DiriSION OF HORTICULTURE 



747 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FORT RESOLUTION, McKENZIE DISTRICT. 



This Station is situated on Great Slave lake in latitude 61°, and the report is 

 made by Rev. Father A. Duport. 



The seeds were sown towards the middle of May under good conditions, as the 

 soil was moist, but as the new soil is formed of old sod and dead wood it suffers too 

 much from drought. On this account many of the seeds did not grow. Furthermoro, 

 the latter part of May and all the month of June were exceptionally cold. On June 25, 

 everything was struck by a severe frost, the cabbage, the peas, and the turnips suffer- 

 ing particularly. Towards the end of July and beginning of August there was abund- 

 ant rain, but it came a little too lat;e. These obseivations explain the poor results for 

 1913. Some of the details of the results follow: — 



Vegetables. 



Variety. 



Received from, 



Quantity 

 planted. 



Date of 

 Planting. 



Germin- 

 ated. 



Result. 



Beans. 



Refugee. 



Early Red Valentine 



Wardwell's Kidney Wax 



Challenge Black Wax 

 Hodson long podded . 



Potatoes. 



Reeves' Rose 



Rochester Rose. 

 Vick's Ex. Early 

 Early Rose 



Carrots. 



Danvers half long. 

 Potter Marshall . . 



Beets. 



Eclipse 



Half Long Blood . 



Peas. 



Gregory's Surprisp. 

 Caractacus 



Turnips. 



Early Snowball 



Ruta baga purple top. 



Onions. 

 Extra Early Red 



Cabbage. 

 Early Winningstadt. 



Cauliflower. 

 Early Favorite 



(Ottawa) . 



1 sample 



(Lacombe) 



From last year's 

 crop 



Edmonton, Alta 

 Edmonton, Alta 



2ilb.. 



3 samples 



Vilmorin. 



4 lb. May 

 1 sample. . 



June 1. 



" 1 



" 1. 



" 1. 



" 1. 



June 1 .. , 

 " 1.. 

 " 1.., 



May 24. 

 May 10.. 



May 10. 

 " 10. 



17 May 28 

 June 14 



Edmonton, Alta 



it 



Edmonton, Alta 

 Edmonton, Alta 



Edmonton, Alta 



3 samples. May 17. , 

 " 17.. 



1 sample.. 



1 sample. 



1 sample. 



May 4 . 



May 4 . . . 



May 4... 



Did not 

 germinate 



June 28.... 



" 30... 

 " 30 . 



Julv 2... 



" 2... 



" 2... 



June 25.. 



May 29. 



Did not g 



June 30.... 



June 28... 

 July 30.. 



May 26.. 



May 26... 



May 22. 



Did not ripen and were 

 eaten green i n Septein ber. 



Sept. IS, 17 1b. 



18, 16 " 

 18, 12 " 



IS, 50 " 



Ready for use, Scot. 15. 

 Weight, 120 lb. ' 



erminate 



Ready for use, Sept. 10. 



Ready for use Aug. 15 

 Grew too slowly, the re- 

 sult being onlj- leaves. 



No result. 



Frozen June 25. - Some 

 grew again and were 

 very nice. 



Fort Rksolutiox. 



