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     A stock farm devoted to the breeding of horses, cattle, 
     
     sheep and swine, is maintained by the Provincial Government, 
     
     and the yearly surplus stock is divided among the three 
     
     counues 
     
    
   
   
    
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     FRUIT GROWING 
     
    
   
   
    
     \- HE old idea that fruit could not be grown in this country 
     
     has been exploded. This industry is now receiving 
     
     more attention than formerly. There is considerable 
     
     raised, and the country generally appears to be well adapted 
     
     to its cultivation. The most abundant kinds are apples, plums, 
     
     and cherries. Small fruits such as strawberries, raspberries, and 
     
     gooseberries. etc., are also grown, and the culture of cranberries 
     
     on the waste bog lands is increasing. Cultivated strawberries, 
     
     wild raspberries and blueberries are exported to some extent. 
     
     Prior to 1898 there was very little export of fruit, but in the 
     
     fall of that year, owing to the subsidizing of ocean steamers, 
     
     fitted with cold storage for direct service between this Province 
     
     and Great Britain, several successful shipments of apples were 
     
     made to the old country, and there can be no doubt about the 
     
     possibilities of the extension of the industry. The shipments 
     
     have commanded good prices. With more careful selection 
     
     and better packing of the fruit, together with good transpor- 
     
     tation and storage facilities, this trade can be vastly extended 
     
     and made very remunerative. 
     
    

    
     The interests of the Fruit—growers are carefully fostered by 
     
     the Prince Edward Island Fruit Growers’ Association, an 
     
     Institution incorporated in 1898. Its objects, like those of all 
     
     similar societies elsewhere, are cooperative and educational. 
     
     It disseminates information as to the best methods of culture 
     
     and as to proper handling, packing, and marketing, and 
     
     also promotes legislation in the interests of the industry. 
     
     Connected with the Association are some of the most prominent 
     
     and scientific Fruit-growers of the Province. 
     
    

    
     There were raised in 1891, of apples 52,018 bushels; 
     
     plums 1,479 bushels; and cherries 4,265 bushels.