REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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APPLE TREES. 



The apple trees planted here in 1889 were divided into two lots, one lot was 

 set out in cleared scrub land on the side hill facing the south; it is sheltered on 

 every side by scrub 6 to 12 feet high. As the scrub on each side extends for some 

 distance, very little snow drifted into the plots, and seldom more than six inches of 

 snow lies on the ground each winter, this condition with the southern exposure is 

 probably in part responsible for the heavy losses in trees each year. The other 

 plot used as an apple orchard is in the lower part of the valley with a slightly 

 northern exposure : this plot has simply one row of trees 7 to 15 feet high on the 

 south, east and west sides, the north being without protection ; every winter the 

 snow drifts into this plot from 5 to 10 feet deep, completely covering the apple 

 trees, and is not thawed out until late in the spring. 



It will be seen from the following table that all the varieties of apple trees but 

 one planted in this plot have survived the past four winters, although the growth 

 has not been large. 



The Anis apple is the most promising variety grown on the farm thus far, and 

 it is interesting to note that Prof. Budd, of the Iowa Experimental Station, states 

 " That this variety in Iowa is perfect in tree, and its fruit has the size, fine colour, 

 keeping capacity and nearly the high quality of the Jonathan." 



Apple Trees planted in the valley on black loam soil, spring of 1889 : plot sheltered 



by a row of trees on the south, east and west. 



Variety. 



Anis red 



Anis yellow 



Antonovka 



Aport . 



Alexander 



Arabka, winter 



do summer 



Borovinka 



Borodovka 



BogdanofiFs Glass 



Ben Davis 



Baldwin Canada 



Christmas 



Duchess of Oldenburg. . . 



Grimes golden 



Golden russet 



Grandmother 



Grand Duke Constantine 



Golden white 



Haas 



Variety. 



Li viand Raspberry 



Lead 



Liebig 



Mcintosh red 



Plikanoflf. 



Pointed pipka ........ 



Peach 



Hepolovka 



Red repka 



Simbirsk No. 2 



Shaker pippin 



Switzer 



Steklianka 



Serinkia 



Scott's winter . . . . 



Tsiganka 



Tetofsky 



Ukraine 



Winter St. Lawrence . . . 



t-ri 



1889 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 3 



1893 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 3 





In. 



16 

 21 



8 

 18 

 20 

 12 

 17 

 29 



9 

 15 

 16 

 14 

 30 

 28 

 19 

 16 

 14 

 22 

 27 



Present 

 condition. 



Poor. 



do 



Good. 

 Poor. 

 Good. 



do 

 Fair. 



do 



do 



do 



do 

 Good. 



do 



Fair. 

 Poor. 

 Fair. 



do 



do 

 Good. 



8c— 17 



