Thanks for visiting my site! My name in Christopher Garrish and the thesis you will find below is the result of three years of hard work in the University of Saskatchewan's History M.A. program. I have posted my work here for the benefit of those interested in this type of history (really, what good would the thesis be if no one could access it?). Some other links have been included that might be of interest. I hope you enjoy your time here...

• Introduction
• Below the Ditch:
  The Creation of an Orchard Landscape
• An Institution of the Interior:
  The Evolving Role of the BCFGA 1899 - 1939
• Challenges to the Single-Desk Marketing System
  1949 - 1959
• A Marketing Straightjacket:
  Economic Diversification and the Erosion of the Orchard Landscape
• The Fruit Wars
• Conclusion
  
  
• Bibliography
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C

We can't dispose of our own crop in a democracy!:
Okanagan Fruit Growers and the Challenges of a Single-Desk Marketing System

Arthur R. Garrish

• President British Columbia Fruit Growers Association 1951-1966 (Life member 1978).
• Founder Okanagan-Similkameen Co-operative Growers Association.
• President Oliver Packinghouse 1967-1984.
• President Canadian Horticultural Council 1959.
• Original member of the South Okanagan Land Irrigation District.
• Director, British Columbia Federation of Agriculture 1960s.
• Director, Associated Growers of British Columbia 1966-1976.
• Original member of the British Columbia Agricultural Land Commission 1973-1975.
• Director of the Oliver, British Columbia, Co-op store