DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



RASPBERRIES. 



The raspberry season of 1915 extended from August 5 to September 3. This fruit 

 is always in demand and prices remained good throughout the season. 



The average yield for four years of the leading varieties will be found in the fol- 

 lowing table: — 



Test of Varieties of Raspberries. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



The twelve seedling varieties received from Ottawa in 1914 made vigoroiis growth 

 and fruited well in 1915. The yield per acre in boxes of the four heaviest yielding 

 varieties is given in the following table: — 



Test of Seedling Varieties. 



Variety. 



Size. 



Fii'st ripe fruit. 



No. of pickings. 



Yield per acre , 



Portia... 

 Valeria.. 

 Julia. . . . 

 Mariana. 



Large.. 

 Large. 

 Small. 

 Large. 



July 18 

 " 16. 

 " 15. 

 " 15, 



8 

 7 

 9 

 8 



Quarts. 

 4,901 

 4,719 

 3,895 

 3,812 



Twenty-six other varieties were grown. The plantation of 1914 was badly winter- 

 killed and the records here given of the leading three varieties are taken from the 

 plantation set out in 1913 : — 



Variety. 



Parker Earle 



Splendid 



Glen Mary... 



Size. 



Large 

 Large 

 Large 



First ripe fruit. No. of pickings 



July 16 

 ' 15, 

 ' 14. 



10 

 8 



7 



Yield per acre. 



Quarts. 

 4,730 

 3 080 

 2,090 



A part of this old plantation was weeded early in the season of 1915. The fruit 

 on the portion weeded ripened earlier but the yield was not so good as where the 

 plants were left alone with the winter mulch between the rows. 



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