DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, ROSTHERN, SASKATCHEWAN 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, W. A. MUNRO, B.A., B.S.A. 



Although the Experimental Station at Rosthern is comparatively new, already 

 information has been obtained which should prove of value to those living in this 

 part of Saskatchewan, and the experiments conducted in 1912, while not as exten- 

 sive as it is hoped they will be in the near future, give some indication of what 

 is being done. 



VEGETABLES. 



As there was no regular gardener at Rosthern in 1912 the results in vegetables 

 and flowers have not been so satisfactory as it is hoped they will be in the future. 

 Then, too, the wind-breaks have not developed sufficiently to afford good protection 

 to flowers and vegetables. There was a small garden in 1912 in an enclosure shel- 

 tered by a wind-break that had been established previous to the purchase of the farm 

 by the Government. The contrast of results from the attempt at gardening in this 

 enclosure as compared with a similar attempt in the open was very marked, the 

 garden in the enclosure being quite satisfactory, whereas that in the open was much 

 injured by winds. 



The attempt to grow corn, tomatoes, melons, squash and cucumbers did not meet 

 with success, for nothing ripened. 



Following are the results of the other vegetables under experiment: — 



CABBAGE. 



lows: 



There were under test this year, sixteen varieties of cabbage, with yields as fol- 



Copenhagen Market 



Improved Danish Roundhead . . , 



Flat Swedish 



Small Erfurt , 



Winningstadt 



Danish .Summer Ballhpad. . . . 



Magdeburg 



Lubeck 



Improved Brunswick 



Large Flat Diumhead 



Danish BaJlhead 



Early Jersey Wakefield . . . 



Early Paris' Market 



Danish Delicatesse Red 



Extra Early Midsummer Savoy 

 Red Danish Stonehead. , 



