| Fruit

By Ginnie Beardsley |

Sweet, juicy, colorful Okanagan fruit, shipped by the
carload, is familiar in grocery stores across the country and
overseas. But the on-the-spot showcase of the valley beside
the big blue lakes and of its near neighbor the Similkameen

Valley, is the roadside fruit stand.

Some 150 of these direct-
from-the-farm. sales "outlets
tempt the motorist to taste

fruit fresh from vine or tree .

along a route starting at
about Hedley on the west,
-and extending from the
_ United States border just
below Osoyoos north along
Highway 97 as it follows the
lakeshore line _ through
Oliver, Penticton, Summer-
land, Kelowna, Vernon,
Armstrong and Enderby and
the many smalier centres in
between.

BLOSSOM

The fruit stand - season

starts in June, when the rich |

reds of cherries succeed the
delicate pastels of valleys full
of blossom. For. the more
permanent and. diversified
stands, of which there are

about 70, the bounty of the’

land spills like a cornucopia
as the muted colors of
apricots and peaches are
succeeded by the deep blues
of prune, and the Soft, pale

golds of pears give way to -

appies in STeens, . ress. and

rich golds.

While most stands are

primarily in the business of
selling fruit, vegetables also

appear at many -— early _ tree-fruit crops alone are sold
asparagus, tomatoes, .cu- by the regular fruit stands—

cumbers, corn and. miscell-
aneous field vegetables rip-
ening in increasing numbers
as the season advances.
Right into fall and through
October, the various melons
and squashes add a variety of
greens and golds. to the
picture—and what would
Hallowe’en and ‘Thanksgiv-
ing be without pumpkins?

PACKERS =~

Some 15 kinds of ‘apples

are needed to provide cross- .

pollinization, while only six

continued from page 1

“We will start in the area.

along the cliffs north of Twin
Falls and move down to Twin
Falls, located about a quarter
mile south of the bridge.

‘The reason we haven't

gone in the past few days is
because flash ttoods, caused
by torrential rains . and
snow-melt, have made river
running hazardous. We have
to consider the safety of the
men (divers),”” he explained.

are of interest to the packers.
Similarly with apricots, and
so on, giving the motorist the
opportunity to buy first

quality fruit directly from the
grower.

Okanagan fruit stands had -

their very modest start in
‘Osoyoos in the 30’s, selling
very limited quantities of
cantaloupes. . The roadside
stand as a regular part of the
grower’s business had to
wait another 15 or 20
years—for the completion of
the “Hope-Princeton High-
‘way, with the consequent
growth in popularity of travel
to the interior valleys.

“Many stands which started
out with a card table or a few
planks laid across sawhorses
have since grown to most
attractive and ambitious pro-
‘portions, with some of the
most advanced. merchandis-
ing concepts of any of North
America’s
areas. Many are still ‘‘at the
same stand”’ in more sophis-
.ticated forms after 20 years.

The Simiikameen accounts
for about 40 per cent-of fruit

stand sales, the Okanagan 60

_per ‘cent. More than 10,000
“(9,000 tonnes) of the main

apart from the aforemen-
tioned: direct farm sales.

- Total fruit stand sales
exceed $6 million a year, and
give employment to about
450 people—to say. nothing

of the pleasure and excellent

value in fresh fruit, vege-
tables and assorted . allied
lines such as ciders and fruit
candies which they provide
for the travelling public,. In
addition to private motorists,
most tour buses make. at

‘least one fruit stand stop in

the Okanagan and. Simil-
kameen valleys. ,

search. He and two others

reported the. sighting of the

body.

“After talking with him,

I'm quite sure he saw the
body,’” Teather told . the
News.

td

Reuter was reported mis-

fruit-growing .

sing when he failed to meet a |

family after they split com-

‘pany at Lynn Canyon. The

plan, one report said, was for
Reuter to meet the family at

- the wooden bridge at Twin. ;
Falls when the group had to.

According to present plans
the divers will wear masks,
snorkels and. fins. ‘Because

‘return .
‘something. When the group

to their: car - for,

arrived at the bridge they

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