REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARP E. 337 



HEMP. 



A small plot of hemp was sown, but it did not do very well, it grew fifteen to 

 twenty-four inches high and very slender. 



JUTE. 



A plot of this plant was sown, but it only grew from six to ten inches high, 

 and an early frost in October killed it. 



PEANUTS. 



A small quantity of peanuts were planted in warm sandy loam on the bench. 

 Above ground the growth has only been from six to ten inches, and below, the nuts 

 did not develop larger than small pease. 



SUNFLOWERS. 



Five pounds of Giant Eussian Sunflower seed was sown in May. It was 

 sown at the rate of nearly ten pounds per acre with a Planet Jr. seed drill in rows 

 three feet apart, and thinned when about a foot high to about twelve inches in the 

 row. 



On October 16th and 17th the heads were taken off, to mix with the corn in 

 the silo. The weight of heads produced was 9,690 pounds, or at the rate of over 

 eight tons per acre. 



APPLES. 



The severe winter no doubt shortened the apple crop, but otherwise there was 

 no damage done to the trees on the Experimental Farm. 



Although some of the varieties were brought from as far south as Texas, they 

 have made a strong growth, and appear to be equal to any demands made on them 

 by the climate here. 



Quite a number of the trees planted in the spring of 1890 fruited this year, and 

 we were able to contribute some fine apples, as well as plums, to the Experimental 

 Farm Exhibit at Chicago, and also to make a small exhibit of fruit at some of 

 the British Columbia Exhibitions. 



The following varieties fruited this year : — 



Eed Astrachan, Fameuse, Wealthy, Alexander, Ben Davis, Baldwin, Yellow 

 Transparent, Tetofsky, Maiden's Blush, Duchess of Oldenburg, American Golden 

 Eusset, Gravenstein, Spitzenburg. 



These fruited freely, and are too well known in British Columbia, to need any 

 comment on them. 



Rihston Pippin. — This has proved with us to be a very desirable apple. It fruits 

 young, fruit above medium size, and is free from spot or scab, and is of first quality, 

 keeps well up to the middle of March. 



Hurlbut. — Is an apple not very well known in British Columbia. Fruited 

 first time with us this year, fruit above medium size and rather handsome, yellow 

 with red stripes, and although not yet fit for use, promises to be a very desii-able 

 early winter apple, either for dessert or cooking. 



Golvert. — Above medium, very irregular in shape, not of very high quality. 



Red Bietigheimer. — A very large handsome fruit, liable to spot. 



Warner's King. — Very large, green with a blush on the sunny side ; may be 

 valuable for cooking. 



McMahan's White. — Large and very handsome, a free producer, and a strong 

 \figorou8 grower ; may be desirable as a cooking apple. 

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