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Weather Watch

Weather was a key factor in much of the research conducted at the Experimental Farm (now the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre.)

Weather was a key factor in much of the research conducted by the scientists at the Experimental Farm (now the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre.)

This photo, taken in the 1930s, shows the weather station where interesting equipment provided helpful data to the researchers.

If the weather had been the same then as it is this year they might have scratched their heads and reconsidered the varieties of fruits they were testing — and lemon and orange trees would be sharing our orchard space with the cherries, peaches and apples.