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berries. If we assume that the same ratio held in 1900, for 

 all Provinces alike, and that a box is the equivalent of a 

 quart (it is four-fifths of a quart), the following comparison 

 indicates the relative importance of this industry in the 

 different Provinces : 



Production op Stbawberribs in Canada, 1900 and 1910 



1900 



1910 



British Columbia 



Manitoba 



New Brunswick 



Nova Seotia 



Ontario 



Prince Edward Island .... 

 Quebec '. 



I Alberta . . . 

 Assiniboia, East 

 Assimboia,West 

 Saskatchewan • 



414,814 qt. 



72,098 qt. 



285,030 qt. 



605,672 qt. 



9,739,221 qt. 



90,344 qt. 



1,796,170 qt. 



12,790 qt. 



14,325 qt. 



2,848 qt. 



1,357 qt. 



1,662,789 qt. 



9,941 qt. 



779,301 qt. 



633,458 qt. 



13,094,462 qt. 



186,762 qt. 



2,304,630 qt. 



11,028 qt. 



2,291 qt. 



The Dominion Census does not give the strawberry 

 acreage, which is a fairer measure of the importance of the 

 industry than the production of a single year. In 1911, 

 eight per cent of the combined acreage in vegetable and small- 

 fruits was small-fruits, and sixty per cent of the small-fruits 

 was strawberries. If we assume that the ratio was the same 

 in 1891 and 1901, the steady growth of the industry is re- 

 vealed by the following figures : 



Acreage of Strawberries in Canada, 1891, 1901, 1911 



