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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



APPLES. 



A few trees of the berried crab (Pyrus baccata) blossomed, but the frost in May 

 destroyed them ; and there was no fruit. 



PYRUS PLANTED, 1896. 



In the following list will be found particulars of the condition of the different vari- 

 ties of Pyrus planted in the spring of 1896 : — 



Received from Central Experimental Farm Ottawa. 



Name of Variety. 



Pyrus Baccata Edulis 



M Sanguinea 



II Flava 



Conocarpa 



Macrocarpa 



Aurantiaca 



Oerasiformis.. . . 

 Lutea Regel — 



n Geniiina. 



Pyrus Prunifolia 



If Xanthocarpa. 



II Intermedia . . 



Pyrus Alnifolia 



II Spuria 



II Intermedia 



II 

 u 

 n 



n 



N 



See.dlvngs raised at Indian Head. 



Pyrus Prunifolia 



II Baccata Macrocarpa. . 

 II II Gennina. . . . 



II II Oerasiformis 



II H Sanguinea . . . 



a> . 



cS 00 



a A 



19 

 8 

 8 



13 

 5 



be 



3HH 



19 

 8 

 8 



13 

 5 



Notes on Growth. 



Strong growth. 



1 died, 1896. 



4 died, winter 1896-97. 



Strong growth. 



SEEDLING PLUM AND PYRUS ORCHARD, 1897 



An orchard containing four plots each 210 x 250 feet has been this year laid out 

 west of the superintendent's house. 



Plot No. 1 ia partially planted as follows : — 



Row 1. — 4 Pyrus prunifolia. 



11 1. — 16 II baccata yellow. 



II 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. — 96 Pyrus baccata yellow. 



II 7, 8. — 40 seedlings of Siberian crab. 



Leaving 16 rows vacant. 



