DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 • 



RED CURRANTS. 



The red currant bushes do not make as rapid growth as do those of the black 

 varieties, therefore the yield of red currants in the new plantation this year does not 

 compare favourably with that secured from the black varieties. 



The following table shows the yield from three bushas of each variety for 1915 

 together with the yield since 1911 and the average for five years: — 



WHITE CURRANTS. 



The white currants are located in that part of the plantation most affected by the 

 Currant Maggot and therefore the yield for 1915 is poor. The varieties White Pearl 

 and Climax White gave the largest yield. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



The most satisfactory crop of gooseberries yet produced was grown during the 

 past season. Considering the size of the bushes the yield was large and the quality was 

 everything that could be desired. The bushes were covered during the previous winter 

 with earth, as past experience has shoivn that winter protection of any other kind such 

 as strawy manure is not satisfactory. The labor in covering the bush completely with 

 earth is not as great as one who baa not undertaken this work might expect, and is not 

 so serious as to prevent any lover of this class of fruit from growing them because of 

 the necessity for this kind of winter protection. The following table shows the yield 

 from three bushes of each variety during the past year and indicates the rate per 

 acre : — 



Gooseberries. — Five Bushes. 



Variety. 



Yield 



per 



acre. 



Queen Anne 



Smith Improved 



Silvia 



Richland 



Carrie 



Downing 



Houghton 



lb. 

 1,511 

 1,130 

 2,212 



645 

 1,476 



451 

 4,499 



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