REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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Apple Trees planted in 1892, soil light loam, plot sheltered on all sides by scrub. 



CRAB APPLE TREES. 



Crab apple trees suffered more injury from winter-killing during last season 

 than they have done any winter yet. One quarter of them were completely killed, 

 and many of the others badly injured. 



Ten additional Transcendents were received last spring, and have made a good 

 growth. 



Crab Apple Trees planted on light loam soil, with a southern exposure ; trees 

 jjlanted spring of 1889, plots protected on all sides by scrub. 



Variety. 



Transcendent . . . . 

 Whitney's No. 20 



Hyslop , 



Orange 



Early Strawberry 

 Queen's Choice . . . 



Present 

 Condition. 



Extra good 

 Good 



do 



Fair 



do 



Poor 



Season's Growth. 



34 inches 



20 

 19 

 12 

 15 

 25 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



hardy growth, 

 do 

 do 

 kills back, 

 do 

 do 



PLUM TREES. 



Since my last report, two more varieties of plums have been winter killed, and 

 two others have been badly injured. De Soto and Nicholas are still promising. 



The native Manitoba Plum is quite thrifty under cultivation, and one of the 

 trees planted in 1892, bore a few very fair plums of a bright red colour this season. 

 In May last 70 additional native plum trees were transplanted from the woods, and 



68 of them are living at this date. 



Variety. 



Bradshaw 



DeSoto 



Early Red 



Nicholas 



Late Red 



Otschakoflf 



Native wild Plum. 



When 



planted. 



1889 

 1892 

 1889 



1889 

 1889 

 1890 



a- Oi 



tnOO 



o a 



.r-i 



> 



Or— I 



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 U CO 



> 



12; 



Present 

 condition. 



Fair 



Good 



Extra good.. 

 Poor 



Good.. .. 



Season's growth. 



22 inches, tender growth, 

 29 do hardy growth. 



31 

 15 



do 

 do 



hardy growth, 

 kills back. 



.Sfi do good. 



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