294 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 

 PLUMS. 



A fairly good crop of plums was secured, and owing to the absence of severe 

 frosts during September, practically the whole of the crop was ripened. The Major 

 plum, a selected native variety, was the first to ripen, and was picked on August 16. 

 Pits of the earliest varieties were saved and planted this fall with the hope of obtain- 

 ing early ripening seedlings. 



CURRANTS. 



The old plantation of currant bushes was done away with last spring, and a new 

 plantation set out consisting of 15 black, 14 red, and 11 white varieties. The bushes 

 were planted in rows 6 feet apart each way, thus allowing for cross cultivation. The 

 majority of the bushes grew well during the summer and a small quantity of fruit 

 was picked. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



Seven varieties of gooseberries were planted in the spring, but out of these only 

 three, varieties grew, viz.: Companion, Rideau and Carman. 



RASPBERRIES. 



A new plantation of raspberries containing thirteen varieties was planted this 

 year, but did not take at all well. However, a small proportion of the plants made 

 satisfactory growth. 



The three varieties of blackberries planted all did well. 



ARBORETUM. 



A large amount of thinning was done during the spring and fall in the arboretum, 

 the more ordinary varieties of trees and shrubs being taken out, giving the better 

 specimens more ground and air space. Each one remaining was re-labelled this year. 



The following is a list of trees and shrubs received and planted in the nursery in 

 the spring of 1907, with notes on their growth in 1907, and their conditions in the 

 spring of 1908 : — 



1 Black Elderberry (Stevenson). Pair growth, killed to ground. 



1 Siberian Almond (Stevenson). Dead. 



1 Silver Maple (Stevenson). Fair growth, wintered well. 



1 Mountain Ash (Stevenson). Good growth, wintered well. 



3 Acer pictum (Japan). Fair growth, killed at tips. 



6 Acer saccharinum (Dempsey). Fair growth, wintered well. 



4 Acer saccharinum (Dempsey). Fair growth, slightly killed at tips. 

 1 Acer platanoides purpurea. Fair growth, killed to near ground . 



3 Acer platanoides Schwedleri. Dead. 



1 Acer tartaricum var. Aidzuense. Dead. 



2 Acer tartaricum var. Aidzuense. Weak growth, wintered well. 



4 Acer spicatum. Dead. 



10 Abies balsamea, 3 alive, 7 dead. 



1 Amelanchier vulgaris. Dead. 



2 Amelanchier vulgaris. Fair growth, wintered well. 

 1 Ampelopsis self-fastening. Dead. 



3 Betula alba laciuiata. Dead. 



