REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CROPS. 



APPLES. 



The apple crop was the poorest for some years, this condition being general all over 

 the province. Heavy frosts coming while the trees were in blossom, were to a certain 

 extent responsible for this condition. The fruit was also not well matured. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



The strawberry crop was not by any means up to its usual standard. Coming 

 through the winter in rather poor shape, the injury being confined more to spots of the 

 (field than to varieties, the comparative value of the following table is somewhat les- 

 sened. 



A severe frost coming when the plants were in blossom also affected this crop very 

 materially, the result being about one-half the usual yield. 



The size of the plots of each variety were 16£ x 5 feet, or %2S acre. 



The following are the yields of twenty of the most productive varieties this 

 season : — 



Strawberries — Test of Varieties. 



PEAS. 



Six varieties were sown on May 24. The varieties used were Little Marvel. 

 American Wonder, Thomas Laxton, Stratagenm, Telephone and Gradus. 



Little Marvel ripened earliest of all, followed by American Wonder, both kinds 

 producing a good crop, with short vines and small pods well filled with large peas. 

 Those varieties did not require staking. Tnomaa Laxton and Graaus ripened next 

 (both early), the pods of which were long and well filled with large peas. Stratagem 

 and Telephone are both late varieties. 



The yields were as follows : — 



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