90 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWAhD VII., £. 1902 



Spraying in Canada,' and at the meetings of the Farmers' Associations, at Kentville, 

 N.S., an address on ' Potato Culture.' From Nova Scotia, I went to Prince Edward 

 Island, attending a special meeting of fruit-growers at Cardigan on February 5, 

 and the meeting of the Farmers' Association at Middleton on the 8th. The meeting 

 of the Prince Edward Island Fruit Growers' Association was held at Charlottetown 

 on February 6 and 7, at which I gave an address on ' Apple Growing.' It was also 

 my pleasure to attend the summer meeting of the Quebec Pomological Society, held 

 at Riviere du Loup, Que., on August 20 and 21, where I gave a lecture on ' Hardy 

 Fruits.' On September 12 and 13, I was present at the meeting of the American 

 Pomological Society at Buffalo, N.Y., and delivered an address on ' Orchard Renova- 

 tion ' ; and at the meeting of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, held at Co- 

 bourg, Ont., on December 4, 5, and 6, I gave a talk on ' The American Plum.' 



While at Buffalo, in September, I visited the Pan-American Exhibition and stud- 

 ied the fruit in the large collections there, and during the same absence from home I 

 visited the Agricultural Experiment- Station, at Geneva, N.Y., and the Experiment 

 Station at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., in order to learn something of the 

 work being done at these stations and something which would be helpful in my work 

 at Ottawa. Returning homewards, I visited several fruit farms in the Grimsby dis- 

 trict and examined the trees and crops there. During the autumn, I also visited the 

 orchards and nursery of the Trappist Fathers at Oka, P.Q., and found much of inter- 

 est there. At the same time I visited the orchards of Mr. R. W. Shepherd, Como, 

 P.Q., where there was much to be seen that will be useful to me. 



Acknowledgments. — I have much pleasure in acknowledging, and am very grate- 

 ful for, the many kindnesses shown me by fruit-growers both in Canada and the 

 United States. Information which it was necessary to have, in order to do my work 

 with greater accuracy, has been freely given by many fellow-workers, and I fully 

 appreciate the value of such help. To the fruit-growers of Ontario and Quebec, who 

 assisted me in getting the necessary data to compile the district apple lists for my 

 bulletin on Apple Culture, I am particularly grateful, as the ready response to my 

 inquiries made it possible to make the lists much more accurate than they would have 

 been otherwise. 



I again take the opportunity of acknowledging the services of Mr. J. F. Watson, 

 secretary to the Horticultural division, whose knowledge of the work relieves me of 

 much office work which he is thus able to do himself. Mr. H. Holz, the foreman, con- 

 tinues to suparintend the outside work satisfactorily, and I am pleased to note the 

 great interest he takes in it. 



Donations. — The following donations were received during the year, and thia 

 opportunity is taken to gratefully acknowledge the same : — 



DONATIONS. 



Sender. 



Arboretum, Arnold, Jamaica Plain, Mass., U.S. 



Beall, Thos., Lindsay, Ont 



Beach, Prof. S. A., Geneva, N.Y 



Botanic Garden, Durban, South Africa 



Botanic Garden, Madras, India 



Donations. 



Seeds. 



Scions of late red apple. 



Grape cuttings. 



Seeds. 



Seeds. 



Brodie, R., Montreal, P.Q Scions of a red Fameuse apple. 



Cockburn, J. C, Gravenhurst, Ont. 



Dempsey, W. H., Trenton, Ont 



DeWolfe, M. G., Kentville, N.S 



Dupuis, Aug., Village des Aulnaies, Que. 



Fonthill Nurseries, Fonthill, Ont 



Guay, A. E., Ville Marie, Que 



Hamilton, Robert, Grenville, Que 



Hodgins, A. S., Osnabruck Centre, Ont. 



Scions of Nora, Minto, and Sally Brown apples. 

 Samples of 44 varieties of fruit. Apple scions. 

 Bulbs. 



Tree and scions of Amaryllis plum, and seed- 

 ling apple scions. 

 Scions of 8 Japanese plums. 

 Currant cuttings. 



Childs and Blair crab apple scion3. 

 Apple scions. 



