REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE 415 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Several of the first planted trees bore fruit this year. 



The twelve trees of Ontario produced this year 305 lbs. of fruit, 228 lbs. No. 1 

 large handsome apples without a blemish, 40 lbs. of No. 2, smaller than No. 1, but 

 clean and fine fruit, and 37 lbs. of more or less blemished apples. Eleven out of the 

 twelve trees of this variety planted in the spring of 1905, fruited this year, and all 

 made a fine healthy gTOwth. These trees were two years old when planted. 



Jonathan. — Produced 80 lbs. No. 1, good size, well coloured and without blemish, 

 and 30 lbs. No. 2, good colour and clean, but too small to rate as No. 1. Eight trees 

 fruited, two died and the other two made a fine growth. 



Salome. — Produced 67 lbs. of fruit aU of which was full size, well coloured and 

 free from blemishes. Only four trees fruited, but all made a fine healthy growth and 

 are very promising for another year. These trees were all one-year old when planted 

 in the spring of 1905. 



Mother. — This variety produced 45 lbs. No. 1, large well coloured handsome 

 apples and 9 lbs., smaller but well coloured apples. Eleven trees made a healthy 

 growth and nine trees produced each a little fruit. This variety produced a few 

 apples in 1906, the second year after planting and a few again in 1907. 



Monmouth Pippin. — Eleven trees are alive and have made a strong growth; one 

 is dead. Eour trees fruited and produced 52 lbs. of apples, 40 lbs. of which was No. 1, 

 and 12 lbs. smaller apples, but without blemish. 



King. — The twelve trees of this variety planted in the spring of 1905 have grown 

 very well, and this year five trees fruited, producing 44 lbs. of fruit, 36 lbs. extra 

 large and handsome, very well coloured and free from blemish; 8 lbs. No. 2, perfect 

 and well coloured, but smaller than the No. 1. 



Grimes' Golden. — The twelve trees of this variety planted in the spring of 1905 

 are all alive and in fine thrifty condition. This variety commenced fruiting the 

 second year after planting, having produced several apples on several of the trees in 

 1906, and again in 1907. In 1908 four trees produced 20 lbs. of fair, smooth apples 

 of good size, all No. 1. 



Aiken. — Of the twelve trees of this variety planted in the spring of 1905, ten 

 are alive and in thrifty condition. There were 12 lbs. of fruit produced this season, 

 but all of it was too small to grade any better than No. 2 for this variety. The foliage 

 is not as luxuriant as on most of the other varieties in this orchard and a dry summer 

 affects it more readily, as shown by the fruit being small and poor. 



The "Winter Banana, Wagener, Coxs', Orange Pippin and Rhode Island Greening 

 are too young to bear but look very promising, and fruit may be exx)ected on some of 

 them next year. 



Apple Orchard No. 4. 



This orchard is composed of varieties which were not considered of sufficiently 

 high commercial value to include them in the commercial orchard, and yet were 

 deserving of further comparative test. Four trees will be planted of each variety 

 selected. Some of these have been procured and a number will be propagated here from 

 varieties which are not very much known in the west, but which, on further trial, may 

 be desirable commercial varieties in other sections of British Columbia, if not here, 

 as the climate and conditions vary so widely in such comparatively short distances. 

 Scions of a great many apples have been sent out from time to time for a number of 

 years, and those who received them are beginning to report progress. Some of the 

 varieties not commonly listed by nurserymen are giving satisfaction as producers of 

 good fruit and as being adapted to the conditions where they are planted. It is 

 partly with a view to have scions true to name for carrying on this work that some of 

 these varieties are being continued in this new orchard. 



