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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



suffered more than others from wet and yields recorded might have been different 

 under absolutely fair soil conditions. A test of the value of hill selection was 

 attempted with twenty varieties, but the wet weather and uneven ground surface, 

 causing the drowning out of irregular portions of the test rows, prevented the obtain- 

 ing of any conclusions from this test. 



Work done by the Division of Botany in the study of potato diseases was carried 

 on in connection with the general potato crops of this Station and an isolated four 

 acres of land was set apart for special investigational work with powdery scab, club 

 root, etc. 



ORCHAED. 



- In the apple orchard one hundred and sixty trees, out of the eight hundred planted, 

 were killed, mostly by root freezing. The absence of snow and severe cold winds in the 

 more exposed portions of the orchard were the evident cause, as in comparatively shel- 

 tered positions the trees came through without loss: 



SMALL FRUITS. 



The bush fruits planted out in the spring of 1&14 came through the winter in good 

 shape with the exception of the blackberries, which died out. All varieties fruited well 

 but the de^f edations of birds and children prevented the collection of any reliable data. 

 A list of varieties is given below : — 



Blade Currants. 



FUEDERICTOX. 



