285 



Crab Appi.es, 1889. 



{Stanley 



Trlinnesota . . 

 Brier's Sweet 

 Gibb 



Orange 



Ijate Winter . 

 Welcome . . . . 



PEARS. 



In 1888, 20 pear trees were set out. Those consisted of Beurrd Hardy, Clapp's 

 Favourite, Howell, Flemish Beauty, Seckel and 2 Eussian varieties. One Flemish 

 Beauty lived through the tirst wintei-. None were alive in spring of 1890. Thirty 

 Russian seedlings were planted in May last. 



PLUMS. 



Twenty-three plum trees of 9 varieties, viz : — Grolden Drop, Moore's Arctic, 

 Lombard, Marianna, German Prune, Wolf, Speer, Eollingston and Early Red were 

 planted in 1888. Eleven of these were alive last year. This fall, 2 Speer, 3 Wolf, 1 

 RoUingstone and 3 Early Red are alive. All are cut back and onl^- side shoots are 

 growing. This year, 3 trees of Early Red Avere planted and are all alive now. 



CHERRIES. 



Thirty-four cherry trees were planted in 1888. The varieties were Ostheim, 

 Morello, Vladimir and Early Richmond. One Early Richmond and two Vladimir 

 wtood the tirst winter, but are dead now. This year ihree varieties, were planted con- 

 sisting of 5 Koslov Morello Cherry, 3 Black Hill and 3 M. Cherry No. 6. All lived 

 and made good growth the past summei-. 



SMALL FRUITS — CURRANTS. 



We never had a better prospect for currants than last season up to 12th 

 June. At that time all the fruit was formed and much of it well grown. The bushes 

 were loaded down, and everything j5i'omised a most abundant crop. Unfortunately 

 a shower of hail passed over on that day and left veiy few on the bushes. When 

 ripe only two quarts of currants were gathered. 



The following are varieties set out with number of bushes of each kind living 

 at pi-esent from planting done in 1888 and 1889: — 



Currants, 1888-89. 



Planted. 



Livinor. 



Victoria 



Lee's Prolific. 

 Champion ... 

 Fay's Prolific. 

 Raby Castle . 

 White Grape. 

 Red Dutch . . . 

 Black Naples 

 Red Grape.. . 



