980 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 

 APPLE SEEDLINGS. 



Xumber of small apple trees alive and doing well from seedlings planted in spring 

 of 1914 :— 



22 Anis Seedlings alive and doing well, the tallest of these are IS inches high. 



25 Iowa Beauty Seedlings " " 16 " 



10 Moscow Pear Apple Seedlings " " 14 " 



16 Hibernal Seedlings " 11 

 24 Patten Duchess Seedlings " 12 

 18 Hoadley Seedlings " •' 17 



7 Lowland Raspberry Seedlings " ' " 14 " 



17 Grandmother Seedlings " " 15 " 



Out of the 170 sent, 33 have been lost. The Iowa Beauty Seedlings seem to be 

 the hardiest of them all. 



CURRAMTS. 



Black Currants, Names of Varieties and Yield obtained. All picked from July 20 



to 29, 1915. 



No. of Bushes. Pints. 



2 Bang Up 15 



2 Norton •• . 6 



2 Kerry 10 



2 Climax 20J 



2 Topsy 17 i 



2 Eclipse 11 



2 Magnus "* i 



2 Saunders 9 



2 Ethel 13 



2 Ontario 12 



2 Eagle 6 



Red Currants. Names of Varieties and Yields Obtained. 



No. of Bushes. Pints. 



2 Simcoe King 30 



2 Rankins Red 19 



2 Greenfield 52 



2 Moore Seedling 351 



2 Goliath 29 



2 Red Dutch 26 



2 Large Red 34 



2 Long Bunched Holland 18 



2 Cumberland Red 23 



White Currants, Names of Varieties and Yields obtained. All picked on July 29. 



No. of Bushes. Pints. 



2 Large White % 16?. 



2 White Grape 9. 



1 White Cherry 3 



One only, bush quite smaU. 



2 White Kaiser 12 



2 White Dutch 6i 



Reported on August 16, 1915. 



RASPBERRIES. 



The raspberries were picked on August 13. The yields were small on account 

 of the June frost. Herbert yielded 3 pints of fruit, and Heebner i pints. 



SEEDLING strawberries. 



There are a number of seedling strawberries of the following varieties growing 

 here: Daniel Boone in bloom June 8, Beder Wood, World Wonder, Daisy in bloom 

 June 9, Carrie, Senator Dunlap in bloom June 11. All were good strong plants. 



Fort Vermilion. 



