DIVISIOA' OF nO/niCULTURE 615 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



CHERRIES. 



Forty varieties, as follows: Brusseler Braun 2, Cerise de France 5, Cerise d'Ost- 

 lieim 2, English Moi-ello 3, Foiiche Morello 3, Griotte Morello 1, Griotte d'Ostheim 1, 

 Herzforniigo Weielisel 2, Early Richmond 5, Large Montmorency 5, Minnesota Ost- 

 lieim 2, Montmorency Ordinaire 2, May Dnke 2. Suesse Fouche Morello 1, Suesse 

 Fouche Weichsel 1, Vladimir 3. 



The ground used for this last plantation having been drained in 1912 and thor- 

 oughly prepared the preceding fall, was in very good condition when planted. 



These trees have for the most part grown well. Record as to growth is as follows: 

 Apples, 82 per cent good, 14 per cent mediimi, 1 per cent bad, 3 per cent dead. Plums, 

 90 per cent good, 5 per cent medium, 4 per cent bad, 1 per cent dead. Cherries, 68 per 

 cent good, 7 per cent medium, 25 per cent dead. 



Pernianent trees were planted in rows 25 feet apart and 30 feet apart in the rows 

 while another temporary tree of a different variety was also planted between each two 

 permanent trees in the rows. These temporary trees are mainly new and young and 

 are intended to remain in the rows for some years, when their value will be tested, 

 after which they will be removed. 



The ground was kept under perfect cultivation, and consequently weeds, chiefly 

 couch grass, infesting it to a great extent, were completely eradicated. Rape gave a 

 fair result enough as a cover crop. As a whole, the orchard already makes a splendid 

 display. 



Sites for garden and ornamental grounds have not yet been located. Meanwhile, 

 2,000 tulip bulbs of the following varieties were planted in nursery: Artus 500, Chry- 

 solora 500, Cottage Maid 200, Duchesse de Parma 100, Joost Von Vondel (Red) 500, 

 Joost Von Vondel (White) 100, Keizer^kroon 100. La Peine 200, Pottebakker (White) 

 200, Pottebakker (Scarlet) 100, Proserpine 100. Vermilion Brilliant 100. 



A low and moist area 4 acres large was drained with tiles every 25 feet. It was a 

 piece of waste land, most part of which had never been cultivated. Thoroughly pre- 

 pared during August and September, the ground will be ready to be planted in the 

 spring of 1914. 



StK. \s^E de hk POCATIERE. 



