DITISION OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



RASPBERRIES. 



BLACK RASPBERRIES. 



List of gooseberries growing in the bush fruit plantation: — 



Companion, Cluster, Carrie, Carman, Cox's Late Green, Downing, Edna, Gover- 

 ness, Gibb, Griffin, Houghton's Seedling, Industry, Lady Houghton, Mabel, Merton, 

 Pale Red, Ruth, Rideau, Red Jacket, Ramsay, Richland, Smith's Improved, Saunders, 

 Sussex, Sandow, Silvia, Troy, Vesta, Weir, York. 



LARGE FRUITS. 



Although crab-apple bloom was abundant, frost killed a large part before the 

 fruit set, and the crop was light. The varieties that fruited are given, with yields. 



CROSS-BRED APPLES. 



When picking the crop of cross-bred apples a record was kept of the weight of 

 fruit gathered from some of the best trees, and the weights are given below. The 

 date of picking was Septembe !• 9. 



