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EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



The clump of Syringa Vulgaris, numbering 23 varieties, is growing well, and in 

 another year or two will, no doubt, be very attractive. 



Appended is a short list of the varieties of trees and shrubs that have proved con- 

 spicuously successful in the past few years : 



Botanical name — 

 Acer Negundo. 

 Acer Tataricuni Ginna'a. . 

 Alnus Glutinosa. 

 Betula Populifolia. 

 Cai'agana Arborescens. 

 Cornus Stolonifera. 

 Cotoneaster Integerrima. 

 Crataegus Chlorosarca. 

 " Coccinea. 



II Cms Galli. 



Fraxinus Americana. 



II Pennsylvanica Lanceolata. 

 Lonicera Alberti. 



II Tatarica, 

 Populus Balsamifera. 



II Deltoidea. 

 Rhamnus Cathartica. 



II Frangula. 

 Ribes Aureura. 

 II Sibirica. 

 Salix Pentranda. 

 II Purpurea Pendula. 

 II Voronesh. 

 Syringa Chinense. 

 II Josikea. 

 n Vulgaris. 

 Ulmus Americana. 

 Viburnum Opulus. 



Common name — 

 Box Elder. 

 Ginnalian Maple. 

 Common Alder. 

 White Birch. 

 Siberian Pea Tree. 

 Red Osier Dogwood. 

 Common Cotoneaster. 



Scarlet Haw. 

 Cockspur Thorn. 

 White Ash. 

 Green Ash. 



Albert Regel's Honeysuckle. 

 Tartarian Honeysuckle. 

 Balsam Poplar. 

 Cottonwood. 

 Common Buckthorn. 

 BreakinpT Buckthorn. 

 Missouri Currant. 

 Siberian Currant. 

 Laurel Leaved Willow. 

 Pendulous Purple Willow. 

 Voronesh Willow. 

 Rouen Lilac. 

 Josika's Lilac. 

 Common Lilac. 

 American Elm. 

 Highbush Cranberry. 



FRUIT TREES AND BUSHES. 



The crop of fruits, with the exception of crab apples, currants and raspberries, was 

 most disappointing. The native and American plums set a heavy crop of fruit, which 

 was immediately affected with plum-pocket, and any plums that escaped injury from 

 this cause were frozen before they came to maturity. The trees blossomed somewhat 

 later than last year, and the growth of fruit was retarded by the cool wet weather in 

 the early part of the season. The crab apples (Pyrus Baccala and Pyrus Prunifolia) 

 fruited freely and ripened before the frost on September 12. Currants were a fair crop 

 of excellent quality. Raspberries were above the average, and the fruit of nearly all 

 the varieties was of exceptional quality. Very little fruit set on the gooseberries. 

 Strawberries were, as usual, almost a total failure. 



SEEDLING APPLES. 



The two seedlings each of Tonka and Arctic, planted in 1899, came through the 

 winter in good condition, but did not blossom. The Wealthy, Blushed Calville and 

 Hibernal, planted in 1900, were unfortunately nearly all destroj^^ed by rabbits during 

 the winter. Any trees that were not barked made strong growth during the season. 



GRAFTING. 



The grafting of scions of hardy apples and crab apples grown in Manitoba, com- 

 menced in 1901, was continued this spring, and scions of the more promising varieties 

 of American seedling plums were grafted on some of the trees of the Manitoba native 

 plums which have proved inferior in size and quality. 



Seventy-five per cent of the grafts on crab apples which struck in 1901 came 

 through the winter in good condition and grew well during the season. 



