Daily Colonist (1905-07-30) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1905-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

PRIZE FRUIT, ROC K8IDE, VICTORIA.

fruit is ^od, but the dry summer and autimin does not develop it to such a degree of perfection as in places wliero at is possible to irrigate the soil during the dri' season. ;Mr. Palmer's aim is to '/provide

A Successian of Crops,

so tliat he is able to .'^hip during the ,•^vllole season- The strawlierry is tlie first crop, and one of the most hniiort-aiit. The shiiipiiig variety is tlicMagooii, from wliieh the main crop is derived. The berrie.s can l)e marUeted in good conilition in the Xorthwest Territories ■and Manitoba. An earlier vari\>ty grown for tlie local market is the Oladstone, nnd a later for the same purpose the I^»ton, a vei-y late variety and one that-, ttelvcB -^vouderfully well, the foliage al-nibst covering the ground when planted two feet between plants and the rows

piu'iioses, nnd for this it' has no equal. lie has found a very profitable variety It is a solid fruit, has few seeds, is of a in. the Proepartnriens, a Krcnch walnut fSpleiulid flavor, thrives and crops well.

which thrives well wlieii grafted ,. , California Itlack Walnut. One tree in and IS very hardy. 'Ibo prices rcalizedi,is orcliard is eight years old, and has are from eight to ten cents a pound.boeu in full bearing for the past three This is the first year this fruit has beenyeiirs. This year it is loaded with nuts sliii)ped to the Northwest. of large size.

Ther^e is a falr 'loonl _ i • Goosebopr.iea and Cur.rants.

. Demand for Cherries _ ,, j£r. P?ilnier says that gooseberries nnd and the market in the Northwest fnrcurrants can he grown with profit. The this fruit thev have hardly begun to sup-green gooselierry is tin? favorite, of pl.v. Mr. Paiiuer grows chiefly the morewhieh the Oregon Cliaiiipioii is a good acid fruits for preserving purposes. Thi^variety. The demand is good even lo-varieties be prefers are the ilorelhi, cally, and tin- l](MTies heep well for ex-Belle Magniflque, and Olivet. The aver-|)ort. \U\ exixn-ls rliiiliarl

nnd adaptability anyone-should be able to make a (-omtortable living from 'fruit.

MONEY ON SEVENTEEN OF LAND.

1 mlcpendoncc I'biterprisc.

S. (,'. Duiihi)), who markets his cream in 1 iideiiendence (I'olk county, Oregon)' furnishes an examplo of what can. be (li)iie on a sniall acreage. ^Mr; Dunlap. has seventeen acres in cultivation°and Jift.v-threo in timber. .

Here is a record of;■vFhat ■l^e.■ produced

earlv intlio nnd sold, from ^lis little place in one

age price is ten cents a pound. season and finds it \)roiitalile. year:

' Prunes and Plums. Conditions. . c-^i?i" ' fouV^"""^ *

I Of the larger-fruits, Kr.-Palmer has Omiparing ,tlie conditions liere with iiou.s.'thirty-fou"'.'!!.*.*.'.".'*.'.*.*.*.**

not yet bandied any prunes, altliough liotliose in Oregon or Washingtonj Mr. ,Eggs, 200 hens

258,00 20 00 !!2-. 40 COO 00

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