370 



EXPERIMEN TA L FA RMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 



CROSS BRED APPLES PLANTED 1898. 



No. planted. 



^Seedlings planted in 1898 . 

 "Grafts 



57 



70 



No. alive, 

 1900. 



46 

 20 



Percentage. 



80B 

 274 



'Cotmting out grafts that did not start 



drafts on Pyrus baccata started 



n 11 Prunifolia started . . . 



No. started.] ^""^g^oV^' 



30 



18 

 12 



20 



14 



6 



Percentage. 



66.^ 

 775 

 50 



•Seedlings planted in 1899. 

 <rr«ft8 planted in 1899 



No. planted. 



22 

 114 



No. alive. 

 1900. 



19 

 34 



Percentage. 



86tV 

 29Sf 



A careful perusal of the above tables will show decidedly gratifying results ; and 

 it seems reasonable to hope that experiments conducted along these lines, will go a 

 long way towards eventually solving the apple problem in the N'orth-west 



