DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, INDIAN HEAD, SASKATCHEWAN 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, ANGUS MACKAY. 



In 18S8, when the Experimental Farm at Indian Head was started, there was 

 practically a bare prairie in that vicinity. Today, the forest plantations and the 

 many species and varieties of ornamental trees and shrubs growing there show that 

 great changes can be made where trees are planted and cared for, even on what 

 was once open prairie. Within the shelter afforded by the windbreaks are grown 

 crab apples, plums, small fruits, vegetables, and many herbaceous perennials and 

 annual flowers. In the following report will be found the results of some of the 

 horticultural experiments conducted during 1912. 



VEGETABLES. 



Vegetables all did well, with few exceptions. Frost overtook the beans before 

 they were fully matured. Melons were a failure. Tomatoes had to be lifted and 

 put in the hot-house before frost came. Corn, with the exception of the native 

 varieties, did not ripen. 



POTATOES. 



The crop of potatoes in 1912 was a satisfactory one. 



The seed was planted in rows thirty inches apart, and twelve inches apart in the 

 row. The yield was taken from two rows, sixty-six feet long. 



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Potatoes. — Test of Varieties. 



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5 



Variety 



Char- 

 acter of 

 Soil. 



Date 

 Planted. 



ljAmeriean Wonder. ..Clay loam May 



2 Carman, No. 1 . . . 



3 Da'meny Beauty. . 



4 Wee MacGreeror ... 



5 Viok's Extra Early., 



6 \ Reeve's Rose ..... 



7 Everett 



8 Table Talk 



9 Rochester Rose. . . 



10 Money Maker i 



lljHard to Beat j 



12; Late Puritan ! 



13 Morgan Seedling.. . . ' 



14 Gold Coin 



15; Irish Cobbler 



16 Ashleaf Kidney 



17 I >reer's Standard .... I 



18fEmpire State ' 



10 Factor 



20 New Queen j 



21 HV.ulton Rose 



22| Early Norther ! 



23! Early Hebron j 



20. 

 20. 

 20. 



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 20. 



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20. 



20 



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20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



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20. 



Date 

 Lifted. 



Sept. 2f>. 

 26. 

 2G. 

 26. 

 26. 



26. 



26 



26. 



26. 



26. 



26 



26. 



26. 



26. 



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26. 



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26. 



26. 



26. 



Growth. 



Yield per 

 A ere. 



Bush. Lb. 



Form 



and 



Colour. 



376 

 446 



437 



534 

 422 



433 



550 

 5S8 

 52S 

 479 

 211 

 511 

 495 

 589 

 532 

 545 

 536 

 536 

 253 

 205 

 420 



977 

 370 



12 

 30 

 4S 

 36 

 24 



24 



36 

 12 

 36 



36 

 24 



36 



48 

 48 



42 

 12 

 12 

 42 



Long, white. 

 Oval, white. 



H pink and 



white. 

 Oval, red. 

 Long, pink. 

 Oval, white. 



•i red. 

 Long, white. 

 Oval, ti 



it ii 



Long, pink. 

 Oval, white. 

 Round, M 

 Oval ii 



ii ii 



Round, it 

 Oval, pink. 



