404 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Medlars. 

 The medlars have grown vigorously, and blossomed, but did not fruit. 



Peaches. 



Nearly all the peach trees have made a very fine growth this year. They were 

 sprayed, when the leaves were partly expanded, with a strong Bordeaux mixture, idt 

 the prevention of curl leaf ; I am pleased to say that there was no curl leaf this year, a 

 careful watch was made and only three affected leaves found. This disease does not 

 appear to have been troublesome in any orchard in this locality, even where the trees 

 were not treated to prevent it. 



The trees are very promising now, and with a favourable winter, and spring, many 

 varieties should fruit next year. 



The following varieties have been added to the collection : — Miller's Cling, Large 

 Early, Gold Dust, Crosby, Champion, Toledo Prolific, Beer's Late, Eaton's Golden, 

 Japan Blood, Peen-to, Park's Late, Hoover's Heath, Jarles' Late White, Silver Medal, 

 Ives' Blood (free), Yum- Yum, Bergen's Yellow, Golden Dwarf, Fourteen Ounce, 

 Magdala, Royal Kensington, Shanghae, Pickett's Late, Barnes, Topaz, Lonoke, I.X.L., 

 Bonanza, Henrietta, Ark. Mamm. Golden, Geary's Hold-on, Blood (free), Flater's St. John, 

 Chas. Wood, Jessie Kerr, Albright's Late, Arkansas, Traveller, Ragan's Yellow, 

 Christiana. 



These, with those previously planted, make 178 varieties in alL 



Quinces. 



The Quince trees blossomed in spring, but the blossoms fell off. 

 The Mammoth Japan and Col. Cheney were the only additions in quinces since my 

 last report ; in all, 1 2 varieties. 



Mulberries. 



The Victoria and Hicks have been added to the collection of this fruit. When the 

 trees are a year or two older no doubt they will fruit, but up to the present they have 

 only made each year a vigourous wood growth. 



Mountain Orchards. 



The apple, pear, plum, cherry and peach trees, planted in the orchards on the 

 mountain have made a vigorous growth and are very promising, and the question of 

 picking and transporting fruit to the lower level of the valley will soon demand atten- 

 tion. 



Preparations are being made to add considerably to the area under fruit trees on 

 the highest bench. A number of young apple and other trees for that purpose, being in 

 nursery rows at the present time. 



Some of the grape vines planted on the benches fruited this season, but none of 

 the fruit ripened. 



Of the English gooseberries imported in the spring of 1893, a single plant each of 

 several varieties were planted on the bench, and it was satisfactory to note that two 

 varieties, Crown Bob and Whinham's Industry, fruited this year, and although not 

 sprayed, neither fruit nor foliage showed any trace of mildew. 



Nuts. 



Filberts. — The filbert, Corylus Avellana, produced a small crop of fine large nuts this 

 year. The sample produced was very uniform in size, and larger than those commonly 



