734' EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



* 5 GEORGE v.. A. 1915 



VEGETABLES. 



All of the ve^retables were grown between the rows of tender fruit trees and were 

 so arranged that the irrigation could be done by means of small ditches running the 

 full length of each seed row. Only a portion of the land could be manured for the 

 ^"egetables, and the difference between the good results obtained from those grown on 

 manured land and the poor growth of those grown on unmanured land was very 

 marked. A careful record was kept of the dates of irrigating. As the rainfall during 

 tlie past summer came at concurrent period, with constant cultivation, one irrigation 

 was found sufficient for all vegetables with the exception of cabbages and peas, which 

 had two applications; next year it may be possible to keep more exact records of the 

 actual amount of water used on each plot and to make test plots of different quantities 

 used. 



Forty varieties of potatoes were planted on manured land, and similarly treated 

 as to irrigation and cultivation. Though the differences in weight at the time of 

 harvesting were very marked, it would not be advisable to draw conclusions from the 

 results of one year's trial. Tests are being made as to the time of ripening and their 

 culinary value. 



Marrows, cabbages, beans, and peas grown with manure, proved lucrative crops. 



FLOWERS. 



Many varieties of flower seeds were sown in the open in May, and the following 

 gave very good results: Sweet Peas, Salpiglossis, Dimorphotheca, Pansies, Centaurea, 

 Alyssum, Asters. 



Many continued in bloom until late in October, and survived many of the earlier 

 frosts. The pansies were wonderful, flowering the first year of seeding, continuing in 

 bloom up to mid-November and flowering again soon after the snow left in March. 



A large consignment of rose trees, together with apple trees from Daniel's, of 

 Norwich, England, were mislaid en route to. Kelowna and arrived here by mistake. 

 They were planted on the north slope and bloomed during the months of August, 

 September, and October. 



The rose trees were banked up with soil during the winter but it is doubtful if 

 many have survived the zero weather conditions. 



BULBS. 



A large consignment of bulbs received from Ottawa in October was planted on 

 a bank facing north, where they were protected by snow during the winter. 



The tulips were all in leaf at the end of March and promise to make a good show. 



Scillas, hyacinths and daffodils planted in boxes in the basement flowered the 

 whole of March. 



IliVERH[ERE. 



