DITISIOy OF HORTICULTURE 577 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PLANTATION'S MADE. 



Orchard Planted in 1913. 



Induded in the varieties of fruits, planted are 49 cherries, 60 pears, 78 phims, 

 37 peaches and 90 apples, of which two trees of a variety were set. Three hundred 

 and fifty Wagener apple trees were planted as fillers, and 100 Gravenstein and 50 

 Mcintosh were set in the main orchard. There were 120 trees planted for fertilizer 

 experimental work, namely 30 Koxbury Eusset (Nonpareil), 30 Kibston, 30 Stark 

 and 30 Milwaukee. There were also planted 60 "Wagener, including 10 each of the 

 different grades of nursery trees sold by nurserymen, set out in order to get some 

 information as to their relative value for commercial planting. Por an 

 exiDeriment in close planting, 45 dwarf pears of three varieties, and 120 

 plums of four varieties, were set in a block already planted 20 by 20 

 feet apart, making the trees 10 by 10 feet apart; also 36 trees each of three 

 varieties of cherries grafted on Mazzard stock and a duplicate lot grafted on IMahaleb 

 stock were set to test the relative value of these as stocks to graft on; 

 also, 60 trees, 80 each of Burbanlv and Giant Prune plum, using trees of ddfferent 

 ages and grades, were planted, and 10 trees each of quince and apricot. The total 

 number of trees set is 1,589, consisting of 860 apples, 336 plums, 165 pears, 134 cherries, 

 74 peaches, 10 apricots and 10 quinces. There are now approximately 33 acres planted 

 to orchard. 



SMALL FRUITS AND GRAPES. 



There were planted 31 varieties of grapes, 146 plants in aU; 9 varieties of 

 goo£cL'.''rries, 6 plants of each; also 30 varieties, 6 of each, of currants; 16 varieties, 

 12 each, of blackberries; 8 varieties, 50 of each, of raspberries; and 10 varieties, 100 of 

 each, of strawberries were set. These total 1,972 plants, and, with few exceptions, 

 have made a good start. 



LAWNS AND PLANTING SHRUBS AND TREES. 



An area of about 5 acres .in front of the farm buildings, which is hilly and more 

 or less broken, has been partly put into lawns and planted with shrubs and trees. This 

 land, for the most part, is of a sandy nature, and very poor. 



An area of about 4 acres was worked up, graded and seeded to Kentucky Blue 

 grass and white clover, using ."'"^ pounds of the former and 3 pounds of the latter to, 

 the acre. The summer was dry and the grass made very poor growth, but during the 

 ■fall, however, with unusual rains, the grass made a good growth, and a fair lawn will 

 result. Complete fertilizer at the rate of 500 pound's per acre was sown broadcast and 

 harrowed in before seeding. 



The trees and shrubs sent from Ottawa for planting the grounds have, for the 

 most part, made a good growth. The evergreens, in a good many cases, failed to grow 

 and will have to be replaced. 



The roads have been improved somewhat during the season. The heavy fall 

 rains have washed the edges badly, and it seems desirable that cobblestone water- 

 courses should be made along the hill road to prevent such erosion. 



An avenue of sugar maples has been set part way along the central drive through 

 the farai. These trees have been placed 40 feet apart. 



A number of trial hedges have been planted for the purpose of getting additional 

 information as to the most desirable sorts. The flowering plants from the seed sent 

 from Ottawa made an excellent showing during the summer. 



Kentville. 



