DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 397 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



REPORT OF EXPERIMENTS ON THE FRUIT FARM OF 

 THOS. A. SHARPE, SALMON ARM, B. C. 



The soil on this farm is mostly gravelly loam and, with proper preparation, is 

 excellent for the production of clover and alfalfa, and of suitable varieties of apples, 

 plums, prunes, sour cherries and all small fruits. 



Potatoes were exceptionally good in quality this year. 



In 1908 thirty-nine varieties of plums and prunes were planted. 



APPLES. 



Of the apples, nineteen varieties fruited in 1912; of these, Longfield, Jonathan, 

 Ira and Newtown Pippin fruited freely, and are all valuable varieties. The others 

 produced only a few specimens not sufficient to judge of their quality or productive- 

 ness. 



There were also fifty-eight varieties of apples planted in the experimental 

 orchard in 1911 and 1912, and nearly thirty varieties either in nursery on the Farm 

 or ordered for this spring's planting. 



CHERRIES. 



Two varieties were planted, Olivet and Planchoury. Both produced good crops 

 of fine fruit, of excellent quality for shipping and canning, as well as for eating out 

 of hand. Two varieties are planted in nursery and about twenty ordered for this 

 spring's planting. 



PLUMS AND PRUNES. 



All the varieties of plums and prunes fruited. German prune, Shropshire 

 damson and Primate were the best in quality and productiveness, Purple being a 

 good second. These are all good shippers. Two varieties of Peine Claude fruited, 

 but ripened so late that they are evidently not adapted to this district. 



About twelve varieties of plums have been ordered for this season's planting. 



PEAES. 



There are thirty-eight varieties planted in the orchard, and several sorts in the 

 nursery. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



Blackberries. — Eldorado, Snyder, and Stone's Hardy. These have grown vigor- 

 ously and fruited well without winter protection. 



Red Raspberries. — Cuthbert, Pauline, Columbian and King. Tbose have proved 

 vigorous and fruitful, also without protection. 



