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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



flesh white, crisp, tender, juicy; skin moderately thick, tough; core medium size, 

 seeds medium size, hroad, acute; quality above medium. Season evidently mid to 

 late September. An attractive-looking apple of striking shape. Tree found growing 

 wild near Hawthorn, Pyrug corona* ia, and Amelanchier, suggestive of Chenango Straw- 

 berry which might, perhaps, be a parent of it. Specimens sent by John Dearness, 

 London, Ont., who found it on a botanizing trip. Should make an attractive orna- 

 mental plant. 



APPLE SEEDLING FROM MRS. C. L. WAIN, KAMLOOPS, B.C. 



Size large; form conical slightly ribbed, rather abruptly and tapering near basin; 

 cavity medium depth and width, russeted; stem medium length, stout; basin deep, 

 medium width, wrinkled; calyx open; colour yellow washed with pinkish red 

 on sunny side; predominant colour yellow; seeds medium size, acuminate; dots 

 numerous, grey, distinct; skin thick, moderately tender; flesh dull white or yellowish; 

 core medium; flesh crisp, rather coarse, juicy; flavour mildly subacid, pleasant; quality 

 above medium; season probably October and November; tree a seedling. General 

 notes: an attractive-looking apple but not good enough in quality for dessert and not 

 acid enough for cooking. May be useful if very hardy. 



PLUM SEEDLING FROM A. E. GUAY, YILLE MARIE, P.Q. 



Size large; form nearly globular, irregular; cavity medium size, moderately 

 shallow; sutmre no depression, clearly lined ; apex rounded, swollen opposite suture; 

 colour yellow overspread largely by bright crimson red; predominant colour crimson 

 red; dots indistinct; bloom none to very slight; skin moderately thin, toughish; flesh 

 yellow, very juicy r somewhat soft; flavour, sweet, but lacking character; quality 

 medium to above medium; stone roundish, much flattened, large, cling. General 

 notes: A handsome plum, but sample too ripe to give justice; to all appearance, a 

 first-rate fruit. 



A WEALTHY APPLE ORCHARD— CLOSELY PLANTED. 



In 1896, a small orchard of Wealthy apple trees was planted at the Central 

 Experimental Farm, consisting of 144 trees, 10 by 10 feet apart, or at the rate of 

 435 trees per acre. The original area occupied by the trees was about one-third, 4 9i2i, 

 of an acre, but this was reduced slightly in 1909, so that the area is now 34 9ios9 of 

 acre, still nearly one-third of an acre. 



While the trees were planted ten by ten feet apart, since then some have died and 

 others have been removed from time to time to give those which remained sufficient 

 room to develop. Those removed have, as far as possible, been the poorer yielding 

 specimens, a record having been kept of the yields of each tree since 1899. Of the 

 original 144 trees, there are now ninety-seven left. Since the last report of this 

 orchard was published, eleven trees have been removed. The trees are pruned moder- 

 ately every year. The trees are too close to cultivate, but, as the ground is well 

 shadSd by them, the sod does not become thick. The grass is cut and allowed to lie 

 in the orchard. The trees are manured once in about three years. 



A record has been kept of the yields, sales, and expenses in connection with this 

 orchard, which have been given in the annual reports for 1902, 1904, 1905, 1908 and 



1910. 



Following is a statement of yields, sales, expenses, and profits from the time the 

 orchard was planted to the end of 1912 : — 



16—19 



