Creston Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2013-10-04
issued: 1923-10-19
description: All the News of the Creston District
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note: .--v., <F '-���������> tr* >X -J \ t \ CJ *- ������**n^*~%^-^ 2 ^ "# -^ W'-^t /���������^-���������'c y THE CRESTON Vol. XV. CRESTON, B. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1923 No. 37 Fruit Branch Head Inspects Orchards "The finest Delicious apples I have seen on my trip." is the way Geo. E. Mcintosh, Dominion fruit commission er, Ottawa, expressed himself on Friday morning, after making an inspection of the orchard on the R. J. Long* ranch at Erickson, in company with R. (Jr. L. Clarke of Vancouver, the B.C. chief fruit inspector, and F. R. DeHart of Kelowna, who was. here assembling the Creston fruit for the British Empire Exhibition.. Mr. Mcintosh.' in company with Mr. Clarke, had just completed a three-week tour of all the orchard districts of British Columbia, the former making his annual round of Canada keeping in personal, touch with the industry in all its details here, his stop at Creston including a look over the Lister area. This year, too, the fruit branch is experimenting with dehydration plants in Nova Scotia, Ontario and B.C., but unfortunately the plant at Penticton was destroyed bv fire about a week before Mr. Mcintosh reached that town. The experience at the other two plants, however.; indicated that dehydi ation the better retains the natural flavor of the fruit than the evaporated product, and at present it looked as if the new process would very shortly displace the old method. The Penticton plant will be rebuilt for next season's operations with the idea of determining the fruits most suitable for dehydration, as well as to see if the market cannot be supplied with. Canadian vegetables. Mr. Clarke expressed himsels as quite well satisfied with the way the new grades were being handled at, the latching houses. ~He is.stjrdhgiy^oJ^Vn'e-'* opinion that the ipost -satisfactory commercial policy is to centralize the pack on the "fahoy" variety, except in the case of Delicious, and in the other varieties where the per "centage of the higher grade is pronouncedly…
note: Print Run: 1909-1983 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Creston (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0174132
language: English
lat: 49.0975
long: -116.5130560
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Creston, B.C. : Creston Printing and Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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