REPORT OF TEE DIRECTOR 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Four varieties of oats sown ripened from September 6 to 16, and four of wheat 

 were ready to cut on the 16th of the same month. Three varieties of barley were ripe 

 from September 2 to 6. "Winter rye did not mature. Spring rye was ripe on Septem- 

 ber 16. All the above were sown on May 15. 



Onions did not yield a crop this year. Carrots and beets, sown May 17, were 

 pulled September 13. 



Four varieties of cabbage tested were all destroyed by dogs. Three varieties of 

 lettuce, sown May 18, were in use July 12 to 15. Turnips, sown May 20, were fit for 

 use July 30, and four varieties of peas, sown May 14, were in use July 30. Gregory's 

 Surprise ripened September 15. 



Some cross-bred apple seeds, sown in the greenhouse, March 18, produced plants 

 ten to eleven inches high. Apple seeds sown in the open, did not come up. The two- 

 year-old apple trees are some three feet high. 



Ten varieties of flowers, sown in the greenhouse and transplanted May 14-20, 

 bloomed from July 31 to August 31. 



FORT PROVIDENCE. 



The work at Fort Providence was not reported on very fully this year, as it was 

 not well understood how much detail was required. Following are some notes on the 

 results obtained : — 



CEREALS. 



Variety. 



Wheat 

 Barley- 

 Oats . . 

 Rye. . . 



Sown. 



May 7. 

 .. 7. 

 .. 7. 

 i> 7. 



Above 

 Ground. 



May 20 

 '■ 18. 

 .. 21. 



K 22. 



Headed. 



Julyl. 

 June 25. 

 Julyl.. 



Harvested. 



Sept. 10. 

 Aug. 25. 



„ 28. 



m 30. 



Two varieties of clover were sown, but the growth was not very vigourous. 



Lettuce, sown May 6, was above ground on June 3, and was fit for use June 212. 

 Best varieties, Cos Trianon and Grand Rapids, both of which were cut four times. 



Radishes were sown May 7, and were up on June 6. Fit for use June 20 to 25. 



Garden peas were sown May 7, and were up on June 6. Pods were formed on 

 July 15 and the crop was harvested September 4. 



Cauliflowers, sown May 10, gathered August 7 ; one weighed 2 pounds and another 

 If pounds. 



Cabbages, sown in March in boxes in the house; planted in garden, May 15; 

 harvested, September 15, to the number of 212, weighing from 4 to 5 pounds each. 

 The heaviest was 6J pounds. 



Table beets were, as a rule, small. Carrots were of fair size, but a light crop. 



The potato crop totalled 1,014 barrels. 



The last spring frost was on June 2. There was a slight frost on July 23, and 

 the first frost of autumn occurred on August 81. 



Flowers were not a success this year. 



