DiriSIOX OF HORTICULTURE 785 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 15 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION FOR CENTRAL QUEBEC, 



CAP ROUGE, QUE. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, GTJS. LANGELIER. 



THE SEASON. 



The spring of 1915 was about an average one for earliness. Though snow wa3 

 practically all away at the beginning of April, rather cold weather followed so that 

 seeds were put in at approximately the usual dates. One of the most remarkable 

 features of the season was the extraordinary length of time, for this district, during 

 which there was no frost, that is from May 16 until October 23. This is fully a 

 month longer than usual. It can be said that 1915 was favourable to horticultural 

 plants, the only drawback being the prolonged drought of midsummer. This affected 

 some of the vegetables considerably, cut down the yield of bush fruits, and decreased 

 the size of bloom in flowers, 



CROP OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ON STATION AND IN DISTRICT. 



Apples and cherries were a medium crop, plums very good, also strawberries, 

 whilst currants, gooseberries, and especially raspberries were very much affected 

 by the drought of midsummer. All heat-loving plants such as tomatoes, peppers, egg 

 plant, were very good, so were cucumbers. Melons, beets, carrots, parsnips, salsify, 

 leek and onions were only medium, being kept back by the prolonged spell of dry 

 weather which came a while after germination. Cauliflower, cabbage and celery 

 did very well. 



Investigations in horticulture at this Station relate to fruit, vegetables and 

 ornamental plants. The total area devoted to this work is 20-37 acres. 



FRUITS. 



Under this head come tree fruits, grapes, bush fruits, and strawberries. Tliere 

 are 12-93 acres in fruit at Cap Rouge. 



TREE FRUITS. 



The tree fruits grown at this Station are apples, cherries, pears, plums, taking 

 up 11-79 acres of ground. 



Apples. 



The apple orchards cover an area of 10-64 acres and contain 987 trees of 142 

 varieties. The following, planted in 1911 or afterwards, fruited in 1915 or before: 

 Duchess, Granby, Jewel, McMahan, Milwaukee, Montreal Beauty, Montreal Peach, 

 Okabena, Patten Duchess, Percival, Petrel, Renaud, Royal Table, Rupert, Trans- 

 cendent, Trenton, Wealthy, Wm. Chambers, Wolf River, Yellow Transparent. 



