REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



267 



FOREST TREE AND SMALL FRUIT DISTRIBUTION. 



This branch of the farm work increases each year. 



Applications for fifty-nine thousand forest tree seedlings and cuttings, twelve 

 thousand small fruit cuttings, and four hundred one pound bags of maple seed were 

 received last winter. As the applications for forest trees exceeded our supply, ten 

 thousand of these were sent from the Central Experimental Farm, the balance were 

 supplied from trees grown here. 



Favourable reports are being received of the trees sent out in former years, and 

 in some instances cuttings are already being made from those sent out in 1890. 



One hundred thousand cuttings are being prepared for next year's distribution. 



The packages were sent by mail and each contained one hundred trees and cut- 

 tings as follows : — 



Variety. 



Ash-leaf maple 



Cottonwood 



Artemisia Abrotaniim 



Native white elm 



Poplar bereolensis. . . . 



do Petrovsky 



do certinensis 



do alba argentea . 



do Wobstii Riga. . 



Willow Voronesh 



do acutif olia .... 



TABLE VARIETIES OF CORN. 



The past season was favourable to the early maturing of corn, and eight of the 

 ten varieties tested produced ears fit for the table. 



All were planted in hills three feet apart each way in May and kept free from 

 weeds during the season of growth. 



Variety. 



Manitoba Squaw corn 

 Mitchell's Extra Early. 



Early Minnesota 



Early Marblehead .... 



Perry's Hybrid 



Burlington 



Crosby's Early sugar. . 

 Burpee's First of All . . 

 Stowell's Evergreen. . 

 Early Champion 



Weight of 



corn 



per dozen, 



green. 



None, 

 do 



Lbs. 



3 



4 

 5i 



4 



5| 



When fit 



for 

 table use. 



Aug. 15. 



do 19. 



do 20. 



do 23. 



do 23. 



do 23. 



do 24. 



do 25. 



Remarks. 



The earliest, but flavour poor. 

 An improved Squaw corn. 

 Fair flavour, 

 do 

 do 

 Good flavour ; one of the best, 

 do , and sweet. 

 do , 



LETTUCE. 



Eighteen varieties of lettuce were tested on the Experimental Farm this year, 

 seven of these were almost identical, and no doubt are the same variety under difTer- 

 ent names. All were sown in the open on 20th April. 



