REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



donations — Concluded. 



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Sender. 



Hutt, Prof. II. L., O.A.C., Guelph, Ont 



Iowa Horticultural Society, Davenport, la 



Jack, N. E., Chateauguay Basin, Que 



Kerr, \V. J., Renfrew, Ont 



Knox, A., Chesterfield, Ont 



Lalonde, A., Isle Perrot, Que 



Lathe, H., Lacolle, Que 



Leonard, E., Cobourg, Ont 



Macoun, J. M., Geological Survey, Ottawa 



Matheson, Miss Joan, Perth, Ont 



McFarland, F. H., Hyde PaiK, Vt., U.S 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England 



Sears, F. W., Snow View Garden, via Nalnl 



Tal, N.W.P., India 



Shepherd, R. W., Como, Que 



Stubbert, G. E., Little Pond, C.B., N.S 



Terrill, A. M., Picton, Ont 



Tuttle, A, G., Baraboo, Wis., U.S 



Van Fleet, Dr. W., Rural New Yorker, N. York. 



Walker, Jos., Strathroy, Ont 



Wallenshlager, C, New Edinburgh, Ont 



Wilkins, O. F., Bridgebury, Ont 



Young, Charles, Richard's Landing, Ont 



Donations. 



24 plants of Irene and Jucunda strawberries. 



Plum scions. 



Scions of Cox's Orange Pippin apple. 



50 plants Shaffer raspberry. 



Apple scions. 



Scions of unknown apple. 



Apple scions. 



Scions of unknown apple. 



Seeds. 



Scions of Rufus apple. 



Scions of Roseau, McLure Pippin, Russian, 



Baldwin, Aurora, and Corliss Red apples. 

 Collection of seeds. 



100 nuts of Juglans rcgia. 



Scions of Early Joe and La Rochelle apples. 



Apple scions. 



Seeds of Terrill's Early tomato. 



Scions of Repka Malenka apple. 



Rosa tcichuriana hybrid. 



Scions of unknown apple. 



Scions of seedling apple. 



Seedling grape cuttings. 



Scions of seedling apple. 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



W. T. MACOUN, 



Horticulturist. 



APPLES. 



While there was practically no root-killing in the apple orchard last winter, 

 trees died on account of the severe weather, evidently being weakened by blight in 

 1900. There was more injury to the tops of the trees than there has been for some 

 years, probably due to long continued cold, dry weather, which caused more evapora- 

 tion of moisture than the trees could stand. 



Two trees each of Ben Davis and Stark, the former planted in 1890, and the 

 latter in 1S91, were killed outright, and two trees of Gano, planted in 1891, were 

 much weakened. These are given as examples of comparatively hardy varieties which 

 were affected by last winter, During the summer 17 trees were blown down and in 

 nearly every case the trunk was rotten almost entirely through. These trees had all 

 been planted since 1887. Every year a number of trees go in this way, and it is diffi- 

 cult to tell what is the real cause, as it is not restricted to the tenderer varieties, 

 but even the so-called iron clads rot in this way. The orchard has suffered much 

 in past years from blight and root-killing and many trees are affected with the so- 

 called black heart, and all these combined weaken them very much. The trees on the 

 whole, however, look healthy and have been improving in this respect from year to 

 year. The Russian orchard, comprised mostly of varieties of Russian origin, looks 

 particularly well, the trees being healthier than in the standard orchard. 



