. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 17- The Canadian Horticulturist. Minas. Both of these rivers are under the influence of the Bay of Fundy tides, and are consequently tidal rivers, each flow bringing enormous deposits of alluvial mud which has created the soil, and given it superior fertility. This Valley, so-called, is the fruit-growing belt of Nova Scotia. In almost every other county in Nova Scotia fruit can be grown and is grown. Especially is this the case in Lunenburg, Yarmouth, Inverness and Cape Breton, and in consequence of the fine qualit
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 17- The Canadian Horticulturist. Minas. Both of these rivers are under the influence of the Bay of Fundy tides, and are consequently tidal rivers, each flow bringing enormous deposits of alluvial mud which has created the soil, and given it superior fertility. This Valley, so-called, is the fruit-growing belt of Nova Scotia. In almost every other county in Nova Scotia fruit can be grown and is grown. Especially is this the case in Lunenburg, Yarmouth, Inverness and Cape Breton, and in consequence of the fine qualities of the fruit which are grown in other parts of the province, the impression has been formed that these other parts could compete successfully with the Annapolis Valley in fruit culture. But the history of the fruit growing of the world indicates that while fruit can be grown in many places there are certain special belts where fruit con be grown prolifically and at permanent profits. The State of Michigan is a fruit growing State, but the fruit belt there in which fruit is grown permanently with large profit, occupies but a comparatively small portion of the area of the State. The same statement is true of Ontario and the State of New York, and other fruit growing sections. The Annapolis Valley seems to be the natural home of all kinds of fruit. The. Fig. 389.—Orchard in Blossom. From the Windsor and Annapolis Railway. great staple fruit grown now for export is the apple, but pears, plums, cherries, and even grapes, are grown luxuriantly, and in the domain of small fruit, such as strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, currants, and cranberries, the capacity for production is practically unlimited. A few years ago the fruit industry was scarcely appreciated in the Annapolis Valley. Its qualities as a fruit raising country were comprehended by the French in their early settlements. Annapolis Town, old " Port Royal," one of the oldest and most interesting histori
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