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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



representing 15 varieties; and 19 pear trees representing 8 varieties. The growth 

 of the young trees was very satisfactory and the young wood was well ripened. 



A certain number of young trees planted in 1913 had some good fruit. Among 

 apples two trees of Trenton might be mentioned, a Montreal Beauty and a Hyslop 

 crab apple gave some very good fruit. Three Lombard plum trees had their first fruit 

 ripen on October 10. 



The cherries planted in 1913 gave the following results from a tree each of six 

 varieties : — 



Variety. 



Harvested 



Description 



Early Richmond 



Large Montmorency 



English Morello 



May Duke 



Vladimir 



Suesse Fouche Morello. 



4 half pints. 



4 



3 



2 



2 



2 



very fine, 

 very fine, 

 small, 

 very fine, 

 very fine, 

 very fine. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



The yield of small fruits was a medium one, but the fruit would have been much 

 larger if there had been no drought in July as this hindered the development of the 

 fruit. The currant maggot caused an appreciable amount of damage to the crop. 

 The maggot penetrates the fruit, which falls to the ground and has no value for 

 market. , 



R.\SPBERRIES. 



Eight varieties of raspberries planted in 1914 gave a good yield. The King 

 variety gave the first fruit of the season on July 17.- The Columbian was the most 

 productive and had the longest fruiting season. Following are the yields from four 

 bushes of eight varieties : — 



Variety. 



No. 



of 



plants 



Cuthbert (red) 



Columbian (purple) 



King (red) 



Brighton (red) 



Shaffer (purple).... 



Count (red) 



Sarah (red) 



Herbert (red) 



Quantity 

 in pints. 



Date 



of 1st 



picking. 



July 24. 



" 29. 



" 16. 



" 19. 



" 23. 



" 23. 



" 24. 



" 22. 



Date 



of 2nd 



picking. 



Aug. 

 July 

 Aug. 



10 



30 



30 



30 



10 



4 



2 



4 



STRAAVBEKRIE.Si. 



Eighteen varieties of strawberries gave their first crop this year. The crop was 

 good and the fruit very fine. The varieties Haverland, Wm. Belt, Gandy, and Abing- 

 ton gave the highest yields. The fruit of the variety which gave the best crop had 

 less regular fruit than the other three. The earliest varieties were Eidiance, Abington, 

 and Beder Wood ; the latest varieties were Brandywine, Pocomoke, and Tennessee Pro- 

 lific. Three sprayings with Bordeaux mixture were made to control rust with complete 

 success. The first application was made before the development of the leaves; the 

 second after the flowers fell, and the third after the picking season. 



Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere. 



