608 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



Meyer, Queen Charlotte, Rubin, Indiana, Progression, Elizabeth Hoss, Dr. Nansen. 

 Wyoming". 



DAHLIAS. 



Thirty varieties were started in hotbed on 1.3th May, transplanted to flowering 

 quarters on June 10. All bloomed freely until hard frost on September 28 destroyed 

 their beauty. 



The following- varieties were grown : Countess of Lonsdale, Kynerth, Mrs. Chas. 

 Turner, Cuban Giant, Island Queen, Ernest Glasse, Empress of India, Gabriel, M. D. 

 Hallock, Earl of Pembroke, Cannell's Gem, Capstan, Kingfisher, Cactus Queen, 

 Hector, Austin Cannell, Cycle, Miss Anne Jones, Kriemhilde, Matchless, Mrs. Leo- 

 pold Seymour, Bon Ton, Sylvia, Susan Ingham, Queen of Primroses, Irridescent, 

 Grand Duke Alexis, Clifford W. Bruton, Eoadne, Pendant. 



PERKXXIALS. 



A collection of paeonies comprising the following twenty-one varieties was planted : 

 Marguerite Gerard. Festiva Maxima, Mile. Leonie Calot, Marie Lemoine, Madame 

 d'Hour, Madame de Galhau, Livingstone, La Tulipe, Duchesse de Nemours (Calot), 

 Charlemagne, Felix Crousse, Couronne d'Or, Mme. de Verneville, Octave Demay, 

 Philomele, Marie Stewart, Mad. Emilie Galle, Marquis de Ivrj', Mme. Auguste 

 Dessert, Madame Geissler, Madame Bucquet. 



IRIS. 



A collection of irises comprising the following J;wenty varieties was planted: 

 Iris fiorentina, iris germanica Kharput, iris liyhrida Due de Nemours, Iris hyhrida 

 Mrs. H. Darwin, iris liyhrida Yerschnur, iris neglecta Agathe, iris neglecia Sappho, 

 iris orientalis Gigantea, iris pUcata Gazelle, iris plicata Lord Seymour, iris plicata 

 Mad, Chereau, iris pUcata Heine des Beiges, iris sambucina Solomon, iris squalens 

 vTacquesiana, iris variegata Coquette, iris variegata Darius, iris variegata Gracchus, 

 iris variegata Honourable, iris variegata, Innocenza, iris variegata, Ossian. 



POTATOES. 



Six and one-seventh acres were planted to potatoes. The land, a lightish sandy 

 ioam, was ploughed out of a tough couch sod in the fall of 1912 and was well harrowed 

 at intervals during the spring to kill as much couch and weeds as possible. Potatoes 

 were not planted till from the 16th to 21st June. Thej' were sprayed with Bordeaux 

 jnixture made with 4 pounds blue stone, 5 pounds lime, 1\ pounds arsenoid, and 40 

 erallons water. Scarcely any Colorado beetles were noticed, and there was no black 

 rust 



The crop suffered somewhat from "Black Leg" and a species of rust attacked 

 ^M>rtions of the field. Those plots where there was no potash seemed to be affected 

 most serioxisly. It did not kill the plants, however, till after 1st September. 



Cultivation was kept up from three days after the potatoes were planted until 

 the tops became too dense, and in this waj"^ the couch was never allowed to breathe. 



On account of very wet weather in early October the crop was not dug until the 

 la.st week of that month. 



Ten pound samples of the different varieties of potatoes grown at the Central 

 F.xperimental Farm, the Experimental Farm at Indian Head, the Experimental Farm 

 3»t Kappan, and the Experimental Station at Charlottetown, were received and 06 sets 

 <f'f each planted in one row 66 feet long. The rows were 2i feet apart. Some varieties 

 locally grown were also planted in this varietal test, and seed grown from the Potato 

 P.«1I by Dr. S. T. Whitney, iSt. Stephen, X.B.,.were used in 330 hills. Ninety pounds 



Frederictox. 



