328 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, CAP ROUGE, P. Q. 

 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT— G. A. LANGELIER. 



FRUIT. 



APPLES. 



Eight out of the twelve Yellow Transparents planted in 1911 produced fruit in 

 1912. Six Rochelles and twelve Baxters were ' added to the commercial orchard, 

 whilst two trees of each of the following were put in for variety tests : — 



Mcintosh seedlings (455), Sorel, Jacob Red, Swayzie seedlings (486), Swayzie 

 seedlings (471), Walbridge x Northern Spy (518), McMahan x Scott Winter (509), 

 Wealthy seedlings (489), seedlings from E. K. Leonard (625), No. 1 from J. J. 

 Persons (632), Salome seedlings (462), Lawver seedlings (460), Spencer Seedless 

 (550), Trenton (493), Choate (636), Swayzie seedlings (541), No. 3 from J. J. 

 Persons (634), Transparent de Croncels (774), Crab-apple from C. N. Vroom (628), 

 Crab-apple from J. D. Hodgson (644), McMahan x Scott Winter (515), Winter St. 

 Lawrence seedlings (470), Lawver x Mcintosh (507), Mcintosh seedlings (526), 

 Swayzie seedlings (539), American Golden Russet seedlings (487), No. 1 from Wm. 

 Chambers (629), Walbridge x Northern Spy (516), Linton (459), Russian seedling 

 No. 1 (441), McMahan x Scott (514), Rufus (351), Lubsk Queen (573), Russian 

 seedling (436), Fameuse seedling (488), Schoener von Nordhausen (494), Walbridge 

 x Northern Spy (317), seedlings from Mr. Isenor (724), Walbridge x Northern Spy 

 (517), Swayzie seedlings (476), Jewel (crab) (694), Burton (646), Hyslop (crab). 



PLUMS. 



One out of two Shropshire Damson, one out of two Snider Damson, one out of 

 four Bixby, and the two Fitzroy, planted in 1911, produced fruit in 1912. The 

 following trees were added to the plum orchard: — - 



Togo (0-612), Mankato (0-614), Yellow European (0-658), Bonne Ste. Anne 

 (0-666), Terry (0-659), Brackett (0-615), Bixby (0-668), Consul (671). 



CHERRIES. 



One of the six Large Montmorency, planted in 1911, prsduced fruit in 1912. 



BLACK CURRANTS. 



The varieties planted in 1911 gave the following yields, in pounds, per acre: — 



Climax, 754; Boskoop Giant, 477*; Eagle, 275*; Eclipse, 261; Collins' Prolific, 

 232; Saunders, 174; Buddenborg, 145; Lee, 145; Kerry, 143; Victoria Black, 101*; 

 Black Champion, 87; Clipper, 87; Topsy, 87; Ontario, 58. 



Success was the only one which did not bear. 



Six Magnus were put in this year. 



RED CURRANTS. 



The varieties planted in 1911 gave the following yields in pounds, per acre: — 

 Red Grape, 812; Cherry, 188*; Victoria Red, 145; Greenfield, 101 J; Red Dutch, 



101*; Fay, 87; Wilder, 87; Cumberland, 58; Perfection, 14*; Pomona, 14*; Rankin's 



Red, 10. 



