288 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



very much where the trees were not thoroughly sprayed, and left the trees . in had 

 condition for developing fruit buds for 1913. 



Pears were a good crop in the warmer parts of Nova Scotia, but in Ontario the 

 crop was below medium. In the upper country of British Columbia it was good, but 

 rather light on the lower mainland and on Vancouver island. The same notes 

 will apply to the plum crop as to the pear, except that along the lower St. Lawrence, 

 especially in L'Islet county, where it was good. A noted feature of the plum crop 

 there was that the bulk of it was canned locally and sold co-operatively. 



The peach crop in Ontario was a medium to good one, but the prices obtained 

 were not as high as usual. In the Okanagan district of British Columbia, where 

 most of the peaches of that province are grown, the crop was good, but the prices 

 obtained were low. 



The grape, which is one of the most reliable fruits, gave a good average crop 

 in Ontario, where it is chiefly produced. 



Owing to the cool season almost everywhere in Canada, the tenderer kinds of 

 vegetables, such as tomatoes, melons, squash, etc., did not ripen as well as usual; but 

 vegetables, the foliage, roots or tubers of which are used, did well. 



The potato crop was a particularly good one nearly everywhere in Canada where 

 it is grown, but unfortunately, as is often the ease when the yield is large, the price 

 obtained was small. 



At the Central Experimental Farm, the crop of apples was medium to good, and 

 very free from scab and codling moth. 



There were a few European plums and a good crop of the American varieties. 

 The cherry crop was almost a total failure, as usual ; the flower buds are nearly always 

 injured by winter. 



The grape crop was below medium, and the fruit did not ripen as thoroughly as 

 in some years. 



The crop of currants, gooseberries, and raspberries was light to medium, and the 

 crops of strawberries good. 



The potato crop was very good; tomatoes below medium, and ripe melons light. 

 Most of the other vegetables did well. 



SEEDLING FRUITS RECEIVED FOR EXAMINATION, 1911-112. 



There were not so many seedlings as usual received during the past year and, of 

 those sent in, there were few that were promising. Following is a list of the names 

 of persons from whom seedlings were received, with the numbers under which these 

 were recorded. A description is published of two apples and a plum, these being of 

 most interest. Apples: 5S3, crab apple from II. W. Roberts, Clarendon, N.B.; 584, 

 from J. F. Cloutier, Ste. Eugene la France, P.Q. ; 5S5, from R. J. Wiggins, Elmside, 

 P.Q. ; 586, from Duncan Bell, Ottawa, Ont. ; 587, small apple from John Dearness, 

 London, Ont. (see full description) ; 588 and 589, No. 1 and No. 2 from A. E. Wilson, 

 Clarence, Ont.; 590 and 591, No. 1 and No. 2 from C. L. Stephens, Orillia, Ont.; 592^ 

 seedling of Longfield from Robt. Moore, M.D., Fort Frances, Ont.; 593, Wain apple 

 from Mrs. C. L. Wain, Kamloops, B.C. (see full description), 594, from Mrs. S. W. 



Handy, Cascade, B.C. Plum: 595, from A. E. Guay, Ville Marie, P.Q. 



» 



APPLE SEEDLING FROM JOHN DEARXESSj LONDON, ONT. 



Size below medium to small, largest specimen 2£ by 2 inches, a smaller speci- 

 men, 2 by If inches; form, oblong or oval; cavity narrow, medium depth, russeted; 

 stem long, slender; basin open, shallow, wrinkled; colour pale yellow, well washed 

 and splashed with attractive carmine; dots moderately numerous, pale, indistinct; 



