DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



dug- September 23. The plots varied in size, but in most cases tbe yield was com- 

 puted from one row 115-5 feet long. 



Potatoes from New York. — Test of Varieties (Irrigated), Lethbridge, 1912, Planted 



June 6; Dug September 23. 



Variety. 



Early Northern 

 Irish Cobbler. 

 Houlton Rose. . 

 Early Hebron. . 

 New Queen .... 



Yield per Acre, 

 Marketable. 



Bush. 



498 



342 

 240 



Lb. 



18 



16 

 50 



Yield per Acre, 

 Unmarketable. 



Bush. 

 20 



17 

 11 



Lb. 



37 



37 



Form and Colour. 



Oval, pink. 

 Oval, white. 

 Oval, pink. 

 Oval. 

 Oval, pink. 



Potatoes from Irrigated Land vs. Seed from Non-irrigated Land. 



Seed from non-irrigated land. 

 Seed from irrigated land 



Total Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



511 

 514 



13 

 15 



Yield 



per Acre, 



Marketable. 



Bush. 



477 

 494 



Lb. 



57 

 53 



Average Yield 

 for 2 Years. 



Bush. 



544 



486 



Lb. 



33 

 3 



FRUITS 1 . 



The various kinds of fruit obtained on tbe Station during the past season con- 

 sisted of red, white and black currants, raspberries and strawberries. 



There were blooms on half a dozen or so apple trees, but the heavy frost on June 

 6 destroyed all the apples that were set, with the exception of a single specimen of 

 Florence crab, which matured, so this crab has the distinction of being the first apple 

 tree to produce fruit on the Lethbridge Station. 



currants. 



Of the small fruits there is probably none hardier or easier to raise than currants, 

 red, white, and black. A shelter from the west wind of some kind should be provided. 

 In the following tables are given the results of the different kinds of currants we 

 have under test. There are three plants of each variety planted 6 feet apart each 

 way. The yields given are not at all large, particularly in tbe case with the black 

 currants, but the plantation has not been set out long and this is the first year that 

 they have produced fruit. To give some idea of the yield it might be interesting to 

 point out that the New Red Dutch, which produced 13 pounds 9 ounces on the three 

 plants, yielded at the rate of 5,465 pounds per acre. 



