4 GEORGE V. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 A. 1914 



REPORT FROM THE DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE. 



Ottawa, March 31, 1913. 

 J. H. Grisdale, Esq., B.Agr., 



Director, Dominion Experimental Farms, 

 Ottawa. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit herewith the twenty-sixth Annual Report of 

 the Horticultural Division, being the fifteenth since I became head of the Division. 



Included herein will be found the reports which have been prepared by 

 the Superintendents of the Experimental Farms and Stations at Nappan, N.S. ; Kent- 

 ville, N.S.; Charlottetown, P.E.I. ; Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere, Que.; Cap Rouge, Que.; 

 Brandon, Man.; Indian Head, Sask. ; Rosthern, Sask.; Scott, Sask.; Lethbridge, Alta. ; 

 Lacombe, Alta. ; and Agassiz, B.C. ; also a report prepared by Mr. Thos. A. Sharpe, 

 Salmon Arm, B.C., of experiments conducted on his farm. There are also reports 

 from the Sub-stations at Fort Vermilion, Peace River district; from Grouard, Lesser 

 Slave Lake; Athabaska Landing, Fort Smith, Fort Providence, and Fort Resolution, 

 all in Northern Alberta. There is also at the end of the report for Lacombe a list 

 prepared by me of fruits, vegetables, useful and ornamental trees and shrubs, climbers, 

 herbaceous perennials, and annuals recommended for the prairie provinces. 



HORTICULTURAL DIVISION. 



The area of land in the Horticultural Division at the Central Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa, is 99 acres, divided as follows : — 



Acres. 



Fruits and vegetables 46 



Forest belts 21 



Ornamental grounds 30 



Nursery and rose garden 2 



Total . . 99 



On this land are grown tree fruits, small fruits, vegetables, forest trees, and 

 ornamental trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants in more or less permanent plantations 

 and in nursery rows. The lawns are extensive and require much care to keep them 

 in good condition. Owing to the large number of experiments in progress, the work 

 involved in giving the necessary attention to them on this ninety-nine acres is very 

 heavy compared with what it would be on the same area under commercial crops, where 

 the labour involved could be reduced to a minimum. 



SUBDIVISIONS OF THE WORK. 



The Horticultural Division may at present be divided into five parts or heads 

 under which most of the work falls. These are as follows: — 



1. Pomology, 



2. Vegetable gardening, 



3. Ornamental gardening, 



4. Plant breeding, 



5. Correspondence and office work. 



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