744 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



GEOUARD, LESSER SLAVE LAKE, ALBERTA. 



The following report has been prepared by Brother Laurent, O.M.L, the mission 

 with which he is connected having charge of the work at Grouard. 



About the middle of October, 1912, the experimental plots were manured, 

 and the manure immediately worked in through ploughing and harrowing. 



One of the plots, a heavy clay one, intended for the growing of late varieties of 

 cabbage, was not harrowed in the fall. 



Plots for fall seeding have been thoroughly worked and sown from the 18th 

 to the 21st of October. 



Five varieties of onions and as many varieties of carrots were sown in the fall 

 of 1912 ; also a plot of parsnips. 



About the first day of May, 1913, fifteen days after snow had disappeared 

 from the surface of the ground, every seedling came up and kept in good condition, 

 not being damaged by the late spring frosts or the heavy winds which blew very 

 strong up to the 6th of June. 



Check plots were sown also in the spring, about the end of April. 



After June 15, the rainfall being heavy enough, hotbed plants, cabbages, cauli- 

 flowers, celeiy, tomatoes, squashes and cucumbers sown on the 15th of April were 

 transplanted in the open ground. 



Varieties op Vegetables sown in Hothouses. 



Cahhages. — Paris Early Market, Early Jersey Wakefield, Henderson's Succes- 

 sion, Quintal d' Alsace de Schweinfurt, Etampes, Bonsecours Market, Camion Ball. 



Cauliflowers. — Snowball, Gilt Edge, liCnormand, Improved Maltais. 



On the 18th of July, some cabbages were good for the table, while cauliflowers 

 were harvested first about the end of the same month. Specimens weighing 45 

 pounds were found among the Schweinfurt variety, and Bonsecours Market gave 

 some of 35 pounds. 



Tomatoes Sparks' Earliana (our own seed), Matchless, Dominican Day, Red 



June. The Earliana variety was first to ripen on August 15 and the Matchless came 

 second on the 20th of same month, with some fruits of more than 1 pound. Two 

 hundred plants of tomatoes were set that gave 12 bushels of fruit, the half of which 

 were ripe, on the 7th of September. 



Celery. — Paris Golden Yellow, White Plume, both good varieties and very good 

 yielde'rs. 



Squashes. — Boston Marrow, Long Green English Vegetable Marrow, Potiron 

 Mammoth, Potiron jaune de Paris. Sown in hotbeds on the 15th of April and set 

 in the field on the 7th of June. The Mammoth variety produced fine fruits from 35 

 to 44 pounds each, while the fruits from the English Vegetable Marrow weighed 18 

 to 22 pounds. Harvested on the 6th of September. 



Sown in soil at the end of April and during first ten days of May. 



Carrots. — Chantenay, Guerande, Danvers, Improved Half Long, White Vosges 

 (fit for fodder). Crop very good. 



Beets for Tahle. — Crosby's Egyptian, Egyptian Turnip, Witham-fireball. 



Butter Beans. — Wardwell's Kidney Wax, Davis Wax, Market Wonder. Fair crop. 



Grouard. 



