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EXPERIMESTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, LACO]\IBE, ALTA. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, G. H. HUTTON, B.S.A. 



HOETICULTURE. 



The M^eather during the spring- and summer of 1913 was fav urable for the pro- 

 duction of both fruit and vegetables. The last frost of the spring occiirred on 

 May 18, and after this date there was nothing to prevent the setting of fruit, the 

 only drawback being occasional high winds with the accompanying movement of 

 dust. The windbreaks are making satisfactorj- growth, and injury from this cause 

 will be impossible before many years. 



ORCHAED. 



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Of the seedling apple trees planted in the spring of 1912, only a small percent- 

 age survived the winter owing to the soil blowing and leaving the roots exposed. 



Plum seedlings received from the Brandon Experimental Farm also failed to 

 winter for the same reason. 



The seeds obtained from apples ripened at Dunstan, Man., and planted here in 

 the fall of 1912, germinated Avell and made good growth this season. They have 

 been left to winter in the frame and are to be planted out in the spring. 



Eight hundred apple seedlings planted this spring have made a good growth. 

 The varieties of which the trees are seedlings are : Handsome White, Blushed Calville, 

 Patten's Duchess, Patten's Greening. 



Plums. — The forty-four trees of E. B. "Wliite Xo. .3 which were planted this 

 year have made a weak growth, and the new wood was far from ripe. 



Prunus tomentom (0-279), (0-280), has made a strong, healthy growth. 



A small quantity of crab apples of the following varieties ripened: Charles, 

 Progress, Prince, Eve, Eobin. Two trees of Pioneer carried bloom, but did not 

 set fruit. 



VEGETABLES. 



BEANS. 



Sown in the open May 20. Eows 30 feet long. 



Bountiful 



E;>,rly Refugee 



Valentine 



'Ward well's Kidney Wax. 

 Keeney's Rustless Wax. . . 



Stringless Green Pod 



Refugee or 1,000 to 1 



Variety. 



Height. 



Ready 

 for use. 



Inches. 



22 

 15 

 18 

 16 

 34 

 18 

 15 



Aug. 4 . . 

 12.. 

 4.. 

 3.. 

 10.. 

 4.. 

 Sept. 1.. 



Yield. 



Lb. oz. 



28 6 



27 14 



23 6 



17 9 



16 7 



15 5 



4 2 



'Anthracnose. 



A !-ccond sowuig was' made on June 2. The yield was about 00 per cent of the 

 earlier sowing. Eefugee or 1000 to 1 requires a longer season than ours. 



