Identifier: annualreportoffr1903frui
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario
Subjects: Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture; Fruit-culture
Publisher: Ontario Dept. of Agriculture, (Warcick Bros.
Contributing Library: Brock University
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1903 FKU1T EXPERIMENT STATIONS. •11 In Mr. Pettit's experimental vineyard at Winona, where over a hundred new vaiieties of grapes have been under test for several years, it is quite evident that \e:y few of these much-lauded new kinds are worthy of further trial there or anywhere else in Ontario. It would be as well now to root out these worthless kinds to make room for more extensive planting of those kinds which have proved their value, and fo other new ones which should be given a trial. The excellent results which have been obtained with various kinds of fruits at the Algoma Station on St. Joseph Island have been a surprise to many. At that particular point the soil is very fertile, the atmosphere quite humid, and the rainfall frequent, all of which contribute to make this the "Emerald Isle of the North." The strawberry finds there the ideal conditions for growth, and because of the few grown it i? a most profitable crop. From .a little patch of about a quarter of an acre Mr. Young cleared this year .about $200. The berries were so large that eighteen filled a box, and they all sold for 10c per box right in his own village. The cherries were an abundant crop. Most of the apple trees also were heavily loaded, and some of the plums are quite promising. So far the codling moth and plum curculio have not yet made their appearance on the island. The surprising results already obtained at this station tend to show what can be grown in sections of Algonna and Muskoka wherever the local conditions are favor- able. There are, however, many sections in that northern country where the climatic conditions are not nearly so favorable as on St. Joseph's Island, and for this reason 1 think it would be advisable to establish another 'station where further tests could be made under more trying conditions. A station in the Temiskaming District, where so many new settlers are now going in, would probably afford the other extreme, and if start d at once would no doubt prove a great saving of time, money and effort to the people of that rapidly growing section.
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Agawam and Eldorado Blackberries as grown at G. C. Gaston's, Craigihurst, Ont. FRUIT CONDITIONS IN NEW ONTARIO. At a meeting of the Board of Control, held at the Industrial Fair grounds on Wed- nesday, September 9th, 1903, it was agreed that it is desirable that a fruit testing Stat on be opened in the district above North Bay, possibly at New Liskeard, and

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