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most profitable sorts to grow, and the excellent facilities now provided 
Canadi i 
Query 5.—What fruits are now imported into the Colony either fresh 
or preserved? Please state kind, quantity, and value, and the market 
from whence derived. À 
e imports of such fruits into Canada (as might in large proportion 
grown here) for the year ended June 30th, 1886, were as follows :— 
Apples from the United States, 31,575 barrels, value $63,775 ; small 
fruits, viz., blackberries, gooseberries, raspberries, and strawberries, from 
the United States, 231,378 Ibs., value $23,557; cherries and currants, 
from the United States, 51,085 quarts, value $4,914; cranberries, 
plums, and quirces, from, the United States, 17,170 bushels, value 
$34,650 ; from Newfoundland, 15 bushels, value $13 ; grapes from the 
United States, 389,868 lbs., value $27,340; peaches from the United 
States, 592.880 lbs., value $42,571. 
Canned fruits from Great Britain, 1,512 lbs., value $149; from the 
United States, 592,391 lbs., value $34,495. 
Query 6.—Please add any special points of interest connected with 
the fruits of the Colony herein reported upon which are desirable to 
place on record. 
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