The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following items:
D. At Cawston, an entire unprofitable apricot orchard is cut down. The cut trees are shredded and dispersed as mulch. At Revelstoke, three deep wells are being drilled to provide water for irrigation and domestic use.
E. Orchard scenes.
F. The golden nematode, a pest of tomatoes, potatoes and eggplants, infested Vancouver Island in 1965. The plant protection of the federal Department of Agriculture eradicated the threat using quarantine, soil preparation and fumigation.
G. The federal Department of Agriculture's national potato-breeding program. At a research station in Fredericton, researchers select the best varieties for each region of Canada.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Codling moth eradication program in Summerland. Producing quality fruit without applying insecticides.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Detecting and controlling pear psylla and cherry fruit fly in gardens and orchards. Manufacture of specially-treated panels at Venture Training Centre, a sheltered workshop in Vernon. Use of panels to traps insects in orchards. In a major Vancouver supermarket, a representative from the federal Dept. of Agriculture's production marketing division examines the marketing situation of Okanagan Valley apples. Display of B.C. Spartan apples. A produce buyer and a housewife are interviewed.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
"Codling moth & turkeys, Nov. 1965": animated footage about insecticides. Live footage showing development of the codling moth. Testing fruit. Collecting insects. Turkeys on turkey farm. Loading them for shipment. Christmas tree farm.

SUMMARY: Topics covered are: Sunday closings; library hours; Gypsy moth spraying. Speakers are: Doug Little, George Puil, Anne Diano, speaker for Vancouver Public Library Staff Association; Doug Little, Warnett Kennedy; George Puil; Harry Rankin; Jack Volrich; and Mr. Fleischman, senior assistant deputy minister, Agriculture Canada.

SUMMARY: Topics include a debate over carbaryl spraying to combat the gypsy moth, and an appeal from the Rental Door Rental Aid Society to restore its funding;

SUMMARY: The sole topic is the resumption of the gypsy moth spraying program.;

SUMMARY: Topics include: the gypsy moth spraying program, the detoxification centre proposed for Mount Pleasant, and the prosecution of stores that are open on Sundays.;

The file consists of a brief submitted to the Honourable Eileen Dailly, Minister of Education, Dept. of Education, Victoria, B.C., by School District no. 24 (Kamloops) in 1973. The brief is in regard to the Mission Flats Entomological Research Station.

CALL NUMBER: T0612:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Fruit farming in the Penticton area, 1906-1950 PERIOD COVERED: 1906-1950 RECORDED: Penticton (B.C.), 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Harris describes his background: born Oak River, Manitoba, 1910; family to Penticton, BC, 1917. Mr. Harris discusses: the Ellis Ranch; Southern Okanagan Land Company; irrigation of the Penticton area. Details about the construction of early irrigation works, circa 1906 to 1910. Details about irrigation. Thomas Ellis and the Ellis Ranch. Orchard and irrigation work. Varieties of fruit. TRACK 2: More on varieties of fruit. Attitudes and ideas of early orchardists. Learning the fruit business. Insects and pest control. Spraying techniques. Poison problems with insecticides. Changes in the fruit industry. Harris' early memories of fruit farming. Sizes of orchards. Changes in fruit marketing. CALL NUMBER: T0612:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Okanagan fruit industry, 1920-1960 PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1960 RECORDED: Penticton (B.C.), 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Harris discusses: the formation of fruit marketing co-operatives after 1920; problems of fruit marketing, 1930s; B.C. Fruit Growers Association; conflicts between growers and shippers; problems of the fruit economy; the seasonal round of work in the fruit industry in the 1920s. TRACK 2: The seasonal round of work (cont'd). Holidays and celebrations. August heat. Mosquitoes. Orchard workers. (End of interview)

The item is an instructional film on three reels, from the 1930s. It tells the story of the introduction of the European corn borer to America and subsequent attempts to control its destruction of corn crops. Natural parasites of the insect were brought to Canada.