'ilii i\ ckm'kiikm;!'. i\ii:i:\\TioN\i.i-; w. (,i;M;riori;. 



lio transplanleil and «^rowii on l'or scyl-imI yt-ars l)el'or(' lliey bpcame saleablc. 

 Il' iiiiiroi-in SL'cclliiif^s ul' lliesc (•i()|)s could l)c oblaincd hy thc nurseryinaii llie 

 i-i()|) wiiiilil \h' ri'aliscil in a iiitn-li -ijnirlcr lime, il woiiid 1)C iniirh licavioi-. and 

 wiinlil L;i\i' uiiiio salisfacliiin lu llir [ilanlrM-, 



Fridl Tr(-('S. — A iai'iic nunilicr o! lier-- ni' Apiilcs. Pcars, Pliiiiis and r.jici-- 

 l'ios hav(î jjeen f^rown al Uie Slalion, and lioni llicse. 7Ù) \arielies were sideclcd 

 for seedinfï, as a preliminary exporimi'nl. Allogethcr 1 07 branches wore ha^- 

 y;cd, consislins- of II!* Applos, Kl Pcars, 10 Phims, and (i Cherrics. Owing lo 

 snlf-slcrility, only a (ew posilive resulls iiave been oblaincd. noUvilbslandinf;: 

 Ihal mosl of Ihe flowers werc carcfnlly band-ferliiised. 



In Apples llie only rcsnlls wcro I médium sizcd fruit ni' " liisii Pcach " (dcs- 

 Iroyed by catcrpillars) '2 large fruils of " Fosler's Seedling ", and -1 large fruils 

 of " Lord Grosvenor ", each conlaining apparenlly good seeds. In Pears tlie 

 only resulls wcre large fruils of " Ilessel " conlaining apparenlly good seeds, 

 and 3 medium-sized fruits of " Doyenné du Comice " (deslroyed iiy catcrpil- 

 lars). The Plums gave niuch bélier results. and Ihe following full-sized fruils 

 conlaining apparenlly good seeds, bave been galhered viz : — (i The C/,ar,'2 Pond's 

 Seedling, ')') \icloria : Ihe only variely Ihal failcd being " River's Early Pro- 

 iilic ". 



A number of seeds of ■ IJosIcoup tliaTil " and " N'icloria " lîlack Cnrranls. 

 " Huljy ('.asile " Red Cnrranls, and " Uoyal Sovereign " Sli'awbcrries liaxc alsu 

 been galhered, thèse varielics being apparenlly fully self-lerlile even wiliionl 

 hand-fcriilisalion. 



Nexl year \ve hope to continue Ihcse cxpci'inienls on a larger scalc, tiic 

 (ibicci being to ascertain Ihe gamelic constilution of our besl garden fruils 

 ■\villi a \ iew to future crossings, which it is lioped may give iniproved varielics. 



MdiKjcl-]] i/rzrl. — The value of a crop nf mangolds dépends mainiy on Ihe 

 wcighl of roots gro\vn per acre, Ihe inleresling question of the amounl of 

 drynialler and feeding qualilies in Ihe root Ijeing generally regarded as a secon- 

 «larv considération. According to our expérience, in the besl cultures, the 

 wcighl per acre is delermined very largely liy the shape of the individuel root, 

 and lh(^ optimum shape appears lo b(^ Ihal of an clongated globe, usually 

 known in Kngland as the " Monarch " ly|>e. The " Long Red '", " Gateposl " 

 and the '' Tankard " shapes do nol weigh so well as the elongated globe, nor do 

 the ordinary round and liai globes. The " Monarch "' type does nol however, 

 c\ en in the besl of stocks, breed absolutely Irue. Thus in tî acres grown hère 

 iast year Ihere were approximalely 70 0/0 of Ihe tnie " Monarch " type, 15 0/0 

 of round globes, ') 0/0 of liai globes 5 0/0 ol' Tankards, 5 of Gateposls and 

 no long reds. In order to secure a homozygous line of Monarchs, So selecled 

 rools vere planled oui Ihis spring, Iheir flowers hâve been carefully bagged and 

 self ferlilised, and il is hoped Ihal some of thèse will breed true and give Ihe 

 required homozygous line. So far, Ihe seeds seem to bave sel in the bags 

 fairly well, though apparenlly nol so well as Ihose in the open. .\nolher 

 source of wastc in a crop of Mangolds is Ihe fréquent appearance of annual 

 roots, which run lo seed Ihe firsl year and are consequently worihless. 

 Professor Bateson bas suggesled Ihal thèse annuals may be récessive forms 

 thrown by cerlain impure dominants amongst the biennials. The varying 



