714 



EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS 



SMALL FRUITS. 



STRAWBERRIES, 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



As mentioned under seasonal notes the weather during the winter was particularly 

 severe on strawberries, many of our best varieties being entirely killed out. This crop 

 was grown in the commercial orchard and, apart from the winter killed plots, gave an 

 average yield. Below are the varieties tested and yields obtained from plots of 1/528 of 

 an acre with estimated yields per acre. 



Name. 



Yield per 

 acre. 



1. Seedling No. 12 



2. Pearl 



3. Equinox 



4. John Little 



5. H. W. Beecher 



6. Gandy 



7. Princess 



8. Beverly 



9. Jas. Vick 



10. Haverland 



11. Senator Duniap 



12. Williams 



13. Capt. Jack 



14. Maggie 



15. Paris King 



16. Crescent 



17. St. Antoine de Padoue 



18. Hood River 



19. Afton 



20. Pocomoke 



Quarts. 



14,256 



14,256 



11,616 



11,088 



10,032 



9,504 



8,976 



8,448 



8,448 



8,448 



8,448 



8,448 



8,448 



7,392 



7,392 



7,392 



7,392 



7,392 



7,392 



6,864 



A new plantation of raspberries, dewberries, currants and gooseberries was 

 established in June. As stated before, however, the lateness of the season and the 

 unw^orkable nature of the soil prevented the planting of these bushes until late and 

 consequently many of them died. These will be replaced. The following varieties will 

 be selected for testing : — 



Rasphen'ries. — Ruby Red, Heebner, Eaton, King, Brighton, Herbert, Loudon, 

 Count, Sarah. 



Blach Currants. — Climax, Victoria, Collins prolific, Buddenborg, Kerry, Clipper, 

 Eagle, Eclipse, Saunders, Magnus, Boskoop Giant. 



Red Currants. — Cherry, Pomona, Cumberland Red, Victoria, Red Grape, Red 

 Dutch, Rankins Red, Greenfield, Wilder. 



White Currants. — White Grape, Large White, White Cherry. 



Gooseberries. — Oregon Champion, Houghton, Carrie, Josselyn, Pearl, 



NEW PLAKTATION MADE. 



Two new plantations of rhubarb and asparagus were also started in the same place 

 of the following varieties : — 



Rhuharh. — Hobday Giant, Victoria, Linnaeu.'?. 



Asparagus. — Columbian Mammoth, Conrver Colossal. 



Kappajj. 



