DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



391 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, AGASSIZ, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, P. H. MOORE, B.S.A. 



Horticulture is not now receiving the special attention here that it did for many 

 years, as the situation of this Farm was found not to be very suitable for fruit trees. 

 Some attention is, however, paid to this part of the work, and following will be found 

 a report on some experiments conducted in 1912. 



VEGETABLES. 



POTATOES. 



Thirty-one varieties of potatoes were grown in 1912, on land similar to that 

 which grew roots and corn and treated very much in the same manner, with the 

 exception of artificial fertilizer. They were planted in rows two and one-half feet 

 apart and from a foot to a foot and one-half apart in the drills. An accident happened 

 to three varieties so that the following list contains only twenty-eight. 



All potatoes were somewhat touched with blight, but the percentage of rot at 

 digging time was not very great in any case. 



Variety. 



American Wonder , 



Ear*.- Envoy 



Money Maker 



Everett 



Empire State 



Dreer's Standard 



Dalmeny Beauty 



Burnaby Mammoth 



Morgan Seedling 



Late Puritan 



Gold Coin 



Early St. George 



Vick's Extra Early 



Rochester Rose . 



Rochester Rose (Lacombe Seed) 



Irish Cobbler 



Early Rose 



Ashleaf Kidney 



20th Century 



Hillcrest 



Reeves' Rose (Lacombe Seed). . . 



Reeves' Rose 



Early Potentate 



Bovee 



Wee McGregor 



Hard to Beat 



1 able Talk 



Factor 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Tons. Lb. 



10 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 S 

 8 

 8 



7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 



<; 



6 

 6 

 G 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 3 



856 



1,276 



1,272 



348 



876 



1,169 



1,028 



1,028 



368 



236 



1,312 



916 



784 



1,840 



1,312 



1,312 



1,728 



1,728 



1,728 



276 



1,880 



1,748 



824 



956 



428 



448 



732 



600 



Planted. 



1912 

 May 



7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 



Har- 

 vested. 



1912 

 Sept. 



Oct. 

 Sept. 



Oct. 

 Sept. 



9 

 6 



9 

 6 

 5 



12 



10 



18 



18 



13 



2 



5 



5 



14 



14 



16 



18 



20 



4 



11 



12 



12 



12 



10 



11 



5 



10 



11 



Rotten. 



% 



5 



10 



10 



5 



8 



5 



6 



6 



10 



10 



5 



5 



5 



8 



6 



10 



8 



10 



8 



8 



10 



10 



8 



10 



5 



3 



12 



10 



Small. 



% 



15 



15 

 25 

 25 

 7 

 20 

 10 

 20 

 20 

 15 

 20 

 25 

 25 

 17 

 20 

 25 

 30 

 25 

 20 

 24 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 25 

 32 

 28 

 30 



Market- 

 able. 



% 



80 

 75 

 65 

 70 

 85 

 75 

 84 

 74 

 70 

 75 

 75 

 70 

 70 

 75 

 74 

 65 

 62 

 65 

 72 

 68 

 70 

 70 

 72 

 70 

 70 

 65 

 60 

 60 



