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The management in control of the exhibit at these different fruit shows
was under the direct supervision of Mr. W. E. Scott, Deputy Minister of
Agriculture for the province. z

In addition to these, displays were made at Spokane, Washington,
U.S. A., and at different points in eastern Canada. It is worthy of note
that at the National Apple Show at Spokane, held 1910, the various pro-
vincial districts which were exhibiting, including Kelowna, Vernon, Nelson,
Kaslo, Salmon Arm, Spence’s Bridge, Carson and Arrow Lake, were suc-
cessful in carrying away 28 first prizes and 29 seconds. The Victoria
Fruit Growers Association took first prize at the Vancouver Apple Show
of 1910 for a carload of King apples and the number of prizes which came
to the Island was large.

COST OF PLANTING AN ORCHARD.

To a man of limited resources, making a return quickly in order to
provide cost of living is an absolute necessity. To such the laying out of
an orchard and waiting four or five years for a crop is prohibitive. But by
a judicious planting of vegetables, such as potatoes, a return is secured
the first year and the soil got into good condition for planting trees in the
spring of the second year. Vegetables may again be planted providing a
circle eight feet in diameter is allowed around each tree. The third and
fourth years the diameter should be increased to fourteen feet, and these
clear spaces should be kept well cultivated. It is absolutely necessary to
recognize the value of this point where intensive cultivation is practised,
in order to insure vigorous growth of fruit trees.

In the following table the figures given are approximately correct, but
the cost of labor is rather in excess of the average, while market returns
are lower than wholesale, and a great deal lower than retail prices.

Alberni Peaches, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.