DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



671 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



6 Boskoop Giant. 



6 Climax. 



6 Collins Prolific. 



6 Clipper. 



6 Eagle. 



6 Dominion. 



2 Ruth. 



3 Downing. 

 3 Ramsay. 



3 Smith's Improved, 

 3 Richland. 

 3 Houghton. 



BLACK CURRANTS. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



6 Eclipse. 



6 Magnu,s. 



6 Kerry. 



6 Saunders. 



6 Victoria Black. 



Red Jacket. 



Mabel. 



Rideau. 



Silvia. 



Carman. 



Pale Red. 



BLACK RASPBEURIES. 



6 liilborn. 



RASPBERRIES. 



6 Early King. 



6 Golden Queen (White). 



6 Marlboro. 



6 Dr. Reider. 



6 Snyder. 

 6 Cuthbert 

 6 Sunbeam. 

 6 Herbert 



PLUMS. 



The old plum orchard which was set out in 1894 was thi.s year cut out to allow of 

 a new arrangement of the grounds. These trees which were of the native Manitoba 

 variety, gave heavy crops of fruit almost every season, but, as a rule, the early fall 

 frosts destroyed the fruit before it had ripened. In 1908 a number of cross-bred var- 

 ieties were received from Professor Hansen, of Brookings, South Dakota. These were 

 set out and are standing the winters well. Several varieties have fruited, giving large 

 plums of good flavour. 



APPLES. 



Up to the present experiments with the larger varieties of apples have not led to 

 very great success, probably on account of the fact that the stock used has been grown 

 in eastern nurseries until two or three years old and then shipped west and planted. As 

 a rule these trees winter-kill the first season and those that do survive receive a 

 bad check so that they are useless for experimental work. 



In order to try and overcome the above difficulty by acelini^.tizing the young trees, 

 some 3,000 seedlings were received from the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa, in 

 the spring of 1912. These were planted in nursery rows and have survived their first 

 winter without killing back in the least. This S])rin,a' a further shipment of 800 

 seedlings was received and planted iia the nurserj\ In tlils way it is hoped to secure 

 hardy stock that will stand transplanting to the orchards without killing back the 

 first winter. Below is a list of those varieties now in the nursery : — 



I 1912. 



600 Anis seedling. 

 5.50 Antonovka seedling:. 

 525 Beautiful Arcade seedling. 

 55 Hibernal seedling. 

 220 Tetofsky seedling- 

 160 Duchess 

 450 Charlamoff " 

 S50 Yellow Transparent seedling. 



If^— 44A 



1913. 



125 Handsome white seedling. 



516 Blushed Calville 

 44 Angus " 



94 Patten Duchess " 



139 Patten Greening 



Indian Head. 



