ii6 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. 



W.e may briefly outline the method by which this distribu- 

 tion is carried on. Early in the year a circular is distributed, 

 and announcement is made in all of the leading papers of the 

 Province that plants will be given free of charge for testing, 

 on the understanding that each experimenter who receives the 

 plants will follow the instructions furnished with them, will 

 carefully look after the plants, and will report each year upon 

 the yield and growth of the plants upon blank forms furnished 

 annually for this purpose. 



The following is a list of the experiments, showing the class 

 of fruits and varieties of each offered for planting. These varie- 

 ties make a good general collection for home use and in most 

 cases cover the season from early to late. They have been 

 selected after years of careful testing at the various Government 

 Fruit Experiment Stations as the ones most likely to give good 

 results throughout the Province. 



Experiment No. i. Strazvberries — Splendid, Fountain, Ruby, 

 and Parsons — 12 plants of each. 



Experiment No. 2. Raspberries — Cuthbert, Golden Queen, 

 Marlboro', and Columbian — 6 plants of each. 



Experiment No. j. Black Raspberries — Gregg, Kansas, 

 Palmer, and Older — 6 plants of each. 



Experiment No. 4. Blackberries — (Adapted only to *south- 

 ern sections of Ontario) Agawam, Eldorado, Kittatinny, and 

 Snyder — 6 plants of each. 



Experiment N^o. 5. Currants — Fay, Red Cross, Victoria, 

 and White Grape — 2 plants of each. 



Experiment No. 6. Black Currants — Champion, Lees, 

 Naples, and Black X^ictoria — 2 plants of each. 



Experiment No. 7. Gooseberries — Downing, Pearl, Red 

 Jacket, and Whitesmith — 2 plants of each. 



Experiment No. 8. Grapes — (For ^Southern Ontario) Con- 

 cord, Wilder, Niagara, Lindley, Brighton, and Vergennes — i 

 vine of each. 



Experiment No. p. Grapes — (For *Northern Ontario) 



*This division of the Province into North and South may be ap- 

 proximately made by a line running from Collingwood to Kingston. 



