DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 321 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, KENTVILLE, N.S. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT— W. S. BLAIR. 



This is the first annual horticultural report of the Kentville Experimental 

 Station. 



APPLE ORCHARD. 



In the spring of 1912 there were about 21 acres planted to apple trees, consti- 

 tuting the first orchard planted at the Station. Part of this orchard is comprised of a 

 block of 4£ acres planted 20 by 20 feet apart, the permanent trees being 40 feet apart 

 each way. The varieties used as permanent trees are Blenheim, Ribston, Nonpareil, 

 Hubbardston and Crimson Beauty. The fillers used in this block are Wagener, 

 Wealthy, Milwaukee, Duchess, Ontario, Cox's, Orange and Yellow Transparent. 



It is proposed to adopt various methods in the removal of the fillers in this block 

 to determine, if possible, how long fillers can be economically allowed to remain. 



The remainder of the block was planted 40 by 40 feet apart, the following varieties 

 being used: Northern Spy, Baldwin, R. I. Greening, Fallawater, Wellington, King, 

 Gravenstein, Ben Davis, Gano, Banks, Mcintosh, Fameuse, Wolf River, Yellow Bell- 

 flower (Bishop Pippin), Baxter, Red Astrachan and Dudley (North Star). The 

 varieties Northern Spy, Baldwin, R. I. Greening, King, Ribston and Blenheim have 

 been planted in equal numbers of Ontario and Nova Scotia grown nursery trees to 

 determine the relative value of imported versus home grown trees for planting. 



The planting included 114 each of Wealthy and Wagener; 3"8 each of Blenheim, 

 Ribston, Northern Spy, Baldwin, R. I. Greening and King; 19 each of Ben Davis, 

 Gano, Stark, Rome Beauty, Mcintosh Red, Fameuse, Baxter, Wolf River, Red 

 Astrachan, North Star, Cox's Orange, Hubbardston, Duchess, Nonpareil, Milwaukee, 

 Golden Russet, Crimson Beauty, Yellow Transparent, Ontario, Tolman, Fallawater, 

 Wellington, Gravenstein and Bishop Pippin. 



In addition to the above there were planted the following varieties of apples, from 

 England, with number of trees of each: 2 each of Bramley Seedling, Lord Derby, 

 Lane's Prince Albert, Grenadier, Beauty of Bath, Gladstone, Early Julian, Lord 

 Grosvenor, Early Victoria, Stirling Castle, Newton Wonder, Worcester Pearmain, 

 King Pippin, Allington Pippin, Wellington, Gascoyne's Scarlet, Warner's King, Lord 

 SufSeld, Peasegood Nonsuch, Cox's Pomona, Devonshire 'Quarrenden, Tower of Glamis, 

 Summer Pippin, Ecklinville, Norfolk Beauty, Hector Macdonald, Edward VII, 

 Langley Pippin, Ben's Red, James Grieve, Baumann's Winter Reinette, The Houblon, 

 Lady Sudeley, Charles Ross, Wm. Crump and Lord Stradbrooke; 1 each of St. Ever- 

 ard and Encore. 



The seeds from a barrel each of King, Northern Spy, Blenheim, Baldwin and 

 Ribston Pippin were sown in the autumn of 1911 with the object of obtaining seedling 

 trees from which it is hoped to raise some good new seedling fruits. A large propor- 

 tion of this seed germinated and the young trees made good growth in 1912. 



SHIPMENT OF GRAVENSTEINS IN BOXES AND BARRELS. 



A shipment of 45 boxes and 30 barrels of Gravensteins was made to London, 

 England, during the past season. In order to make sure of the grade being the same 

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