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Title: A statement concerning the extent resources, climate and industrial development of the province of Ontario, Canada
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Ontario. Dept. of Crown Lands
Subjects: Industries
Publisher: (Toronto, Cameron, Pr.)
Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
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es. They constitute the stapleand principal fruit crop, and can be grown successfully over a very largepart of the province. The farther north the apple can be produced thebetter is the flavor and keeping quality of the fruit. Begining with thevalley of the St. Lawrence above Brockville, a good apple country is foundwhich extends to Niagara at the western end of Lake Ontario, a distance of288 miles. In all the counties bordering on Lake Ontario, Erie,Apples. and Huron, and indeed in all the counties of the west, apples grow to great perfection. The orchards of the Huron tract alonewill, in a favorable year, produce fully 500,000 barrels. A number of varie-ties of early and late apples are grown, and considerable attention is beingpaid to the production of good keepers for the European market, wherehundreds of car loads are shipped annually. In several sections of Ontario fruit growing has become a special in-dustry and has grown to very large proportions. This is particularly the (42)
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S a ONTARIOS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT case in the Niagara section and in the counties bordering- on Lake Erie.Here the influence of the Great Lakes renders the climate milder even than I- . ■ ■..:■■ : . v, fell .^ H&lMB? «£**& i TMir • :•: Peach Tree in Bearing. in districts lying much further south, and tender fruits such as peaches andgrapes grow to perfection in the open air, producing enor-j Z T<S mous yields. Vineyards and orchards varying from 10 to iooards, acres in extent are seen everywhere. In the narrow strip of country bordering Lake Ontario fromHamilton to Niagara, pears, peaches, plums, grapes, cherries, quinces and (44) ONTARIOS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT apples, and small fruits, are very extensively grown, and make this themost important fruit section of the province. From this district fruit isshipped by lake and rail to Toronto, Montreal, and other eastern points,and as far west as Manitoba, in addition to pears and apples exported. Grapes gro

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