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Meadow Brome, Bromus pratensis, fair growth. 

 Awnless Brome, Bromus inermis, medium growth. 

 Fringed Brome, Bromus ciliatus, good growth. 

 Wild Chess, Bromus secalinus, fair growth. 

 Western Brome, Bromus pumpellianus, good growth. 

 Mexican Brome, Bromus segetum, very strong growth. 

 Crested Dog's Tail, Cynosurus cristatus, strong growth. 

 Orchard Grass, Dactylis glomerata, strong growth. 

 Northern Blue Joint, Deyeuxia Langsdorfii, did not grow. 

 Canadian Lyme Grass, Elymus Canadensis, did not grow. 

 Lyme Grass, Elymus Virginicus, fair growth. 

 Hard Fescue, Festuca duriuscula, fair growth. 

 Tall Fescue, Festuca elatior, good growth. 

 Sheep's Fescue, Festuca ovina, did not grow. 

 Holy Grass, Hierochloa borealis, did not grow. 

 Perennial Rye Grass, Lolium perenne, very strong growth. 

 Satin Grass, Muhlenbergia Mexicana, did not grow. 

 Bearded Satin Grass, Muhlenbergia sylvatica, did not grow. 

 Switch Grass, Panicum virgatum, good growth. 

 Canadian Blue Grass, Deyeuxia Canadensis, did not grow. 

 Wood Meadow Grass, Poa nemoralis, good growth. 

 June Grass, Poa pratensis, did not grow. 



do Poa pratensis, white form, did not grow. 



do Poa pratensis, from Calgary, do 



Fetid Drop-seed grass, Sporobolus heterosis, do 

 Neglected Blue Joint, Deyeuxia neglecta, do 



The varieties that have given good results in the past are : Western Rye Grass, 

 Orchard Grass, Late or Fowl Meadow, Fringed Brome, Reed Canary, Western Brome, 

 Tall Fescue, Meadow Fescue and Austrian Brome. The Reed Canary Grass and West- 

 ern Brome are very early and rank-growing grasses, the former being 23 inches high on 

 1st June. The Late Meadow is a very fine late pasture grass. 



Currants. 



Several varieties of red, white and black currants have been experimented with. 

 In point of productiveness they rank in the following order : Red — New Red Dutch, 

 La Conde, Knight's Early Red, La Hative and La Fertile ; White — White Transparent, 

 White Grape and White Dutch ; Black — Lee's Prolific, Ogden's Black and Baldwin 

 Black. 



The New Red Dutch, White Transparent, and Lee's Prolific are the most promis- 

 ing sorts and have made the strongest growth. 



Raspberries. 



Several varieties of raspberries have been experimented with,the Cuthbert has prov- 

 ed to be the best variety of red, and the Golden Queen the finest flavoured and most 

 productive of the yellow sorts. 



Gooseberries. 



The English gooseberries set out in the spring of 1893, with a few exceptions, did 

 remarkably well, and gave some fine fruit. 



About the 10th of June the gooseberries were attacked by "the shot hole" fungus 

 (Septoria ribis) which spread very rapidly, the bushes were sprayed on June 12th with 

 a solution of Potassium Sulphide, 1 oz. to a bucket of water, again on the 16th with 

 Bordeaux mixture, which was repeated on the 22nd. These applications completely 

 checked and killed the disease. The disease seemed to yield more readily to the Bor- 



