+-----+-----------------------------+--------+ | | MONTHS. | Mean | +-----+-----------------------------+ Annual.| | | Aug.|Sept.| Oct.| Nov.| Dec.| | +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------+ | | In. | In. | In. | In. | In. | In. | |1840}|2.927|4.099|2.557|3.109|1.606| 30.859 | |1859}| | | | | | | +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------+ The Rev. Mr. Hope, who has been indefatigable in his efforts to promote the interest of his adopted country, quotes the following passage from the Toronto _Globe_ of September 21st, 1860, to show that people at home are much mistaken in considering Canada a region of frost and snow. “The display of fruit, in quantity and quality, surpassed what has been shown at any previous Exhibition. The results in this department were very satisfactory, proving that the climate of Canada admirably adapts it for the raising of many of the most valuable kinds of fruit. One of the principal exhibitors was Mr. Beadle of St. Catharine’s nurseries. On one side of the central stand in the Crystal Palace, he had 115 plates of apples, pears, peaches, &c., and 30 jars of cherries, currants, raspberries, blackberries, &c. Mr. Beadle exhibited ten varieties of peaches grown in the open air. Several of these varieties were of very large dimensions, and were much admired for the delicate richness of their tints. He exhibited also numerous varieties of apples; 41 in one collection of three of each sort, and 20 in another collection of six of each sort. He had also a large show of pears, comprising a large number of varieties. Among the varieties of open-air grapes shown by Mr. Beadle, were the Blood-blacks, the Delaware, the Diana, the Northern Muscadine, the Perkins, Sage’s Mammoth, and the Wild Fox.” In 1828, when the whole population of Upper Canada amounted to 185,500 inhabitants, the number of acres under agricultural improvement was 570,000, or about 3-1/14 for each individual; in 1851 the average for each inhabitant was very nearly four acres. The comparative progress of Upper and Lower Canada, in bringing the forest-clad wilderness into cultivation, may be inferred from the following table:-- LOWER CANADA. UPPER CANADA. Year. No. acres cultivated. No. acres cultivated. 1831 2,065,913 818,432 1844 2,802,317 2,166,101 1851 3,605,376 3,695,763