A YK.Wi .\.M()N(i (»li('IlAKI»S OF N(»VA SCOTIA. 
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For useful information as to cranberry culture, 1 would recommend 
purchasing the Report of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association for 
1897. I believe cranberries would be a remunerative crop on moor and 
heather land in l^n^dand and Scotland, as I consider the land is of 
similar character to that of Nova Scotia, in which cranberries thrive 
so well. 
Mr. S. C. Parker writes to me that, on the recommendation of Messrs. 
Nothard Lowe (Tooley Street, London), cranberries have been generally 
shipped this season in boxes holding 10 lbs. ; this package gave good 
results, netting about 2s. Gd. per box. 
Notes of the Yields of Fruits. 
At Cornwallis Rectory there is an old French ' Nonpareil ' apple tree, 
probably 150 years old, measuring 10 ft. girth 1 ft. from the ground. 
The Rector, the Rev. F. J. H. Axford, told me that during the twenty 
years he has been there the amount of fruit from it has varied from two 
barrels up to sixteen, the average being nine barrels. A photograph of 
this tree (Fig. 2), taken by his daughter, is given. 
At Wolfville, in 1896, from Mr. Elliot Smith's orchard twenty barrels 
were gathered from three ' Gravenstein ' trees twenty-five years old. In 
the same year, from the farms on Canard Street, 50,000 barrels of apples 
were gathered within a distance of 3^ miles along the road. 
In the Gaspareau Valley, 1,700 barrels were gathered from thirteen 
acres of orchard belonging to Mr. Gurtridge. 
Strawberries : 100 bushels, or 3,200 quarts, per acre is said to be an 
average yield, 5,000 being exceptionally good. Price, usually 5d. to 7\d, 
per quart, but sometimes as low as 2hl. Strawberries are grown on the 
*' matted row " system. 
Raspberries : 2,000 quarts average, 5,000 very good ; price, IcZ. to Qd, 
per quart. 
Blackberries : 2,000 average ; about the same price as raspberries. 
Cranberries : 50 to 100 barrels of 150 lbs. ; price, 25.s. to 305. 
Price paid for picking all berries, ^d. per quart. 
Potatos are extensively grown and exported to Cuba in barrels, 
Burbanks, early and late rose, and Chilis are among the varieties most 
grown. The average yield is about 200 bushels per acre ; price varying 
from Is. 3^/. to 3s., according to season. 
Varieties of Fruit chiefly Grown in Nova Scotia. 
APPLES. 
* Gravenstein ' and ' Banks' Red Gravenstein ' are fit for shipping 
about the middle of September. 'Baldwin ' and • King of Tomkins County.' 
' Nonpareil ' commands a high price, and is in its prime in the follow- 
ing May and June, and it is mostly grown in Annapolis County. ' Ribston 
Pippin,' the best apple of English origin. ' Golden Russet,' ' Ben Davis,' 
and ' Northern Spy.' ' The Bishop Pippin ' or * Belle Fleur,' introduced 
by Bishop Inglis, the first bishop of Nova Scotia, is much growm for home 
use, but does not stand shipping. * Blenheim Orange,' ' Fallawater,' and 
* Rhode Island Greening.' 
