FRUIT EXPERIMENTS IN QUEBEC. 



ture into a provincial college Circum- 

 stances led to the establishment of an insti- 

 tution at Truro the past summer. An ex- 

 periment is again being made with a sailing- 

 vessel for the ocean freighting of some 

 apples by the loading of the barque Skola 

 at Wolfville. The condition of the cargo 

 -on arrival is watched with interest. Refer- 

 ing to future business Mr. Eaton stated a 



retrospective glance might be in order. In 

 1897 President Bigelow said, " The time 

 has come when we must base our calcula- 

 tions for apple crops at not over $1 per bar- 

 rel." Not until this year has the price ap- 

 proached this figure, and even this year, 

 with a big crop in all apple countries, the 

 buyers did not give more than $1.25 to $1.50 

 ])er l)arrel. ,,- j ^ 



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A FAR NORTHERN FRUIT EXPERIMENT STATION 



AUG. DUPUIS, DIRECTOR I'^RUIT EXPERIMENT STATIONS FOR OUEP.EC 



''"T^HE fruit station established at Gaspe 

 A Basin, Gaspe county, Quebec, by the 

 Quebec government in 1898, on the farm of 

 Mr. Wm. Clark, has been successful be- 

 yond my expectations. The orchard com- 

 prises two and a half acres and is a most 

 healthy and vigorous condition. The apple 

 trees bear good crops of fine apples of the 

 following varieties : Yellow Transparent, 

 Tetofsky, Duchess of Olds, Alexander, 

 Wolf River, Wealthy, and English Golden 

 Russet. The Yellow Transparent is a fall 

 apple, while the Duchess, a winter apple, 

 keeps till February. The Wealthy is a late 

 winter. Downing gooseberries and Cuth- 

 bert raspberries yield great crops. 



The orchard is protected from the great 

 winds of the gulf by a hill, and from all 

 sides by rows of deciduous and evergreen 

 trees planted as wind shields. In plums 

 the little Mirabelle (of France) and the 

 Reine Claude de Montmorency (of the is- 



The Scareet Cranberry. I was inter- 

 ested in the notes on the Cranberry Pippin 

 apple which appeared in the December issue 

 of The Canadian Horticulturist. Have 

 any of your readers made a comparison be- 

 tween the Cranberry Pippin and the Scarlet 

 Cranberry? I would greatly appreciate 

 information in regard to the origin and 

 chief characteristics of the Scarlet Cran- 



land of Orleans, near Quebec) are the only 

 two varieties that have thrived when grown 

 on their own roots and not grafted. As 

 this orchard is in nearly the 49^ of latitude, 

 it is, I believe, the most northern fruit plan- 

 tation on the continent. 



Two thousand apple root-grafts of the 

 above named varieties planted in nursery 

 rows in 1900 have grown and prospered. 

 Not quite 20 per cent failed. Mr. Clark 

 sold most of the trees last year to farmers 

 in the neighborhood, teaching them how to 

 cultivate the trees and how to protect them. 



This successful experiment in the far 

 north has induced Mr. Henri Menier, of 

 France, to experiment on a large scale on 

 the island of Anticosti. He bought fruit 

 and ornamental trees last year at the Vil- 

 lage des Aulnaies Nursery to the value of 

 over $1,000, and will spare no expense to 

 obtain success in his experiment. lYees 

 bloom in Gaspe by June 20. 



berry. — (S. A. Beach, Horticulturist, 

 Geneva Experimental Station, N. Y. 



The sulphur, lime and salt wash, full 

 strength, California formula, thickened to 

 the consistency of cream, with fresh cow 

 dung, I find an almost sure remedy against 

 mice. Put it on with a whitewash brush. 

 — ( S. J. Rutherford, Quebec. 



