348 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



Twenty-five varieties of gooseberries were grown here this year. Nearly all the 

 varieties were heavily laden with fruit of excellent flavour and fair size. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



A number of Alpine strawberries were received from the Central Experimental 

 Farm in the spring of 1904 and made fine growth before winter set in, they were then 

 covered with a light coat of strawy manure, and during the season bore a fair quantity 

 of fruit, but these were eaten by birds before they were ripe. 



RASPBERRIES. 



The raspberry crop this season was very good, the yield being much above the 

 average. Every fall the canes are bent over and covered with manure in order to pre- 

 vent winter killing. The following are the varieties which have proven the best both in 

 quantity and quality : Cuthbert, Reider, Climax, Turner, Empire, Sarah, Niagara and 

 London. 



AVENUES. 



The avenue trees on this farm are mostly native ash-leaf maples. Where the soil 

 is not too wet and is fairly free of alkali they are quite thrifty, but several vacancies 

 have occurred owing to wet land or alkaline soil. One of the best avenues is composed 

 of a double row, native white spruce on the outside and maples on the inside. This 

 avenue is attractive both in summer and winter. 



The Russian poplar avenue on the eastern boundary of the Earm is still growing 

 vigorously. During the summer months its dark green foliage and glossy leaves are 

 distinguishable at a long distance, a few of the trees show signs of canker. 



Cottonwood trees have only succeeded here, when planted close to running water, 

 on high, well drained land tliey have invariably rusted badly, for this reason they have 

 not been used for avenue purposes. 



ABORETUM. 



A considerable addition was made to the stock of trees during the past season. 

 All were received from the Central Experimental Earm in the spring. These consisted 

 of pines, cedars, silver firs, junipers and several flowering shrubs, including Philadel- 

 phus in variety and Syringa Amurensis, these were planted in the Arboretum around 

 the superintendent's house, and all made good growth during the season. 



FALL AND SPRING SOWING OE IIAPLE SEED. 



Until last year we have usually sown native maple seed in the spring, but an 

 experiment was made during the fall of 1904 to ascertain if any advantage accrued 

 from autumn sowing. 



Erom one row 270 feet long of spring sown seed 2,600 trees were obtained while 

 only 900 trees grew in the adjoining row sown in the fall, this was due largely to the 

 last named germinating early in spring and then freezing off close to the ground. 



