DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 847 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



of cross-bred trees were received from Professor Hansen of Brookings, South Dakota. 

 The majority of these have proved to be perfectly hardy, and some very fine fruit has 

 been obtained from several varieties. For t^e past two seasons, buds and grafts 

 have been taken from the best trees and used on native stock. In this manner some 

 good trees have been propagated and will be set out in the orchard this coming spring. 

 The varieties worthy of mention are Assiniboine, Tapa, Hanska, Winnipeg, Owanka 

 and Huya. 



The Compass cherry is perfectly hardy and bears large crops almost every season, 

 but on account of its lateness in ripening cannot be recommended as a suitable fruit 

 for this district. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



The plantation of small fruits set out in 1912 has ma-de good progress but, owing 

 to spring frosts, no fruit was obtained this past season. With the exception of goose- 

 berries, nearly all bush fruits have proved suitable for Southern Saskatchewan. Goose- 

 berries are subject to severe winter killing and, unless some protection is afforded dur- 

 ing winter, very little success will be attained. 



Raspberries also require winter protection and this is best accomplished by bend- 

 ing down the canes and covering with several inches of earth. If left covered until 

 about the 10th of May they are not liable to come into bloom until after all danger of 

 frost is over. Owing to killing frosts being experienced up to June 15, this plan was 

 unsuccessful this past season. 



The following are the names of some of the best varieties now under test : 



Raspberries. — ^Herbert, Cuthbert, Early King, Marlboro, Sunbeam and Golden 

 Queen (white). 



Red Currants. — Victoria Red, Red Dutch, Red Grape, Greenfield Red and Rank- 

 ins Red. 



mxite Cwrants. — White Grape, White Cherry, Verrieres White and White Im- 

 perial. 



BJach Currants. — Climax, Dominion, Eagle, Eclipse, Magnus, Topsy and Saund- 



ers. 



Gooseberries. — Downing, Houghton and Smith Improved. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



As a rule strawberries give a fair crop almost every season but, owing to spring 

 and summer frosts, very few were obtained this past summer. The beds should be 

 protected in the winter with a covering of straw or leaves. By leaving the covering on 

 the beds until >ibout the 15th of May, the growth is held in check until danger from 

 late spring frosts is over. Seiiator Dunlap and Beder Wood are the two varieties that 

 have given the best resvdts at this farm. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH VEGETABLES. 



Potatoes. — Twenty-three varieties were under test in 1915. The seed was planted 

 on May 14 in rows 30 inches apart and the sets eight inches apart in the row. Cultiva- 

 tion was given three times before hilling up on July 8. Potatoes were dug on Sep- 

 tember 30 and gave a very good crop considering that the season's rainfall was far 

 below the average. Below is given a list of the varieties under test with the yield 



per acre. 



Indian Head. 



