DITISIOX OF HORTICULTURE 727 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



CHERRIES. 



The cherry plantation includes fifty -four varieties and two trees have been planted 

 of a kind except Black Tartarian, Windsor and Montmorency, of which larger blocks 

 have been set, making a total of 154 cherry trees. 



PEACHES. 



The peach plantation includes forty-seven varieties made up principally of two 

 trees of a kind. The total peach ti*ees number 106. 



PEARS. 



The pear plantation is composed of fifty-five varieties of two trees of a kind. In 

 addition larger plantations have been made of Bartlett, .Doyenne du Cornice, Clapp 

 Favourite and Beurre Clairgeau including 113 trees. This makes a total of 223 pear 

 trees planted. 



APRICOTS AXD QUINCES. 



Five varieties of apricots are growing and seven varieties of quinces, making a 

 total of twenty-three trees. The quince rust was noticed this season on some of the 

 quince trees. 



TOTAL ORCHARD FRUITS PLANTED. 



Apples 



Plums 



Cherries 



Peaches 



Pears 



Apricots and Quince 



Total 



The total area in orchard fruits is 46-7 acres. 



FILBERT NUTS. 



Of the twenty-four varieties of filbert nut trees planted, eighteen are gro\ying. 

 Many of the plants have failed to make much growtllf and of the 240 plants set only 

 eighty-eight are now growing. The plants set were two-year layered stock and the 

 loss is not due to lack of hardiness but rather to low vitality in the stock due to the 

 long shipment from France. Older and better rooted stock should be used. 



LETTUCE. 



Ten varieties of lettuce were started under glass, and the same varieties were 

 started in the field in the spring of 1914. The plants from seeds started under glass 

 were pricked out into flats 2 inches apart. These plants were later set in the field 

 by cutting out a square of soil with each plant. The early seeded plants were well 

 hardened off by placing them in a cold frame for a week before setting out and suffered 

 little check from the transplanting. This practice enables one to secure lettuce a 

 month earlier than if the seed is started in the open ground. The same practice was 



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