RETORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST 



105 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



RASPBERRIES-TEST OF VARIETIES— Conducted. 



Name of Variety. 



Yellow Varieties. 



Caroline 



Yellow Antwerp. 

 Golden Queen... . 



Champlain 



Lady Anne 



Purple Varieties. 



Shinn 



Duncan. . . 

 Shaffer... . 



Ralph 



Percy 



Columbian 



Date 



cf 



First Picking. 



1900. 



1901. 



July 20;July 15 



.1 16; n 12 



.. 23j 



.. 16 



.. 16 July 9 



Date 



of 



Last Picking. 



1900. 



1901. 



No. 

 of Pick- iTotal Yield, 

 ings. 



1900 1901 



1900. 



Aug. 16' Aug. 6 

 .1 9| .. 6 

 ., 13 



July 13 

 18 

 20 

 20 

 16 

 23 



July 9 



I. 12 



.. 15 



M 18 



.. 12 



n 18 



July 27 July 15 



Aug. 13 Aug. 6 



■I 13 it 6 



ii 13 it 2 



9JJuIy 22 



ii 6 Aug. 2 



ii 13 ii 6 



a c 



16 1 



11 

 8 



4 14 

 3 14 



27 8 



18 15 



11 10 



8 7 



8 2 



7 7 



1901. 



6 



1 



8 



o 



60 



a 

 v 



-J 



36 

 n 36 

 36 

 36 

 36 



16 12i 36 

 4 13$ 36 



8 1 



4 



6 Oi 



io '4 



36 

 36 

 36 

 36 



STKAWBEREIES. 



The strawberries wintered well this year and the prospects for a heavy crop were 

 good, but during the ripening season there was very hot, dry weather which reduced 

 the yield, although the crop on the whole was good. The advantage of thick foliage 

 was very apparent this year, as such thin foliaged varieties as Clyde, though promis- 

 ing a large crop, had their fruit badly scalded and withered up. While varieties 

 with thick foliage did not suffer nearly so much. 



There were 350 varieties in the plantation, but of these 167 had been marked 

 to discard in 1900, and the yields of them are not given. A new plantation was made 

 in the spring of this year containing 218 varieties for comparison of yields and qual- 

 ity. In addition to these, three plants each of those which had been discarded, were 

 planted, in order to keep in touch with them. No fruit was allowed to ripen on the 

 new plantation this year. 



In the following table will be found the yields of those varieties not discarded in 

 1900 with the yields for 1900 and 1901, and the average yields for the two years. 

 In addition to this, other useful data are given regarding the different kinds. The 

 crop recorded is from two rows each 15 feet in length. The rows were planted 3$ 

 feet apart and the plants 15 inches apart in the rows. In 1899, when the plantation 

 was made, the runners were kept pinched off until July, and in the spring of 1900 

 each row was cut back to 2 feet in width where necessary, and in the spring of 1901 

 the rows were again cut back to 2 feet. It is interesting to note that some kinds 

 yielded better the first year than the second, one reason being that the varieties which 

 make many runners are crowded the second season. On the other hand, some kinds 

 which make few runners the first year yield better the second season when there are 



