424 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 



Pyrus haccota macrocarpa — Con. 



Tree ISTo. 5. — Bloom May 5. Eipe September 1. Light crop, size of choke-cherry, 



red, very astringent. 

 Tree N'o. 6, — Bloom May 5. Ripe August 25. Light crop, larger and flatter thaa 



baccata. Yellow, red cheek, good flavour. 

 Tree Xo. 7. — Bloom May 10. Kipe September 1. Light crop, large, flat yellow, 



good. 



Fyrus prunifolia — 



Tree Xo. 1. — Bloom May 5. Ripe August 20. Light crop, small fruit. 



Tree Xo. 2. — Bloom May 5, Ripe August 20. Light crop, small, red, good 



flavour. 

 Tree Xo. 3. — Bloom May 10. Ripe September 1. Light crop, size of large cherry, 



flat, yellow and red, good flavour. 

 Tree Xo. 4. — Bloom May 10. Ripe September 1. Light crop, small, red. 

 Tree Xo. 5. — Bloom May 10. Ripe August 25. Very heavy crop, size of haccata, 



bright red, very ascringent. 

 Tree Xo. G. — Bloom May 5. Ripe August 25 . Light crop, small, pale red. 



Pyrus haccata sanguinea — 



Tree Xo. 1. — Bloom May 5. Eipe August 20. Light crop, very small, red. 

 Tree Xo. 2. — Bloom May $. Ripe August 20. Light crop,, small, yellow. 

 Tree Xo. 3. — Bloom May 10. Ripe September 1. Light crop, small, red. 

 Tree Xo. 4. — Bloom May 5. Ripe August 25. Very hea\^ crop, size of small 

 cherry, red, good flavour. 



From the above notes it will be seen that these wild forms of Siberian crab do not 

 rcpioduce themselves from seed truly, but vary very much in the size and quality of 

 their fruit. Their hardiness in the Xorth-west is now fully established, and from their 

 improvement by selection and top grafting of the poorer sorts with the better kinds, 

 some useful fruits will no doubt be obtained. The prospects are still brighter for 

 future apple production here from the new cross-bred sorts produced at Ottawa, which 

 are much larger, and as far as they have been tested most of them seem to be hardy. 



HYBRID CRABS. 



(Planted 1898-90.) 



The surviving root-grafts and cross-bred seedlings which have been growing in 

 plum and pyrus orchard west of the superintendent's house since 1898-99 were this 

 spring removed to an inclosure near the Arboretum and set out with hybrid crabs 

 received from the Central Experimental Farm. 



The number of each variety is as follows : — 



Root-grafts. 



Xo. 165, 2 trees ; Xo. 16, 1 tree ; Xo. 30, 1 tree ; Xo. 107, 1 tree ; Xo. 122, 3 

 trees ; Xo. 164, 2 trees ; Xo. 79, 1 tree ; Xo. 162, 1 tree ; Xo. 19, 1 tree ; Xo. 53. 

 1 tree' ; Xo. 142, 1 tree ; Xo. 125, 1 tree ; Xo. 163, 1 tree ; Xo. 64, 1 tree ; Xo. 161, 

 1 tree, 



Cross-hred Seedlings. 



Xo. 96, 6 trees ; Xo. 95, 6 trees ; Xo. 51, 1 tree. 



Very little progress was made during the growing season and several of the 

 varic\ios succumbed during the hot weather of June and July. 



