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Beder Wood. — Plant vigorous and healthy, stem long and fairly strong. Berry bright 

 red, above medium in size, flavour fine, berry a little soft. Ripe June 23rd. 



Daisy. — Plant vigorous, and foliage healthy, stem long and slender. Berry large 

 and grows in large clusters, dark red, firm and solid, good shape, rather acid but flavour 

 first class. Ripe June 23rd. 



Bonny Lass. — Plant only a medium grower, foliage healthy. Stem medium in 

 length and stout. Berry above medium in size, not very productive, bright red, coxcomb 

 shape. A rich flavoured sweet berry. One of the best for home use. Retains its size 

 and quality to the last. Ripe June 25th. 



Pine Apple. — Plant vigorous and healthy, stem long and stout, not productive. 

 Berry above medium in size, but soft and flavour poor. Ripe June 26th. 



Laxjord Hall. — Plant vigorous and healthy, stem long and stout, not very pro- 

 ductive. Berry only medium in size, round dark red, flavour good, sweet and very 

 firm. Ripe June 26th. 



Shelter Belts and Forest Trees. 



The trees in the shelter belts have made fine growth, and only two or three have 

 died since my last report, and these were in a low spot where the water lay a few days, 

 during the high water in June. 



The plantations on the Mountain have done remarkably well, there being a very 

 small per cent of losses, and in most varieties a very fine growth, considering that they 

 have received no care or cultivation since they were planted. 



The walnuts and hickory nuts planted last fall on the Mountain, have done very 

 well, at least 70 per cent of the nuts planted having grown, and there may be a larger 

 percentage than this, as they were scattered, over a considerable area, and it is difficult 

 to find a yearling seedling in ferns and underbrush. 



Another large lot of walnuts has been received from Ontario and are being planted. 

 There are also on hand several thousand young forest trees of varieties valued for their 

 timber which will be planted on the Mountain next spring. 



Tomatoes. 



The following varieties of tomatoes were sown in a hot-bed April 24th, and trans- 

 planted June 2nd. A few ripened, but many of the plants were destroyed by water. 



Early Ruby. — Ripe September 7th, very solid and few seeds, medium size, and 

 smoth. 



Atlantic Prize. — Did not ripen. 



Earliest of All. — Small and seedy, ripened September 11th, not productive. 



Everbearing. — Did not ripen, 



Livingston's Aristocrat. — Did not ripen. 



New Dwarf Champion. — Dit not ripen. 



Peppers. 



The following varieties of peppers were sown in hot bed April 24th and planted out 

 June 6th. They all fruited freely, but none of them ripened. 

 Sweet Spanish. 

 Mammoth Golden Dawn. 

 Kaleidoscope. 



Cabbage. 



The following varieties of cabbage were tested. Seed sown in hot bed April 22nd 

 Transplanted May 18th. 



1st. — Burpee's Surehead. — Head medium in size, very firm and solid. 



2nd. — Burpee's Earliest of all. — Heads very early, but small and not compact. 



3rd. — Simmer's Matchless Flat Dutch.- — Heads fair size firm and solid. 



4th. — World Beater. — Did not head very well, heads poor and soft. 



5th. — Mammoth Red Rock. — Heads medium sized, very firm and hard. 



6th. — Chester King. — Only a few plants formed heads and these were quite small. 



