NATURAL RESOURCES OF QUEBEC 
Blackberries as now cultivated are a fruit equal to raspberries, and 
owing to the heavy covering of snow in Quebec survive even in the hardest 
winters. For protection in winter the tips are bent and covered with 
earth. The warieties recommended for garden culture are Agawam, 
Snyder and Eldorado. 
The cranberry is a fruit which has not been grown commercially in 
Canada, except in a few bogs in Nova Scotia and elsewhere, but, as 20,000 
barrels are annually imported to the value of $200,000, its culture might 
be given attention. All three species of this berry grow in Quebec in the 
wild state. 
Cherries might be grown more generally in the province for market. 
At present the fruit is cultivated chiefly in Chateauguay, but in any section 
where the climate is tempered by local conditions. the fruit can be profit- 
ably grown. 
Blueberries thrive.—In spite of the large quantity of wild blue- 
berries in Canada that find a ready market in the late summer, there is, 
as some growers have found, market room for blueberries of the size and 
quality obtainable by careful cultivation. The plant requires an acid 
soil and therefore can be cultivated on land otherwise of little value. 
The special type of acid soil is that which consists of a mixture of sand 
and peat. The soil should be capable of drainage and of surface aeration. 
The swamp blueberry, which is the desirable species, prefers land which, 
though submerged in winter and spring, rises above the water level in 
summer. Valley bottoms liable to late spring frosts should be avoided. 
Plantations may be made either by the careful tending of a wild 
blueberry patch, or by transplantation of the better bushes, or by seed, 
or by the special process known as ‘‘stumping”. In any case, commercial 
crops would not be available for three or four years, but when once in 
bearing the swamp blueberry may live and produce for a century. 
Quebec province has a prosperous trade in blueberries Great quan- 
tities grow in most parts, but the chief districts from which they are 
marketed are Lake St. John, Charlevoix, Saguenay and Chicoutimi counties 
on the north side of the St. Lawrence, and Temiscouata on the south. 
The lake St. John country is famous for its blueberries and large quan- 
tities are shipped everv summer, especially from Roberval. 
BEE-KEEPING 
[n quantity -of honey, the province of Quebec is one of the leading 
producers. In 1926-27 there were 7,888 apiaries with 101,895 colonies 
of bees in the provinces, having a production of 3,441,308 pounds of 
extracted and 392,285 pounds of comb honey. The value of the honey 
and wax being $600.104.