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Okanagan Crop Losses — Are Called Disasterous

“By DENNIS, ORCHARD VANCOUVER CP )._Whote- Balers here predict higher fruit

prices for most Cansdigns this

losses in the described

year after crop Okanagan Valley @s ©) sasterous.”

Peaches. apriciots and cher- ries. vulnerable soft-fruit crops were wiped out as a commer- cial factor by frosts in Decem ber and March ‘

Inspections in the last 10 days have for the first time showed damage to some pear and ap- ple orchards from. the frosts

The prospects of higher au- resh fruit already having an “Wrect on the housewife’s budget, at least ip British Columbia

Wholesalers are holding firm on their canned-fruit prices and Bupermarkets probably will not offer their ..usual specials /ta these lines

Wholesalers are investigating the California market for im- ports of soft fruit. and” one wholesaler said) Monday that the necessary fumigation. duty and freight costs on these sup-

‘plies would double his price to

retail outlets.

GO AROUND WORLD Okanagan fruit growers ship their. products around the world,

:. and losses in this province in- - variably affect the market

for fruit from Canada’s two other growing areas Ontario's Niag, ara . Peninsula and Nova Sco-

- tia’s Annapolis Valley

The extent of the blow to the Okanagan's 3.400. orchardists cannot be predicted for several weeks. : :

Fruit is a $27,000,000 business in a normal year and Frank Walrod, who runs the market- ing company B.C. Tree Fruits QYtd., for the orchardists, said Monday in Edmonton he knows the $9,000,000 stoned-fruit crop will be hit hard.

Over-all losses “‘will reach disastrous—p-ro-p-ortions,”’ he said

A C Carter, chief provinical said in Victoria his inspection in the Okanagan last week showed ‘‘the situation was deteriorating.” :

“We don't know when it will hit hottom,” he : said. “I've never seen anything worse Old- timers have never seen devas- tation so complete.

“T didn’t see a single peach bud in the valley.”

Donald Smi th, rvTsing horticulturist who works out of Kelowna. said inspections in the last few days showed pear crops reduced by more than 3O per cent, with the Bartlett vari- ety enduring ‘‘very heavy

same

are

Delicious app es e VUTte Nafd hit! apd there 's ): pre- diction for other srieties, ‘Which have not yet blessor

Reufle-plums. another mpor- fant crop, are geod in the ex- treme southern Okanagan and Spotty eiseunere fe Decén he> ig ‘ ax of Mw mph. and temperatures as ow as 18 degrees helow zero \Least damaze occurred in the Ohiver- Osovoos district ase to the in- ternational border

Fewer trees: were killed this

nies thar 1 the extended minter freez ” NOS ar the one-day snap.of Nov.c li, 1959

Spokesman — for roof the tarce-t wesale firms here said t nsumer’.can expect few bargain fresh fruit this autumn. Ea - season _ prices, alwavs ‘steep. are’ likely te hold +4teady throughout the. season One s-pe-kesma,n predicted peaches and apricots will be 20 per cent higher in price. -

The wholesalers said this same . picture is probabie for

lnsées"’ and Anjous ‘‘down very |

*__ sharply.”

Prospects for the apple crop!

still are indefinite; but the main

McIntosh and Spartan varieties |

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Among students to spend the holidays at their home were: Maureen Gaudet, Patricia Gau- det, Austin. Bernard. Willard Gaudet, Ida Gaudet and Ver- ginia Shea.

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