REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 27 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FRUITS, TREES AND SHRUBS, 



Of the cross-bred apples under test at Fort Vermilion, the following are reported, 

 under date of September 10, 1910, as doing well : Alberta, Tony, Prince, Golden, Mag- 

 nus, Silvia, Pioneer and Robin. These have all proved hardy and have made good 

 growth. Robin had one specimen of fruit last year which Mr. Jones' picked and for- 

 warded to Ottawa. It reached its destination safely, but had been picked too soon; it 

 was not much more than about half size. Some seedlings of the cross-bred apples 

 have been grown and are doing well; they are seedlings of Alberta, Golden, Jewel, 

 ;ul Silvia. Several Russian apples are also reported as doing well, namely, Charla- 

 moff, Varna and Morden. 



Among the plums still surviving and reported as doing well are Aitken ; Odegard, 

 Mankato and seedlings of Carsterson. As the plums have not yet fruited, Mr. Jones 

 expresses the fear that the climate of Fort Vermilion may be a little too severe for 

 them. 



The black currants, of which there are eleven varieties growing, are all doing well, 

 having made a strong growth. The birds, however, have kept a watchful eye on the 

 ripening fruit and appropriated a large proportion of that which has matured. The 

 red and white varieties have also made good growth and have fruited well. 



Of raspberries, the Herbert and Heebner are both doing satisfactorily. Straw- 

 berries have suffered much from the severe climate and all the plants have died. 



Of the ornamental trees and shrubs, the following are reported as doing well: — 



Acer dasycarpum. Diervilla lutea. 



" negundo. Eleagnus Augustifolia (Russian Olive) 



" tataricum ginnala. Euonymus Europaeus ovatus. 



" pictum. " linearis. 



Amelanchier vulgaris. Fraxinus Pennsylvania lanceolata. 



Betula alba. (Green Ash). 



" " laciniata. Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora. 



Berberis sinc-isis. Ligustrum amurense. 



" Thunbergii. Lonicera alpina. 



Caragana arborescens. Fenzlei. 



" frutescens. " mundeniensis (has bloomed 



" grandiflora. well) 



" pygmaea. " Sullivanti. 



Of C. pygmaea, Mr. Jones " virginalis alba. 



says that it was bloom- Lycium Europaeum. 



ing all summer. Philadelplius Mont Blanc. 



Clematis monlana. Populus anguslfolia. 



Cotoneaster tomentosa. Quercus rubra. 



Crataegus Arnoldiana. Rhamnus frangula. 



" carrieri. Kibes aureum. 



Celtis occidentalis. Roses — 



Ceanothus Americanus. Persian Yellow. 



Souvenir Philemon Cochet. 

 Delicata, 

 and two other varieties, the names oi 

 which are lost. These have all bloomed 

 well. 

 Spiraea argula (very fine. In bloom May 25). 

 " Billardi (in bloom July 13). 

 " sorbifolia (in bloom July 8). 

 Salix Voronezh. 



