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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



Page 

 Experimental Farm, Nappan — Con. 

 Plums — Con. 



German Prune 272 



Imperial Gage 270 



Lombard 272 



Moore's Arctic 270 



Pond's Seedling 272 



Prince's Yellow Gage 270 



Reine Claude de Bavay 270 



Washington 270 



Potatoes, early, experiments with 275 



Shrubs and trees 264 



Squash 277 



Strawberries, experiments with , 272 



test of varieties .•• . 273 



Tomatoes, test of varieties of 276, 277 



Weather 263 



Fletcher, Dr. J., Entomologist and Botanist 



—Report of 169 



Gilbert, A. G., Poultry Manager— Reix)rt of. 203 



Grisdale, J. H., Agriculturist— Report of 61 



Horticulturist of the Central Experimental 



Farm — Report of the 91 



Acknowledgments 93 



Apples, russeting of Ill 



seedling 98 



shipment of, to Glasgow 96 



top grafted 95 



Apple leaves, dropping of Ill 



Apple orchard, a c ose planted Wealthy.. . . 97 



Apple orchards, seedling 95 



Arboretum 123 



Blackberries 109 



Black rot of cabbage Ill 



Blight and rot of potatoes, results of spray- 

 ing to prevent 117 



Botanic garden 123 



Bug Death 118 



Cabbage, black rot of Ill 



Canadian trees, hardiness of. 123 



Character of season 91 



Cherries 105 



Cerise d'Ostheim.. 105 



Koslov Morello. 105, 106 



Minnesota Ostheim . . 10.5 



Montmorency Ordinaire 105 



Orel 24 105 



Orel 25 105 



Vladimir . . . . 105 



Currants 109 



Donations 93 



Dropping of apple leaves Ill 



Forest belts 122 



Fruit crops 92 



Fungous diseases Ill 



Gooseberries 110 



Grapes 101 



Meetings attended and j)laces visited 92 



Montreal seedling plums, report of Com- 

 mittee on - . - 103 



Montreal seedling plums, description of 



varieties of 103 



Orchard culture 95 



Pears 101 



Pease 122 



experitnents for conii)arison of yields 



and quality of 122 



Perennials herbaceous, list of best spring 



flowering 124 



Page 

 Horticulturist— Con. 



Plums 102 



descriptions of varieties of 102 



Amaryllis 103 



Consul 102 



Early Red 102 



Richland 102 



Sunrise ... 102 



Ungarish 102 



Montreal seedling, descriptions of 103 



Brodie 104 



Harrigan 104 



Lachine.. 104, 105 



Lunn 103, 104 



Montmorency 104, 1 05 



Mountain . . 104 



Mount Royal .103, 104 



Mount Royal, seedling of ...".. 104 



Outremont , 104 



Raynes 103, 104 



Potatoes 112 



planted at different dates 116 



planted at different distances apart 117 



planted at different depths 117 



results of planting different kinds of set3 



of 117 



spraying 117 



test of varieties of 112 



Raspberries 109 



Russeting of apples Ill 



Seedling apples 98 



Seedling apple orchards 95 



Seedling plums, Montreal 103 



Shipment of apples to Glasgow 96 



Spraying 110 



Strawberries 106 



Descriptions of varieties of 106 



Barton's Eclipse . . 106 



Bisel 106 



Buster 106 



Daniel Boone 106 



Enhance 106 



Marie 106 



Mele 106 



Yields of varieties of 107 



Tomatoes.. 120 



six best yielding wrinkled varieties of . . . 121 



six earliest varieties of, 1902 121 



twelve best yielding smooth varieties of.. 121 



twelve best yielding varieties of, 1902... . 121 



Top grafted apples trees 95 



Vegetables. 112 



Vegetable crops 92 



Wealthy apple orchard, a close planted ... 97 



Mackay, A., Superintendent Experimental 



Farm, Indian Head, N.W.T.— Report of. . 319 



Poultry Manager— Report of 203 



Artificial incubation necessary 205 



A sentimental view of farm help 206 



Breeds, flesh development of certain. . , . 219 



Breeds, trial of 208 



Best time to hatch chickens 205 



Chickens wanted by purchasing companies.. 212 



Close confinement vn. fresh air 206 



Commencement of winter laying 214 



Chicken fattening experiments, by F. T. 



Shutt 218 



Conclusions re egg-preserving substances. . . 217 



Cost of rations 214 



Composition of rations 214 



Difference between markets 215 



