310 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



The Anis apple trees planted in the valley in 1890 and protected by a maple hedge 

 are still alive, but are making no progress, the growth of each summer is cut off the 

 following winter, and the trees are no higher than they were three years ago ; were it 

 not for the heavy drifts covering them each winter they would no doubt be killed to 

 the ground before this. 



Crab Apples. 



For two or three years the Transcendent crab apple trees on this farm were quite 

 promising, and a few of them bore fruit, but the past two winters have been very severe 

 on them and nearly all were killed to within a short distance of the ground. 



Siberian, Whitneys No. 20, Hyslop, Orange, Early Strawberry and Queen's Choice 

 are still alive, but badly cut back. 



Ten additional Transcendents were planted 5th May, 1893, eight of these are still 



alive, but badly injured. 



Plums. 



I take pleasure in reporting a fair share of success with the native plum, the seven 

 native wild plum trees procured from the Brandon Hills and planted in 1890, show the 

 advantage of cultivation, -they have made good trees, and this year were loaded with 

 fruit, which varies very much in size and quality, some were found to make excellent 

 preserves, the pits of all were saved, some of them being planted in the fall, the remainder 

 packed in sand for spring sowing. Several of the native plum trees planted in 1893 also 



bore fruit. 



Four native yellow plum trees were received from the Antlers district, and will 

 prove useful for comparison with the red ones already grown here. 



Bradshaw, DeSoto, Nicholas and Late Red, all imported varieties, are still in ex- 

 istence, although very poor specimens, being badly injured by frost each winter, the 

 DeSoto is, however, the most promising. 



Two varieties were received from the nursery of A. Dupuis, Village des Aulnais, 

 Quebec, consisting of Orleans Blue and Imperial Blue, and planted spring of 1893, these 

 all started, but were entirely killed by frost the following winter. 



The following seedlings, viz., 127 Weaver, 12 Cheney, 8 Speer, 6 DeSoto, and 34 

 Natives, were received from the Central Experimental Farm last spring, and were 

 planted'in permanent positions with a southern exposure, and sheltered on the east and 

 west by two year old maple hedges : these are all alive and thrifty at this date. 



The native plums on this farm proving so successful, 86 additional young trees were 

 procured this fall from the plantation of Mr. Thomas Frankland, of Stonewall : these are 

 heeled in for the winter, and will be planted next spring. 



Cherries. 



The standard cherries tested up to this date have not proved a success, some 

 specimens of the Bessarabian, Lutovka, 6 m. Cherry, Koslov Bush Morello, Vladimir 

 and Blackhill Cherry, are still alive, but are repeatedly cut back each winter, none of 

 them have as yet borne fruit. n 



In the spring of 1893 some specimens of the sand cherry, " Prunus pumila, both 

 imported and native, were planted. These have come through the winter uninjured by 

 frost and have proved vigorous and hardy ; they not only bear a large amount of rather 

 inferior fruit, but are also handsome shrubs when in bloom. A plantation of 200 of 

 these shrubs sent from the Central Farm has been set out in the valley, and although 

 planted late withstood the drought remarkably well, and are all alive and healthy at 



this date. . . 



Two varieties of cherries were received from Mr. A. Dupuis, Village des Aulnais, 

 Quebec :— Old French and Montmorency, these were fresh root grafts, and the grafts 

 had become disunited in transit, hence they did not grow. 



