Excerpt from Catalogue of Fruit Trees Under Test at the Experimental Farm at Agassiz, British Columbia: June 1900

The site for the experimental farm for British Columbia was chosen at Agassiz in 1888 and possession was had on September Agassiz is located about 70 miles east of Vancouver and m a very central position in the valley of the Eraser in the coast climate. The land consists of about 325 acres of valley land fronting on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway and adjoining the station at Agassiz, with about 800 acres of broken mountain land in the rear. Prior to purchase about 35 acres of the valley land had been partly cleared and was more or less under cultivation, including 3 acres of young orchard.

About 30 acres of the land which had been partly under cultivation was thoroughly worked up in the autumn of 1889 and prepared for planting in the spring of 1900. Additional land has been cleared from year to year and through the energetic action of the superintendent the clearing has been made to keep pace not only with the necessities for orchard planting, but also with the requirements for experimental work with farm crops and the raising of supplies for farm animals. The cleared land in the valley at the present time is about 160 acres of which from 60 to 65 acres are occupied by fruit trees. There are also over fruit trees planted in clearings up the sides of the mountain at elevations ranging from 150 to feet in height.

The work of selecting the varieties and securing the trees has devolved mainly on the Director, while the planting and care, and the notes on their growth and productive ness, with the descriptions of the fruits, are entirely the work of the Superintendent.

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