Ktil'UKT OF THE EOKTIVV LTU HIST 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Apples, McIntosh — Planted 1890 — Yield in Gallons. 



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Apples, Patten — Planted 1892 — Yield in Gallons. 



PLUMS. 



There was a medium to light crop of plums in 1910. There was promise of a 

 good crop until June 4, when a frost, just as the fruit was setting, caused a large pro- 

 portion of the crop to drop. New varieties of plums are being tested every year in 

 the effort to obtain hardier and more useful ones. Seedlings from early ripening 

 varieties of the native plum Prunus nigra are being raised in the effort to obtain 

 better early plums. Early native plums bring good prices in some parts of Canada 

 and are the only ones which can be grown successfully in other sections. The tree 

 of the native plum does not break down as readily from snow as Prunus Americana, 

 which is a great advantage. The skin of the fruit of the latter is also much thicker, 

 as a rule, than Prunus nigra. 



One of the most promising seedling plums that fruited this year of those origi- 

 nated at Ottawa is a seedling of the Caro, which is a seedling of the Wolf; a descrip- 

 tion of this follows : 



Dara (Caro seedling). — Roundish to oval; large; cavity open, medium depth; 

 suture a distinct line, very slightly depressed; apex rounded; colour, yellow, mottled 

 and thinly washed with red; dots obscure; skin thick, moderately tender; flesh 

 yellow, juicy; stone medium size, oval, almost free; sweet, pleasant flavour, skin 

 acid; good quality. A good late plum. 



CHERRIES. 



There were practically no cherries in 1910. While there would have been a fair 

 crop owing to the comparatively mild winter of 1909-10, when less fruit buds than 

 usual were killed, the frost of June 4 destroyed what promise there was. The Downy- 



