 87 



cent of the total crop. The commercial production in 

 Nova Scotia for the years 1911 to 1919 inclusive, together 

 with the exports, are as follows : 



Table V. — Production and Exports of Apples in Nova Scotia 



_ Commercial 

 ■ ear - Production. Exports. 



ion (Bbls.) (Bbls.) 



J?" 1,734,876 1,408,700 



1912 993,523 801,000 



1913 651,390.. 519,582 



1914 981,437 752,500 



1915 613,882 416,500 



1916 681,470 416,808 



1917 744,730 13,700 



1918 808,600 < 271,170 



1919 1,500,000 492,180 



During the past five war years, production has undoubt- 

 edly suffered through lack of care and it is probable that 

 planting in Nova Scotia in the last ten years has not been 

 more than sufficient to take care of the average annual 

 mortality. Some fairly large orchards, however, are only 

 how coming into bearing, and it seems reasonable to expect 

 an annual commercial crop in Nova Scotia for the next 

 decade of about 1,000,000 barrels. 



The leading commercial varieties of this district are the 

 King, Gravenstein, , Golden Eusset, Boxbury Eusset, 

 Blenheim Orange, Bibston, Baldwin, Bishop Pippin (Bell- 

 flower), Stark and Ben Davis. The Nova Scotian Grav- 

 enstein, King, Blenheim and Eusset are particularly well 

 and favorably known on the English markets. The.Grav- 

 enstein is undoubtedly the outstanding variety. 



The climatic conditions are particularly favorable inas- 

 much as the apple area is practically an island, preventing 

 extremes of temperature, and irrigation is, of course, 

 unnecessary. Clean cultivation is the general rule, about 



