392 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



TREES AND SHRUBS. 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



A strip two rods wide just inside the boundary fence on all four sides of the farm 

 was broken and backset in 1907 preparatory to setting out three rows of trees. The 

 two outside rows were planted in the spring of 1908, with various arrangements of 

 Cottonwood, elm, ash, l^anitoba maples, willows and evergreen trees. The inner row 

 is to be set later with smaller trees and shrubs of various kinds. A large supply of 

 trees and shrubs were received from the Central Farm and these were set in the 

 nursery, to be available for transplanting later. 



As a whole the material in the nursery, set out in the spring of 1907, wintered 

 in a very satisfactory manner. 



APPLE ORCHARDS. 



As on the non-irrigated farm three orchards were set out, the trees being placed 

 15 feet apart each way. The first consisted of cross-bred varieties ,of apple and 51 

 ■^vere S'-^t nut. The second consisted of seedlings of the cross-breds and 63 were set 

 'out. The third consisted of standard varieties and 48 were set out. Most of these 

 established themselves fairly well. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Eorty-eight varieties of strawberries were obtained in the spring and set out 

 in rows 3 feet apart. Fifty plants each were set out in double roavs 50 feet long, 

 with the exception of ten varieties where only twenty-five plants each were received. 

 Most of the varieties were shipped from Ontario by mail and some of them were in 

 poor condition when they arrived, so that a good stand was not obtained in all cases, 

 in fact in a few instanoep all the plants died. But the plants that established them- 

 selves sent out runners which will be used in the spring to fiill in the blank places in 

 the rows. The following is a list of the varieties of which there are some plants living. 



Tennessee Prolific, Glen Mary, 



Buster, Williams, 



Warfield, Ridgeway, 



Haverland, Bismark, 



Early Beauty, Steven's Late Champion, 



Senator Dunlap, Senator Dunlap 



(from locally grown plants), 



William Belt, William Belt 



(from locally grown plants), 



Aroma, Splendid, 



Ruby, Beder Wood, 



Carrie, Abingdon, 



Parson's Beauty, Fountain, 



Bubach, Brandy wine. 



Uncle Jim, Clyde, 



Irene, 3 W's, 



Gandy, Wild Native, 



Staples, Pocomoke, 



WorhFs Wonder, Chipman, 



Nettie. Elba, 



Van Deman, King Edward, 



Aug Luther Minute Man, 



