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	Agricultural History Garden Programme Animals Programme Heritage Fruit Heritage Fruit John Galbraith's residence at Fort Steele Robert L.T. Galbraith, owner of the Fort Steele townsite, was also a B.C. fruit inspector. Among other things he left was a record of fruits planted here in the 1895 era. With the assistance and interest of W. J. Boughen & Sons Limited in 1996 we grafted scion wood onto hardy root stock. In the spring of 1998 we planted sixty two-year-old whips selected from the list below. Fruits recommended for this area in 1895 included: Currant  Red Cherry  White Dutch  Red Dutch    Fay's Prolific  Lee's Prolific  Versailles    Ruby Castle  Black Naples  White Grape    Black Champion              Gooseberry  Oregon Champion  Downing  Industry    White Champagne  Crown Bab            Raspberry  Marlborough  Cuthburt  Golden Queen    Palmer  Greig  Helborn    Black Cap              Blackberry  Erie  Evergreen  Snider          Crabapple:  Hyslop  Montreal Beauty            Pear  Bartlett  Fall Beauty  Louise Boune de Jersey    Fall Butter  Duchesse D'Augonleme  Keifer    Beurre Diel  Beurre Hardy  Winter Nelis    Armand Morell  (?Buffain?)  Englis Jargonelle    White Doyenne  Beurre D'Anjou  Beurre Bose          Plum  Smith's Orleans  Coe's Golden Drop  Yellow Egg    Pond's Seedling  Reme Claude Shropshire Damsom    Bradshaw  Victoria  Grand Duke    Red Egg  Peach  Green Gage          Prune  Fallenberg or Italian  Bulgarian            Peach  Early Crawford  Sollaway  Alexander    Hales Early Crosby  Foster  Amsden June          Grape  Worden  Brighton  Green Mountain    Moore's Early  Niagara            Cherry  May Duke  Elton  Rockport Biggarreau    Windsor  Royal Anne  English Morello    Black Tartarian Belle Magnifique      Yellow Spanish  Napoleon Biggarreau