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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



DONATIONS — Concluded. 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



Sender. 



Dery, F. L., Sb. Hilaire, Que 



d'Orsonnens, Count, Agnes, Que 



Dupuis, Aug., Village des Aulnaies, Q 



Erwin, A. T., Ames, la., U.S 



Fowler, Miss, Ileadingly, Man 



Foyeston, F., ilincsing, Out , , . . . . 



Jack, N. E., Chateauguay Basin 



Jones, Harold, Maitland, Ont 



Macaulay, T. B., Montreal, Q... 



Macoun, Prof. .John, Geological Survey, Ottawa, O. 



Macoun, J. M., Geological Survey, Ottawa, Ont 



McLean, C. F., Burton, N.B 



Matheson, Miss J., Perth, Ont 



I^ewman, C. P., Lachine Locks, Que 



Pelletier, Jos., St. Roch des Aulnaies, Q 



Reynaud, G., La Trappe, Q 



Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, England 



Saunders, W. E., London, Ont 



Shepherd, R. W., Como, Que 



Snow, C. H., Cumming's Bridge, O 



Watrous, C. L. , DesMoines, la , 



Waugh, Prof. F. A., Agricultural College, Amherst, 



White, Lt.-Coi.' Wm.* Ottawa, Ont. .". ........ \..... 



White, R. B., Ottawa, Ont 



Donation. 



Scions, St. Hilaire and Elzear apples. 

 Orchids. 



Plums, fine collection. 

 Ampelopsis Engelmanni, plants, 2. 

 Scions, apples. 



Scions, Willie's Favourite and unknown apple. 

 Scions, Norman, Cox's Orange Pippin apples. 

 I Scions, Fameuse apple. 

 Nuts, Juglans regia. 

 Seeds, Yukon plants. 

 Seeds, and bulbs of Pink Erythronium, 

 Scions, Johnston apple. 

 Scions, Ruf us and Fameuse apples. 

 Stones, peach, 82. 

 Scions, Germain, St. Pierre apples. 

 Scions, Fenouilles Gris apple. 

 Seeds, collection. 

 Plants, Mcnispermwn canadense. 

 Scions, Early Joe, Matthew's Winter, and Fameuse 



Sucre apples. 

 Strawberry plants. 

 Tree, Terry plum. 



Apples, collection. 



Plant, variety of, Lilium eandidum. 



Plants, Herbert raspberry. Plum trees and Perennials. 



I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, 



W. T. MACOUN, 



Horticulturist, 



APPLES. 



The apple orchards at the Central Experimental Farm are improving in appearance 

 every season. Many of the trees have been planted from twelve to fourteen years and 

 are now of good size and bearing well. Few trees died from winter injury, but during 

 the year 75 were blown down by strong winds or were so badly broken that they had 

 to be removed. In nearly every case the trunks of the trees were rotten almost through, 

 although the trees looked quite healthy when growing. 



There were 10-5 apple trees planted in the orchards last spring, many of which were 

 varieties that had not been tested before. 



The trees were thoroughly sprayed, as usual, during the growing season, the early 

 varieties four times and the late kinds five times. The trees were also washed to pre- 

 vent borers from attacking them. 



MICE. 



Mice were very numerous and destructive to fruit trees in Eastern Ontario and 

 the province of Quebec last wintei'. Little injury was done at the Experimental Farm, 

 as the smaller trees were protected by building paper or by wooden veneer protectors. 

 A few of the larger trees were gnawed considerably, as they were unprotected. The 

 wooden veneer has proven very satisfactory as a preventive against mice, and is also 

 thought to prevent sunscald to a large extent. The size of these protectors is 15 bv 24 

 inches. They are simply wrapped loosely around the trunks and tied with twine. 

 Those used this year were bought at $5 per thousand. For small trees they can be 



