894 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



RASPBERRIES. 



The raspberry plantation produced a fair crop of excellent fruit in 1915. The 

 canes showed no injury from any cause. The fruit was large and the yield was such 

 that any one interested in this line of work would be justified in undertaking the pro- 

 duction of raspberries in a commercial way and expecting a very satisfactory return 

 on the basis of the yields secured here this year. 



The following table shows the yield from forty hills for 1915, that for 1914, and 

 the average for the two years: — 



Variety, 



Loudon 



King 



Sarah 



Shaffer (Colossal). 



Herbert 



Golden Queen 



Sunbeam 



Cuthbert 



Marlboro 



Chegwin 



1914. 



lb. 



21 

 22 

 24 



oz. 



05 



12 



11 



n 

 I 



3 

 15 

 00 



1915. 



lb. 



oz. 



15 

 23 



3 

 32 



4 

 15 



11 



8 

 12 

 00 



7 

 7 



12 

 5 



6 

 12 



Avcri 



lb. 



19 



24 



16 



6 



11 



oz. 



01 

 2 



13 

 11 



STRAAVBERRIES. 



The Stand of strawberry plants secured in 1914 was such that a very satisfactory 

 yield of fruit was secured during the past season. The varieties Senator Dunlap, 

 Haverland and Beder Wood have given the best general satisfaction for the past few 

 years. The following extract from the Report for the year ending March 31, 1915, 

 is quoted because it appears to give a fair statement of the difficulties to be met with 

 in the growing of strawberires, particularly in exposed locations: — 



" From our experience during the last few years, we are led to believe 

 that it may iprove advisable to defer transplanting till towards the end of 

 May, or until the rainy season opens. The dry windy weather, so common 

 early in May, renders it difficult to get the young plants to root uniformly. A 

 second difficulty has been met in rooting the runners in the fall. Again at this 

 season of the year the weather is usually dry and occasionally windy, and, 

 ' frequently, the plants are blown about to such an extent that a callous is formed 

 where the young roots should be thrown out. This condition is best offset by 

 fastening the runners down at the point where the young plant is developing, 

 with a forked branch of willow or with a wire staple such as is used for fencing." 



The following everbearing varieties have produced at the rate of about 3,000 

 quarts per acre: Amerieus, Model, Progressive, Iowa. 



The chief advantage of the everbearing varieties consists in the fact that they 

 produce fruit out of season for ordinary varieties. The Amerieus, Progressive, 

 Model; and Iowa are the varieties fruiting and the order in which they have been 

 named is the order of their yield. 



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