D7F/S/0iY OF EOIPTWULTLRE 741 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



bloom this year, I think. 6 SalLv Voronesh (willow); these willows are doing finely 

 and with a little work I can h^we a fine hedge and a fine windbreak. 2 Thuya occi- 

 dentalis doing very well. 2 Thuya occidentalis glohosa; very good. 2 Thuya occi- 

 dentalis Columbia, only medium. 1 Thuya accidentalis Hoveyi, only fair. 2 Vihur- 

 num molle; these two have done remarkably well. Were in bloom June 3, 1913, and 

 continued so for some time. 4 Amelanchier (June berries) doing well; in bloom May 

 31, 1913. Some fruit ripe on August 1, but very small. 1 Rosa delicata doing finely; 

 in bloom July 2 and was in bloom on August 7, 1913. 1 Rosa rugosa alba doing well. 

 1 Rosa rugosa double, doing fine. 



ANNUALS. 



Annuals of many varieties made a great show. Pansies were in bloom on May 20, 



1913, stocks on June 12, shirley poppy on June 30, petunias on July 2, pinks, July 4; 



zinnias, July 12; sweet peas, July 15; Phlox Drummondii, July 16; nasturtiums, July 



16; asters, July 26. Many other sorts bloomed. The seed was sown in a hotbed on 



April 21 to 29 and transplajited to the open from May 29 to June 23. 



VEGETABLE TESTS. 



All garden stuff did very well this summer in spite of the dry weather. Frost at 

 the end of August overtook some of the beans before they ripened. 



Asparagus — A good crop was obtained from the old beds of Columbia White fit 

 for use May 26 to Ji;ly 20; very good, fine and very large. 



Rhubarb. — The old beds of Victoria or Giant, in use May 22 to September 20. 

 Medium in size, tender and of good quality. 



Celery — Seed sown under glass on April 24. The seed was very slow in germin- 

 ating and in consequence it was not possible to transplant to the open until the 13th 

 of June when the plants were yet quite small. Two rows 33 feet long of each of the 

 following varieties were transplanted in trenches 16 inches deep, 6 inches of manure 

 in bottom of the trench and about 5 inches of soil on top ©f the manure. The celery 

 was watered quite frequently during the season. Two rows White Plume, in use 

 August 6, medium in size, weight per dozen heads 19 pounds; two rows Golden Self 

 . Blanching, in use August 12, small, weight per dozen heads 15 pounds; two rows 

 French Success, in use August 9, large and good, weight per dozen heads 20 pounds. 



Onions — The following varieties of onions were sown in the garden on May 6, four 

 rows, each row 42 feet long and 20 inches apart. A good deal of the seed did not ger- 

 minate and was very thin in the row. The onions, only medium in size, were taken up 

 on September 1. Large Eed Wethersfield, in use July 4, yield from four rows, 51 

 pounds; Yellow Globe Danvers, in use July 7, yield from four rows, 49 pounds; New 

 Early Yellow, in use July 14, yield from four rows, 30 pounds. 



Beets — Two rows each of the following varieties — row 42 feet long and 20 inches 

 apart. The seed was sown on May 6, all were inclined to go to seed and were some- 

 what woody, al*^^-"'ioh they were kept cut down. This must have been caused by the 

 drought. Pullei ni September 6. Early Blood Eed Turnip, in use July 14, yield from 

 two rows, 133 pounds. New Meteor, in use July 12, yield from two rows, 145 pounds. 

 Egyptian Dark Red Flat, in use July 8, yield from two rows, 157 pounds. 



Carrots. — Six rows each of the following varieties, rows 42 feet long and 20 inches 

 apart, seed sown on May 6: French Horn, in use July 14, pulled on September 4; 

 after using all summer, 168 pounds of small carrots were dug. iTalf Long Chantenay, 

 in use July 16, yield 172 p<w.mds, medium in size. 



Fort Vermiliox. 



