372 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



EXPERIMENTS WITH GOOSEBERRIES. 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



Name of Variety. 



Smith's Improved. 



Downing 



Houghton 



Red Jacket 



Whitesmith 



Industry 



Number 



of 

 Plants. 



Yield 



in 

 1901. 



Lbs. 

 6| 



9 I 

 5| 



4| 



31 



EED AND WHITE CUEEANTS. 



Eight varieties of red and two varieties of white currants fruited this season. They 

 were grown in rows 6 feet apart and 5 feet apart in the rows. The soil on which they 

 were grown was a heavy clay. The bushes are vigorous growers, and some of them 

 were quite productive. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH RED AND WHITE CURRANTS. 



Name of Variety. 



North Star 



Pomona 



Cherry 



Pay's Prolific 



Red Dutch 



Knight's Early Red 



La Fertile 



Wilder 



White Dutch 



White Imperial 



Number 



of 

 Bushes. 



Yield 

 of 



Bushes. 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



Lbs. 

 13| 



1 



161 



2| 



5 

 121 

 10* 



si 



Remarks. 



Small ; fair quality. 



Large ■■ 



Very large ; fair quality. 



tt n 



Small ; fair quality. 



ii excellent quality. 



it ii 



ii fair quality. 



it ii 



Large n 



GEAPES. 



Fourteen varieties of grapes fruited this year. These were planted in the spring 

 of 1897 on a clay loam. They were set in a row six feet apart. The vines run on a 

 trellis made of wire attached to posts. They have always been laid down for winter, 

 with the exception of the past winter, when they were left unprotected and came 

 through the season in good condition. They fruited for the first time this year. 



