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CONTINUATION FRUIT GROWING the Okazagean Valley is British COolumbis and the Annapolis Valley the Ningare escarpment and Lake Ontaric. Another smaller fruit belt Ontaric. Ancther smaller fruit belt planted on 4.100 acres pears on uummmma‘mm-mu* Ningars Fulls city, and a third on 2700 There are also large acreâ€" region comprises the sandy strip ages of strewberries, raspberries, of land surrounding the high other small fruits and cantaloupes. ground at Fonthill . Nature has bees generous to Niâ€" winters: wel drained clay or samdy loam soils and sufficiest roundâ€" Canadias winters are cold enough to kill the more delicate trees like the peack, and only a mile or less back from the top of the escarpâ€" ment the winters are too severe for most of the perineula‘s fruite In eclimate, the Niagar Peninsuls the perineula. found mnmm-nauwl-.“:‘m,-.:'um ‘ o Most of the fruit aresa Hes in the EXPERT | Grimsby Troop (IIII"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1 MASON‘S 24 HOUR SERVICE 15 MAIN ST. W., GRIMSBY TAXI Saturday, Oct. 15 UNDER AUSPICES OF THE GRIMSBY TROOP OF BOY SCOUTS for cities and towns, like Hamilton, When a bew orcharo is °6 B6 muumm'vfiuumtflâ€"--â€"â€" growing also supports a number of pesches, for exampleâ€"the old trees alllied tndustries Niagars is noted are first rooted out. ‘They have for its camning plants. its wineries Yielded well for perhaps ffteen and a large basketâ€"making indust. years but have begun to drop off. vey. ‘The ground is then thoroughly culâ€" | "When the first white settlers tivated, plowed and disced. and ldw”-flnh River Road near Queenstor. Today | that property is known as "Fisher Among the earliest group were s to face several questions concernâ€" few refugees from the French Reâ€" , ing the soil The provincial Departâ€" wolution who quickly sensed the}ment of Agriculture bulletins and truit posstbilities and imported 1 soll analysis by agricultural exâ€" variety of fruit trees from France. perts would tell him i#f the land mmw.‘.m“um which historian has noted from the diary prefer deep, gravelly, or sandy furmer. Our bus races along Highâ€" way number eight from Hamilton and just past Winoms the driver \lsts us off at the old "50" church. limmmaâ€"; Jokn Bridgeman wults for us on the Gown a treeâ€"covered roadway. Only home. A che was his kide most of the large barn at the Tt is nearly 50 years, 1900, since young John Bridgeman moved onto this land. now a total of 50 acres. ‘Those early years were truly picâ€" nesring. No fruit had been grown information was available and fruit. ‘The care of the soll is most imâ€" uâ€"._n.mn'-cnum Normaily felow farmers went ahead on the |the ground is kept plowed and dise trial and error method For instunce | ed between the trees. Some years, on a paerticularly sandy area he however, a crop of clover is plant«d tried to grow grapes But every|and then plowed back into the year be lost money for they did ground to maintain its organic BRe Piberch loams and need excellent drainage. \the spring. a year after planting. \the trees are trimmed again and ;-vn-u--un--c-n |-u¢-uny-m This is the beginning of the femilisr | aymmetrical tree, abaped for high and a definite space for each kind of fruit must be left between the plantsâ€"30 to 22 feet being the right spacing for pesches. Where Seld mice and rabbits abound. two feet of wire natting is often placed around the young tree to keep the first pruning operstion is underâ€" takes and all the side branches. except one small shoot haltway up are removed. leaving just a single grown betweer the amail trees. In Immediately after planting. During the first few years, feld THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT FRESH MILK FOR NEEDY GERMANS also used, both manure and chemâ€" lcal types like Câ€"Iâ€"L‘s 4â€"4â€"10, a mixture of nitrogen, phosphate and Each sapring when the peaches are as big as hickory nuts, as much as two.â€"â€"thirds of the crup is dovelop a greater size. From omne tree on which a count was kept at the Bridgeman farm, 4000 baby pesches were removed. On many farms bees are hired during the spring when the blossoms are on and the hives ure placed in the orchards to assist pollination. Here, 15 hives are required. Spraying is the principal chore of the Niagurs fruit farmer. Since thousands of different pests He in wulit to attack the crops, the agriâ€" cultural scientists have evoilved a â€"Central Prew CanaCan Miss Safe, a prize Hoistein beifer of Menomonie, Wisconsin. us showr wmhflmmm Simpson, before waving for Germany in amswer to an appes! from the rector of the university of Heidelberg for fres® milk to gren of Germany, the relief organâ€" istion SFE («save a friend in Europe) selected this prize cow to be sent to Gergnany. Miss Safe ieft her Wisconsin farm :o sull for her W Eurtpe and pesticides to protect the fruit orchards Spraying beging early in the spring. The furmer is guided by a spray calendar sent out each year by the Ontaric Department of m_b-b_w @tation at Vincland Station in the centre of the penineula. The station also sends out additional bulletins every week, or more often if needâ€" ed, telling the farmer the exact time to use the different types of _As many as five to ten sprays may be needed before the fruit is Rtation. Here the pecktkems of the truit farmer ar» tackled on a aâ€" entifc basis by expert technicians the direction of Dr. E. F. Pailmer, varieties of trees, more immune to disease and pests, are sought. Pest control is a complicated operation. and in the Nisgars Peninsuls the with the increasing prevalence of new types of pests and the spreadâ€" ing of others. Such is the case with the Oriâ€" North Americs unt! its introducâ€" now threatens peach crops through | infrs red rays are not affected by the entire eastern half of the conâ€" | air movement and travel directly to tinent. In Canads, it first appeared |the trees or amy solid object, in in 1925 and spread rapidly. Many | their path, causing internal heat to methods have been developed to!be generated But the high cost of destroy the insect such as the miâ€" operation owing to its large conâ€" \mau-.u.-q.mh-u-uaunnu obstacle 'Mwâ€"m,wmmudu which lays eggs in the peach+device, and new methods are stil moth‘s larvae, causing their desâ€" truction. A group of sprays are the DDT, Parsthion and lead and zinc, all made by Câ€"Iâ€"L For disease, in your bank book YOUR BANEKE BOOK is a little book . . . yet in it you can just about trace the outlines of your life story. bhow much you have left. It pictures at a glance how much you‘ve spent, It‘s one of your most personal, most private belongings. It gives you a full accounting, figured to the penny by your bank‘s trained staff. Clear as a bell! Your bank book is a limited edition â€" one copy only. What is in it is known only to your bank and to you. Multiply your bank book by seven million and you get some idea of the bookâ€"keeping job your Canadian chartered banks are doing. There are more many different sprays have proven effective, such as "Sulforon," "Ferâ€" Ome great problem still facing the Canadian fruit farmer and the scientist is that of frost control. Almast every year serious damage is done by frost. The experimental farm is presently testing an infra red heater which was developed at the Michigan State College. In it. ol is burned on frosty nights and infres red rays are given off and transmitted over a wide area. Only two are needed for each acre. The infrs red rays are not affected by air movement and travel directly to Despite the problems, Niagara‘s hardâ€"working farmers. with the ald of nature and sclence, are, each year, giving Canada an increasingâ€" ly rich and healthful crop of fruit. WINS MEDAL FOR HEROISM ‘Thursday, October 13, 1949. Â¥ OuUuR B a n k 000,000 was spent on oil explorat» and the figure is expected to be doubld in 1949. CONTRACTOR and BUILDER Every Load Scientifically Treated To Prevent Dust WE HAVE COMPLETE STOCKS OF ALL SIZES OF DOMESTNC COAL Exterior and Interior Repairs to Screen Doors and Fireplaces, Brick or Stone Alterations Expertly Done DAN KLYM NIAGARA PACKERS P. C. Stepowy §4 Robinson St. 8.