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south shore of Ontario, in the Niagara district, and another 

 on the north shore of Lake Erie, in the county of Essex, 

 grow peaches in perfection. Small fruits flourish all over the 

 province." 



Outlying regions. Any one who is familiar with the horti- 

 culture of America must have been struck with the fact that 

 almost every part of the United States is found to be adapted 

 to fruit-growing in one form or another, as soon as the exper- 

 iment is intelligently tried. The exhibits of apples at the meet- Outlying 

 ing of the American Pomological Society in Washington this reglons * 

 year showed that a considerable number of varieties are adapted 

 to our extreme northern borders, as Aroostook county, Maine, 

 and the cold regions northwest of the great lakes. The hor- 

 ticultural possibilities of the newer western states are yet un- 

 known, but there is every reason to expect that large regions 

 will be found to be peculiarly adapted to special fruits. 

 Parts of New Mexico and Arizona give great promise in 

 grapes, raisins, figs, citrus-fruits and olives. Montana, in 

 which agricultural and horticultural pursuits are almost en- 

 tirely undeveloped, gives promise of affording some good apple 

 districts. The Montana Stockman recently published the fol- 

 lowing note as an earnest of future capabilities : "A quantity 

 of apples as large as saucers, exhibited by Secretary Ramsey, 

 of the World's Fair Commission, ought to convince the most 

 sceptical that Montana is a fruit country. These apples were 

 grown in an orchard about two miles from Missoula. We 

 have seen no samples of fruit in the east that looked more 

 inviting to the taste. Did those interested in fruit-growing in 

 Montana exhibit enough interest to effect the organization of Fruitsin 

 a horticultural society, it would be a question of a few years Montana, 

 only before our pleasant valleys would blossom like a rose 

 with fruit of the most luscious quality. If fruit-growing is 

 retarded, it is not because the climate and soil are unfavora- 

 ble, but because the proper degree of intelligence is not exer- 

 cised in the selection of trees. A horticultural society would 

 bridge this difficulty and enlighten the people as to the varie- 

 ties best adapted to this climate and the soil conditions. 

 While Montana will doubtless make a fine fruit-exhibit at the 

 World's Fair, 1893, it might have easily wrested the laurels 

 from many less favored regions had the tree problem received 

 the attention it merits." 



