B.C. PRESERVING FRUITS

The main source of preserving tree fruits for Western Canada
Homemakers is the famous Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.
This famous Mountain Valley lies between the Monashee Mountains
on the East and the great Coastal Range on the West, approximate-
ly 165 airline miles East of Vancouver. Here, constant sunshine,
fertile soil, a controlled irrigation water supply, and the “know
how” of Canada’s most up-to-date fruit growers, each do their part
in the production of Canada’s finest preserving tree fruits.

All B.C. Fruits are Government graded for your protection and
satisfaction. All are scientifically picked at correct maturity and
properly packed to provide you with fresh fruits of unsurpassed
quality.

B.C. fruit takes less time in transit from orchard to your kit-
chen, so it can be left on the trees until the last possible moment,
to get every bit of that natural sugar and sunshine flavor, so essen-
tial if you are to have the very best fresh fruit eating ... the
finest preserves.

Because B.C. fruit is grown farther north than most, it does
not appear on the market quite as early as fruit from farther
south, but you’ll find that the superior flavor and appearance, and
B.C. ‘“‘peak-of-the-season”’ preserving prices, will make it well
worth your while to watch for, and wait for, B.C. fruit.

The following chart will help you plan the quantity of each
kind of preserving fruit to buy:

FRUIT Average Season Standard Approx. Approx. Yield
(Approximate) Pack Fruit Weight |cold pack method
CHERRIES paak Jue 16 Lug 20 Ibs. 13 qts.
APRICOTS oe iy 6 _ Lug 14 Ibs. 8-9 qts.
PEACHES Pork sat 140 Coll Pack 16-18 lbs. | 8-10 qts.
PLUMS init Basket 8-9 Ibs 4 qts.
PRUNES PK Sek a0 Lug 15 Ibs. 8 ats.
ae ee, eee ee ee
i Pres. 12-13 ats.
CRABAPPLES Tank Sept t "pear Boe a bres: 33 ats.
€ily 5U-5) Pts.

Peaks continue for variable periods.

3