REPORT OF TEE HORTICULTURIST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Final statement of shipments made in 1904: — In the Annual Report for 1904: a 

 statement was made regarding six trial shipments of apples to Ireland and Scotland. 

 The prices obtained for the fruit and other details were given in the report, but as the 

 charges on four of the shipments had not been received when the report was published 

 it was not possible to give the profit or loss. As the markets were glutted with fruit 

 when the apples were sold, and hence the prices obtained small, there was a small loss 

 on these four shipments, although the other two gave fair profits. The net returns from 

 the 350 boxes in question were $78.87, or 22.53 cents per box. The boxes cost 14i:c. each 

 and deducting this from 22 -530. there are left but 8c. for sorting and packing, which 

 does not cover the cost of this work. 



INDIVIDUALITY OF FRUITS. 



In the annual report for 1903 attention was drawn to the marked difference in 

 yields of trees of the same variety of apple planted at the same time and under ap- 

 parently very similar conditions. A table was published giving the yields of some 

 trees from the time, the first records were taken until 1903. Following will be found 

 the same table with the addition of the yields for 1904 and 1905. It wiU be noticed 

 that Wealthy, Tree 4 ; McMahan White, Tree 1 ; Mcintosh Red, Tree 1 ; and Patten's 

 Greening, Tree 1, which had yielded the most up to 1903, still prove the most produc- 

 tive, though some of the other trees have gained on them. It is of interest to note 

 the variation in yield of the different trees from year to year. Trees are being propa- 

 gated from the most productive and from the least productive trees in order to find 

 if these characteristics are retained in other trees. Top grafts have also been made 

 for the same purpose. 



APPLES — WEALTHY. 



(Planted, 189G)— Yielded in Gallons. 



