REPORT OF MR. J. A. CLARK 309 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



DEWBERRY (LUCRETIA). 



Sixty Lucretia dewberry plants were set in rows six feet apart, the plants being 

 five feet apart in the rows, to the south of the raspberries. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Twenty varieties of twenty-five plants each were received from. Ottawa. These 

 and one variety obtained at Charlottetown were planted, just east of the grape vine- 

 yard, in rows three feet six inches apart. The plants were set eighteen inches apart 

 in the rows. The soil was badly infested with a small worm which destroyed a great 

 many of the plants received from Ottawa. The variety Glen Mary had all been hilled 

 within a fortnight after being set. The plants obtained here seemed to withstand tho 

 ravages of this worm. 



TREES AND SHRUBS. 



A collection of 1,259 trees and shrubs was received from the Central Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa, to be used for ornamental purposes. These were immediately placed 

 in nursery rows. Early in May, the greater portion of them were planted, under the 

 direction of Dr. Wm. Saunders, about the residence, along the driveway and in two 

 rows parallel with the railway alnog the front of the Farm. These rows are ten feet 

 apart and the trees are ten feet apart in the rows. With the exception of one ship- 

 ment (largely conifers) which was delayed in transit and very badly dried out, the trees 

 are thrifty, and have grown well. The season is not far enough advanced yet to deter- 

 mine how many are winter-killed, and for this reason the list is omitted. 



VEGETABLES. 



The season was favourable and vegetables grew abundantly. They were protected 

 from the frost of June 6, and suffered very little injury from insects or diseases. Com- 

 plete notes on the various vegetables grown in the garden will not be attempted. A 

 few items of particular interest will probably be sufficient. The varieties tested in each 

 instance are named in order of merit. 



Asparagus. — Two hundred asparagus roots, obtained from Steel, Briggs & Co., To- 

 ronto, were planted in a bed of rich loam which was well worked and manured. These 

 plants grew very strongly and were covered with barnyard manure as a protection for 

 tbe winter. 



Beans. — Planted May 28. All the varieties ripened. 

 Dwarf Extra Early Edible Podded. 

 Dwarf Matchless. 

 Emperor of Russia. 

 Fame of Vitry. Dwarf Wax Every Day. 



Beeis. — Sown May 20. Fit for table in July. 



Extra Early Egyptian. Egyptian Flat Early Extra. 



Early Blood-red Turnip. Nutting's Dwarf Red. 



Brocoli. — Sown May 20. Did not mature. 

 Extra Early White. 



Brussels Sprouts. — Sown May 20. Used November 3- 

 Dwarf Improved. Quality excellent. 



