FRUIT AS FOOD—FRUIT GROWERS’ UNIONS 
ing especially palatable and wholesome 
when cooked with sugar. 
The possibility of injury by bacterial 
contamination was considered, though 
the data available were not sufficient for 
final deductions. It is now well known 
that such diseases are usually caused by 
micro-organisms, so possibly the green 
fruit very frequently picked up beneath 
the tree is only an accidental carrier of 
the real cause of the digestive disturb- 
ances which may follow eating it. 
Small Fruit: 
Strawberries. .........cc cc cee cccceucauuus 
Raspberries. . 0... cece cee eee ee cee eee 
Currants and Gooseberries.............. 
Apples... cece cece ete ete teenies 
Pears. .....cc ccc ccc cccceuvees 
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se ¢ meee ane ee 
1051 
AREA DEVOTED TO FRUIT IN GREAT 
BRITAIN 
The area devoted to fruit production 
was reduced in 1910 by an amount equal 
to that gained in the previous year, re- 
verting accordingly to the position in 
1908. 
The following table gives the area of 
each kind of fruit for the four years 
during which the particulars have been 
shown separately in the returns: 
| 
1910 1909 1908 1907 
Acres Acres Acres Acres 
Leweae 27,451 30,064 | 28,815 27,827 
bees 8,840 9,257 9,323 8,878 
Lawes 25,530 | 26,106 | 26,241 25,590 
veces 22,488 | 21,689} 20,501 19,880 
becuase 84,309 | 87,116 | 84,880 82,175 
beueee 172,031 | 178,168 | 172,751 | 172,643 
ees 9,636 9,475 9,604 8,911 
veeeae 11,597 11,474 | 11,868 12,027 
Sees 16,397 16,777 15,683 14,901 
Lees 41,012 | 40,442 | 40,391 41,694 
veeeee 250,678 | 251,386 | 250,297 | 250,176 
Report by R. H. Rew to the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, Great Britain. 
FRUIT GROWERS’ UNIONS AND ASSO- 
CIATIONS IN NORTHWEST 
British Columbia 
Armstrong Fruit Growers’ Association, 
strong. 
Boswell-Kootenay Lake Union, Boswell. 
British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Association, 
Victoria. 
Creston Fruit and Produce Exchange, Creston. 
Grand Forks Fruit Growers’ Association, Grand 
orks. 
Hammond Fruit Association, Ltd... Hammond. 
Hatzie Fruit Growers’ Association. Hatziec. 
Kaslo Horticultural Association, Kaslo. 
Kelowna Farmers’ Exchange, Ltd., Kelowna. 
Kootenay Fruit Growers’ Union, Ltd, Nelson. 
Mission Fruit Growers’ Association, Mission. 
Okanogan Fruit Union, Ltd., Vernon. 
Queens Bay Fruit Growers’ Association, Queens 
Arm- 
ay. 
Salmon Arm Farmers’ Exchange, Salmon Arm. 
Summerland Fruit Growers’ Association, Sum- 
merland. 
Victoria Fruit Growers’ Exchange, Victoria. 
Western Fruit Growers’ Association, Mission. 
California 
California Farmers’ Union, Fresno. 
California Fruit Exchange, Sacramento. 
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange, 
Angeles. 
Fresno Fruit Growers’ Company, Fresno. 
LineolIn Fruit Growers’ Association, Lincoln. 
Lodi Fruit Growers’ Union, Lodi 
Loomis Fruit Growers’ Association, Loomis. 
Los 
New castle Fruit Growers’ New- 
castle. 
Penryn Fruit Growers’ Association, Penryn. 
Sebastopol Apple Growers’ Union, Sebastopol. 
Sebastopol Berry Growers’ Union, Sebastopol. 
Stanislaus Farmers’ Union, Modesto. . 
The Supply Company of the California Fruit 
Growers’ Association, Los Angeles. 
Turlock Fruit Growers’ Association, Turlock. 
Vacaville Fruit Growers’ Association, Vacaville. 
Winters Fruit Growers’ Association, Winters. 
Colorado 
Boulder County Fruit Growers’ 
oulder. 
Capital Hill Melon Growers’ Association, Rocky 
ord. 
Crawford Fruit Growers’ Association, Crawford. 
Delta County Fruit Growers’ Association, Delta. 
Denver Fruit and Vegetable Association, Den- 
ver, 
Fair Mount Melon Growers’ Association, Swink. 
Fowler Melon Growers’ Association, Fowler. 
Fremont County Fruit Growers’ Association, 
Canon City. 
Granada Melon Growers’ Association, Granada. 
Grand Junction Fruit Growers’ Association, 
Clifton, Palisade, Grand Junction. . 
Kouns Party Cantaloup Growers’ Association, 
Rocky Ford. 
Lamar Melon Growers’ Association, Lamar. 
Longmont Produce Exchange, Longmont 
Loveland Fruit Growers’ Association, Loveland. 
Manzanola Fruit Association, Manzanola. 
Manzanola Orchard Association, Manzanola. 
Montrose Fruit and Produce Association, Mont- 
Association, 
Association, 
rose 
Newdale Melon Growers’ Association, Swink. 
