EXPERIMENTAL FARM FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



EBPOET OF THOMAS A. SHAEPE, SUPEEINTENDENT. 



Agassiz, B. C, Dec. 31, 1891 



To "Wm. Saunders, Esq., 



Director Dominion Experimental Farms, 

 Ottawa. 



Sir, — ^I have the honour to submit the following report of the work done on the 

 Experimental Farm at Agassiz, B. C, for the year 1890. 



The winter of 1889 and 1890 was the severest known in this district for some 

 years past, the ground was frozen to a considerable depth early in January. The 

 spring was rather wet and cold, and although during the latter pai-t of haying and 

 through harvest we had rather unsettled weather, yet the summer has on the whole 

 been a favourable one for the growth of grain, and root crops. Up to this date 

 there has only been two slight frosts, pansies, daisies and other hardy flowers are 

 unhurt. 



During the winter we had plenty of work for the men employed, as there was 

 a large quantity of birch, alder, and other roots to be hauled ott" the ploughed 'land, 

 the weather being too wet to admit of burning them in piles on the ground. We 

 took off during the winter, and in spring after the second ploughing, over six 

 hundred wagon loads, which were burned when dry. 



On the 10th of March we began clearing a piece of bench land at the base of the 

 mountain, for grapes and other fruits, and cleared ground sufficient to plant a small 

 orchard of peach, nectarine, apricot, cherry and fig trees, as well as grape vines, of 

 which the following is a list 



PEACHES. 



1. Schumacher. 1, Hilbornr''^ ^^ -^ 



1. Early Eivers. 1. Lord Palmerston. 



1. Amsden. 1. Sal way. 



1. Mountain Eose. 2. Late Crawford. 



2. Wager. 1. Stevens' Eare Eipc. 

 1. Old Mixon. 2. Foster. 



1. Wheatland. 1. Waterloo. 



1. Early Barnard. 1. Alexander. 



1. Early Beatrice. 1. Lemon Cling. 



1. G-olden Cling. 1. Coolidges Favourite. 



1. Early Canada. 1. Stump the World. 



2. Early York. 1. Globe. 



3. Early Crawford. 1. Hale's Early. 

 1. Aiken. 1, Smock. 



Three of these trees have died, the rest have done well. 



APRICOTS. 



1. Nicholas. 



NECTARINES. 



1. Pitmaston's Orange. 1. Boston. 



