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lows: for summer — Giffard and Bartlett; for fall — Anjou, 

 Louise Bonne de Jersey and Dix; for winter — Easter. Since 

 then new varieties have been brought forward for cultivation, 

 such as Idaho, Erwin and Columbian, which are now being 

 tried in the various districts of this region. But the Bartlett, 

 Anjou, Louise Bonne and Easter are sure bearers, prolific, 

 trees thrifty, fruit delicious, and always bring a good price 

 on the market. 



"As has been previously stated, the trees are vigorous 

 growers, fruitful and bothered scarcely any by insects or 

 blight in this region. S. W. Brown, of Vancouver, Wash., 

 in an article to the Tacoma Commerce, of November 23, 1886, 

 states : 'If there is a country on the face of the globe where 

 pears can be raised more successfully than in this, I have 

 never heard of it. It is a question in my mind which there is 

 the most money in, the Bartlett pear or the Italian prune. 

 Were I going to plant a large orchard for the purpose of rais- 

 ing fruit to sell, I think I should divide it chiefly between the 

 Italian prune and the Bartlett pear, in about equal parts.' p ear sin 

 Good Bartlett pears sell from $1 to $1.50 per box (50 lbs.); Washing- 

 other varieties vary according to quality and season. In New 

 York it is estimated that a young orchard five years from the 

 time of -planting should produce from $50 to $75 per acre, and 

 when ten years old the trees should produce fruit to the 

 amount of $400 per acre ; at 1 5 years the receipts should be 

 from $600 to $800. At Olympia, Wash., trees four years old 

 have produced 50 pounds per tree ; and instances are related 

 where trees in this country have produced from 20 to 25 

 bushels each, and the fruit sold at $1.25 per bushel. These 

 are exceptional cases in favorable locations ; but as a rule 

 large crops are produced each season, which, if properly cared 

 for, will bring profitable returns to the growers of the Pacific 

 northwest. ' ' 



Canada is extending her fruit-growing interests in southern 

 Ontario, and eastward near the sea-coast. Nova Scotia has 

 long been famous for its apples, the Annapolis valley being 

 generally regarded as the best apple-country on the Atlantic 

 coast ; but it is not generally known that it contains a large 

 and important cherry-growing district, the Bear River region. 

 Even in the northwest territory there are regions where small- 

 fruit growing will some day attain to importance. The fol- 



