616 EXPERUIESTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, CAP ROUGE, P.Q. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, GUS. A. LANGELIER. 



CHARACTEE OF THE SEASON. 



Tlie past season was, in general, a very good one for the horticulturist of this 

 district. The fact that a rather large quantity of tomato seed was produced at the 

 Station, also that peppers and egg plants matured fruit shows that there was plenty 

 of heat and sunshine. There was also enough precipitation, and what is most import- 

 ant, it came at the right time. 



There were two exceptions to note. The first was the injury done by the frost of the 

 middle of ilay to the early flowering fruit trees, and the second, the damage wrought by 

 a small hailstorm to the currants and gooseberries which happened to be in bloom then. 



But it may be said that 1913 was the best season of the three past for horticultural 

 plants. 



FRUIT. 



AIHT.ES. 



]\rost of the area transferred from the field husbandry to the horticultural depart- 

 ment was planted to apple trees in 1913. The varieties put in are as. follows: 

 Baxter 12. Bethel 12, Bingo 2, Black Ben Davis 2, Calumet 2, Carno 2, Cobalt 1. 

 Danville 2, Dudley 12, Edith 2, Eike 2, Evaline 2, Excelsior_ (crab) 2, Florence 

 (crab) 1, Galetta 11, Glenton 2, Homer 2, Inkerman Greening 2, Iowa Beauty 2, 

 Laiigford Beauty 12. Lobo 2, Lubsk Queen 12, Luke 2, Melvin 2, Mcintosh Red 80, 

 Mcintosh Sweet 2, Nepean 2, Xcville 2, Niobe 2, Xora 2, Okabena 12, Oswald 2, 

 Palmer 1, Pinto 2, Prosper 2, Queen of Jubilee 2, Reinette de Damson 1, Ripon 2, 

 Rochelle 11, Rocket 2, Roger 2, Rome Beauty 2, Rouleau 12, Severn 2, Trenton 1, 

 Walton .12, Wealthy 201. Total 467.^ 



Unfortunately, a large number of Mcintosh and many Wealthys died. It was 

 founil out that these trees, though apparently in good condition, had suffered in the 

 mirsery where they were bought. 



Only one Wealthy, planteil in 1911, produced fruit, whilst last year a few of the 

 Yellow Transparents gave apples. 



There are now 11-50 acres in apple orchard, and we are following a four-year 

 rotation of vegetables, grain, clover and timothy in the spaces between the trees, 

 leaving 1 feet on each side of them where a cover crop is sown at the beginning of 

 July. 



,, PL IMS. 



Only a few trees were replaced in the plum orchard, which has an area of -74 

 acre. 



The following trees, planted in 1911. gave plums in 1913: Wolf (one of two trees), 

 Fitzroy (one of two trees), Terry (one of two trees), Mankato (one of two trees), Bixby 

 (one of two trees). 



