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THE CANADIAN HGRTICULTUR1S2 



New Work for Fruit Experimenters 



At a meeting of the Board of Control of the 

 Fruit Experiment Stations held recently at 

 Guelph, several very important decisions were 

 arrived at which, it is hoped, will lead to even 

 more valuable reports being received from tha 

 stations than in the past. As a result of the 

 disasters which again overtook the peaoh grow- 

 ers in Essex, due to the extreme winter, th-e 

 Board decided that something should be done 

 at once to assist those who desired to replant. 



It was felt that the use of cover crops should 

 be encouraged, and their effect on freezing of 

 the soil, ripening of wood growth, etc., thor- 

 oughly tested. With this object in view five 



acres at the Essex Experiment Station, on the 

 farm of Mr. W. W. Hillborn, will be set out this 

 spring with about ten of the best varieties of 

 peaches for that district in lots of 100 of each 

 variety. Extensive experiments will be car- 

 ried out to find the value of the hairy vetch, 

 crimson and red clover, rye, etc., as cover crops. 

 An additional test as to hardiness of plum 

 roots for peach trees will be carried on by hav- 

 ing ten trees of each variety budded to plum 

 stock. 



The Essex district is one of the best fruit 

 sections of Ontario and it is hoped that some 

 definite results may follow these experiments 

 at Mr. Hillborn's. The peach industry there 

 received a decided set back by last winter's 



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