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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SMALL FKUITS. 



A new plantation was made of red, white and black currants- Alternate rows 

 of currants and raspberries were put in, and both made a satisfactory- growth during 

 the season. The following varieties have been tested here and the yields are given 

 herewith in rate per acre. 



BLACK CL'RRANTS. 



Varietv. 



Magnrs 



Lees Prolific 



Beauty 



Monarch 



Merveille de la Gironde 



Success 



Bang Up 



Norton 



Ogden 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Lb. 



13,108 



12,604 



12,402 



11,495 



10, SCO 



8,570 



6,856 



6,856 



5,848 



Varietv. 



JEthel.... 

 Saunder.s 

 iTopsy. .. 

 lEagle.... 

 jEclipse.. 

 Ontario.. 

 Climax. . 

 Kerry. . . 

 Winona.. 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Lb. 



4,678 

 2,, 545 

 2.520 

 2,319 

 1,815 

 1,815 

 1,714 

 907 

 605 



RED CURRANTS. 



Long Bunched Holland 



Greenfield. ..' 



Albert .-, 



Red Dutch New 



Red Diitch 



Rankin's Red 



Pomona 



Benwell 



Large Red 



La Conde 



Red Grape 



Early Scarlet. . . . 

 Cumberland Red 



Red English 



Raby Ca.stle 



Moore's Seedling. 

 Champagne Red. 



Victoria 



Wilder 



Prolific 



jFrauendorfer 



I 

 i 



2,547 

 2,218 

 2,016 

 1,815 



N 



613 

 487 



1,-343 

 579 

 517 



o crop. 



WHITE CURRANTS. 



White Cherry 



White Grape , 



Wentworth Leviathan. ... 

 Large White Brandenburg 

 Climax White 



6,050 

 3,831 

 2,9-34 

 2,243 

 2,041 



iEyatt Nova. 

 White Pearl.. 

 Large White. 

 iWhite Kaiser 



1,210 



1,159 



1,058 



529 



16—47 



Lacombe. 



