D/F/S/O.A' OF HORTICULTURE 621 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



It will be noted that the total area in the fruits is 12-64 acres whilst the small 

 fruits cover -98 acre, the total in fruit being 13-02 acres. 



There are a couple of thousand apple grafts, a couple of hundred currant and 

 gooseberry cuttings, about twelve hundred raspberry canes, and a few hundred straw- 

 berry plants ready to be distributed in the spring of 1914. Our work will thus not 

 only consist in testing varieties, but in distributing the best of those grown at this 

 Station to farmers of this district, and have these varieties tested by co-operators. 



VEGETABLES. 



Varietij tests. — Three hundred and sixty-four varieties of vegetables were tested 

 in 1913. For many of these, separate records had to be kept regarding different 

 spaces between plants, so that it can easily be seen that the horticultural branch is an 

 important one at this Station. 



The following tables give more detailed information. 



BEANS. 



Thirty-six strains or varieties were tested. In this district, the bush or dwarf 

 varieties are much more popular than the pole or climbing ones; for garden purposes., 

 the Lima is practically unknoAvn, the Kidney being universally used; and for the table 

 the yellow-podded or butter sorts are preferred to the green-podded ones. It is 

 interesting to note that the variety which is at the head, both for yield and earliness,. 

 Challenge Black Wax, is out of seed saved at this Station in 1912 from a single 

 plant. The other varieties to be recommended in the district are Davis Wax, Keeney'a 

 Trustless AVax, and Wardwcll's Kidney Wax. 



Cap Roloe. 

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