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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



MULBERRIES. 



All the mulberry trees fruited this year. New American and Downing are the 



MOUNTAIN ORCHARDS. 



largest and best sorts, 



The fruit trees on the mountain have grown well and many of the trees produced 

 a little fruit this season. Owing perhaps to the dry August and Septembei', the fruit 

 was not quite so large as the same sorts grown on the level but was cleaner skinned 

 and brighter coloured. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



The crop of small fruits was uniformly fairly good. The cold rjrins in June injured 

 the strawberry crop somewhat, but raspberries, blackberries and currants were a good 

 crop. The gooseberries suffered from mildew so much that the fruit was worthless except 

 a few bushes at about 600 ft. elevation on the mountain. These, although not sprayed, 

 have not suffered from mildew and the fruit although not so large as the same sorts 



grown down on the level is clean and well flavoured. 



BED AND YELLOW RASPBERRIES. 



\ Name. 



Hansel. 



Phoenix 



White Antwerp.. 



Carter's Prolific. 



Crimson Beauty. 

 Yellow Antwerp. 



Ballard's Perpet- 

 ual. 



New Fastolf 



Yellow Spineless 



Malta. . . 

 Pauline. 



Herrenha user 

 Red Perpetual. 

 Duke of Brabant 



Nonpareil . 

 Turuer 



Hudson River 



Antwerp. 

 Thompson. . . . 



Franconia 



Northumberland 



Fill Basket. 

 Belle deFontenay 

 Champlain 



Battler's Giant . 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing:. 



Growth 



of 

 Plant. 



June 24 



M 26 

 .. 26 



28 



28 

 28 



30 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 

 3 



July 



Size 



of 



Fruit. 



Vigorous 



rt . . 



Feeble 



Moderately 

 vigorous. 

 If 

 Feeble 



Vigorous. . 



It 

 Feeble 



Moderately 



vigorous. 



Vigorous.. . 



It 



II 



II . . 



Feeble 



II .... 



Vigorous... 



Moderately 



vigorous. 



Vigorous.. . 



Small. 



Large 

 SmaU, 



Crumbly, light red, good 



flavour. 



Firm, bright re.d, good flavour 

 Soft, poor quality 



Medium. 

 Small . . . 



Large medium 



Large 



Small medium 



Large medium 



Medium 



Large 



Small 



Very small. . . 



Small 



II 



Very large . . . 



Large medium 

 Small 



Medium. 



Quality. 



Firm, sweet, not of much 



value. 



Firm, dark red, good flavour. 

 Crumbly, sweet, not of much 



value. 

 Crumbly, sweet, good flavour. 



Firm, red, sweet, good quality 

 Soft, sweet, not good, 



Soft, yellow, good flavour 



Crumbly, dark red, sweet, 



good flavour. 

 Firm, dark red, sweet, fair 



flavour. 

 Firm, bright red, sweet, good 



flavour. 



Not good quality 



Crambl}', sweet, not much 



good. 

 Soft, red, sweet 



Productiveness. 



Of no value 



Firm, dark red, good quality. 



II II . . 

 Yellow, poor quality 



Crumbly, dark red, 

 flavour. 



fail 



Moderately produc- 

 tive. 

 Productive. 

 Not productive. 



Moderately produc- 

 tive. 

 ■I II 



Not productive. 



Productive. 



Moderately produc- 

 tive. 



Productive. 



Moderately produc- 

 tive. 

 Productive. 



Not productive. 

 Moderately produc- 

 tive. 



Not productive. 



I? 

 Productive. 



II 

 Not productive. 



Productive. 



