736 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS - ' 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



Corn— y..:ra Early Adams; Peas — ^Juno, Telephone, Heroine; Carrots — Half Long 

 Chantciii'.y; Lettuce — Improved Hanson and Allheart, for weight; Crisp as Ice (red) 

 is good eating; Beans — Valentine and Wardell's Kidney Wax. In thinning experi- 

 ments, the largest crop came from plots with the smaller distances. Parsnips at 4 

 inches did best, beets thinned to 4 inches grew very coarse. This year's experience in 

 carrots, parsnips, salsify, long beets, show they do best with long distance thinning, 

 whilst flat beets, garden turnips, onions do best with minimum distance. 



The root maggots have been very destructive during the season in this district 

 amongst cabbages, cauliflowers, onions, radishes, and turnips, but not on the Station. 

 Our enemies have been green aphis and flea beetle but we kept the latter fairly con- 

 trolled with Paris green mixture in dry form. 



. On May 1, potatoes received from Ottawa, Indian Head, Agassiz, and locally com- 

 menced to be planted, and were lifted on October 8. They were badly attacked by the 

 flea beetle twice during the year. They only produced a light crop being planted on 

 the slope of the hill. Those ready first were Dalmeny Hero, Factor, and Conquering 

 Hero, one thing was learnt by the experiment, that the varieties from cold climates 

 .gave by far the best results over the Agassiz and local seed. 



FRUITS. 



Three varieties of strawberries were received 'from Ottawa and planted immedi- 

 ately, all lived and made good plants. One himdred and fifty-six plants, consisting of 

 a number of varieties of red, black, and white currants, also raspberries, blackberries, 

 and Loganberries, did well. In the shipment of gooselierries, fully 20 per cent failed. 

 The Loganberries and Golden Queen raspberries were very fine. Tree fruits are being 

 planted this winter and spring. 



REPORTS OF EXPERIMENTS ON THE FRUIT FARM OF THOS. A. 



SHARPE, SALMON ARM, B.C. 



The winter of 1912 and 1913 was normal, there having been no severe cold dips, 

 and few stormy days. The lowest recorded temperature for the winter just past was 

 5° below zero F, on one night. Spring opened at about the usual date, but cool, dry, 

 windy weather continued until early in June, and gei-mination of grains and small 

 seeds was delayed, and when they did sprout the lack of moisture and warmth retarded 

 development. 



In June the weather was warmer but continued rather dry for some time. When 

 rains came the season was well advanced, and vegetables could not recover, and 

 there has also been a light crop of fruit, said to be about 60 per cent of an average 

 crop, and potatoes very light. As the writer's potatoes were planted on a clover sod, 

 which had received a dressing of stable and hen manure in the previous spring, they 

 started off well, and the luxuriant tops shaded and kept the land cool and fairly moist 

 during the warm July and August weather, ensuring a very good yield. 



Several additional varieties of apples, plums, and cherries, were planted in the 

 spring, and with very few exceptions have made a satisfactory growth. 



APPLES. 



Twenty-three varieties of the apple trees first set out fruited this season. A 

 number of these have fruited for three years, and some which in the moist climate at 

 Agassiz were of a good average size have been rather disappointing, the fruit being 

 too small for market, and if the fruit does not grow larger in the coming season some 

 varieties will be taken out or top worked with other sorts. On the other hand, two 

 or three new varieties have done very well and are promising as winter varieties. 



Salimox Arm. 



