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among the white in yield. The fruit was all of good quality. A number of new 

 varieties were set out. A frost injured the bloom on the black currants so that they 

 were a very short crop. The Saunders again led among the varieties. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



The fruit on the gooseberries was the finest we have had since they were set out. 

 All of the varieties bore well, but Keepsake and IMay Duke led the others by quite a 

 margin for this season. The currant worm was numerous and required frequent 

 attention. 



RASPBERRIES. 



The Black Cap raspberries that were destroyed by anthracnose in 1912 were pulled 

 up and burned, and the plantation of red and purple was extended. Loudon (red) ledl 

 all, the varieties of raspberries for the year, with Shaffer (purple) a close second. 

 The Herbert and Cuthbert (red) gave most excellent fruit, but were more injured by 

 the hard winter than the Loudon. The Golden Queen (white) gave fruit over a long 

 period of time, but not a sufficient quantity to give it a place with the others. 



DEWBERRY. 



The Lucretia dewberry plants were badly killed back by the winter, and gave a 

 very small quantity of fruit. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Blackberries were a little more promising than any season since they were planted. 

 They are so badly winter-killed that they cannot be recommended as a sure crop. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



The plants set iu 1911 were hoed and sprayed in the spring of 1913. They gave 

 a second crop almost as great as the first crop that was harvested last year. There was 

 only a slight change in the order of yield. Bisel led Warfield by a few boxes, then 

 Glen Mary, Bubach, Bederwood, President, and Parson's Beauty in the order named, 

 all gave good yields. A new plantation was set out in May which made splendid 

 growth during the s.ummer. 



TREES AND SHRUBS. 



The large collection of trees and shrubs that has been set out about the Station 

 made good growth and a very large percentage of them was covered with bloom ia 

 their season, the many varieties of Spiraea alone giving almost continuous bloom 

 throughout the summer. The plantation along the railway improved greatly in appear- 

 ance, the flowering shrubs being quite shpwy for several months. 



VEGETABLES. 



One hundred and seventy plots of vegetables were tested in 1913. The weather 

 conditions on the whole were favourable to the majority of these. Many of the old 

 pests were in evidence, with a few comparatively new ones; among these the most 

 destructive was the Oarrot Bust Ely, which was general throughout the proviuce. 

 Spraying with tobacco water from the time the young plants were well up untH the 

 middle of July proved quite effective. Kerosene emulsion or whale oil soap are also 

 recommended. Cutworms were controlled by the poisoned bran mash. The green 

 aphis, which was more nunierous than we had ever seen it before, was fairly well 



checked with kerosene emulsion. 



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