Canada, Australia and New Zealand 93 



Year - Boxes. 



1917 1,785,405 



1918 1,378,005 



1919 2,500,000 



Many thousands of acres have just come into bearing 

 within the past two or three years, while a considerable 

 acreage is still not bearing commercial crops, and there 

 will undoubtedly be a steadily increasing production for 

 the next decade. To offset this, however, consideration 

 should be given to the fact that there has been very little 

 planting in the past five years and in addition the orchards 

 of British Columbia have in some cases suffered through 

 lack of care. 



The most noted section is the Okanogan Valley, where 

 the Coldstream Ranch, consisting of some 600 acres of 

 orchard in various stages, is located; this was established 

 about twenty years ago by Lord Aberdeen when Governor 

 General of Canada, and is one of the oldest commercial 

 orchards in the province. While the Okanogan is the 

 largest section, in point of acreage devoted to apple-grow- 

 ing, thousands of acres of orchard have been planted during 

 the past ten or twenty years in the Arrow Lakes, Kootenay 

 and contiguous districts, along the Thompson and Fraser 

 rivers to the Coast, and also on the Island of Vancouver. 



The climatic conditions are very varied, both dry and 

 wet growing seasons being found in the different fruit 

 regions. In the Okanogan, a very extensive system of 

 irrigation is in operation. -The district being new, it has 

 not yet suffered to any serious extent from the insect pests 

 and diseases common to the more established fruit sections. 

 In addition, a very rigid system of inspecting imported 

 nursery stock has been in force for many years. The 



