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plants before they are set out in permanent locations. Large numbers are used so 

 that a greater selection is possible. By obtaining younger trees, they will be more 

 Thoroughly acclimatized by the time they reach bearing age. The young trees used 

 are seedlings of some of the hardiest standard apples. It is hoped that among the 

 variations that will occur in growing so many seedlings, some trees will combine a 

 greater hardiness than heretofore obtained with fruit of reasonably good size and 

 quality. The following are the seedlings planted in the spring of 1912 and the number 

 alive in the following auturrui: — 



This experiment will be continued in 1913 by planting seeds of CharlamofF, 

 Blushed Calville, Repka Kislaga and Hibernal, obtained from apples grown in Mani- 

 toba in 1912 by Mr. A. P. Stevenson. 



PLUMS. 



A good crop of plums was harvested. The trees that are bearing are mostly native 

 Manitoba plum trees. The fruit from these trees varies greatly; from some, it is 

 very inferior; from others, of excellent quality. They vary also in earliness, in size 

 of fruit and in the stage of maturity at which the fruit falls from the trees. Some 

 of the better trees are well worth propagation. They are all quite hardy. Fruit was 

 also borne by some seedlings of the Cheney variety. These plums are later than the 

 native plum, but are larger. They vary in quality; the better ones are very good. 



Young trees of the Cheney and Aitkin varieties and some selected plants of the 

 native Manitoba plum were purchased from the Buchanan Nursery at Winnipeg. 

 Also young trees of the following cross-bred varieties, originated by Professor N. E. 

 Hansen of South Dakota: Opata, Hanska, Sapa and Skuya, were purchased. These 

 trees were planted in vacancies in the plum orchard and in locations from which 

 inferior trees were removed. ' 



FLOWERS. 



The herbaceous perennials have bloomed profusely as usual. The iris made a 

 splendid display early in the season. The pseonies bloomed abundantly, but the dura- 

 tion of the bloom was shortened by the drought and the heat of the last of June. 

 Perennial larkspur, scarlet lychnis, autumn daisy, columbines, and other perennials 

 did very well. A large number of varieties of roses bloomed. 



Most of the annual flowers were started in a hotbed in April and set out early 

 in June. The season was unfavourable, as the June drought was very hard on the 



