890 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 

 TREE FRUITS. 



APPLES. 



The apple crop was a great success this season. The larger apples gave good 

 results, several varieties fruiting for the first time. The crabs and cross-bred apples 

 gave particularly satisfactory yields. In the new dry land orchard started this season 



over 2,000 seedlings of different varieties of apples from 2 to 4 years old were set 

 out. A small orchard of named varieties was set out also. The following are 

 varieties which fruited and the highest yield from one tree of the variety named : — 



Large apples — " Lb. 



Charlamoff 14 



Yellow Transparent 60 



Milwaukee . . 57 



Dudley 6 



Navan 4 



Patten Greening 70 



Minnesota Hybrid 4 



Wealthy h 



Hibernal 5 



Excelsior 48 



Okabena 14 



Winter Rose 7 



Duchess 43 



Rupert 3 



Longfleld 2 



Simbirsk 2 



Roslin .- 4 



Cross-bred apples — 



Bow 61 



Norman 144 



Pioneer 121 



Mecca 149 



Silvia 150 



Magnus 245 



Jewel 155 



Robin , .. 162 



Prince 81 



Tony .~ 160 



Crab apples — 



Cottage 38 



Transcendent 40 



Florence 140 



Dartt 6 



PLUMS. 



A number of selected Manitoba plum seedlings were planted out in 1912 and 

 several bore fruit this year for the first time. 



LETHBRroCE. 



