. A guide to the experimental farms and stations ... tain the uniformtest plots as grown at all the Experimental Farms and also manystrains produced by members of the Canadian Seed GrowersAssociation. These are grown for examination and should be arranged for August when the plots are ingood shape for inspection. Horticulture. Tree Fruits. On the slope between the Superintendents residence andthe St. Avards Road, two or more specimens of the leadingvarieties of fruit trees have been set out: 78 varieties of apples,16 of cterries and 78 of plums. The 18 varieties of pears
. A guide to the experimental farms and stations ... tain the uniformtest plots as grown at all the Experimental Farms and also manystrains produced by members of the Canadian Seed GrowersAssociation. These are grown for examination and should be arranged for August when the plots are ingood shape for inspection. Horticulture. Tree Fruits. On the slope between the Superintendents residence andthe St. Avards Road, two or more specimens of the leadingvarieties of fruit trees have been set out: 78 varieties of apples,16 of cterries and 78 of plums. The 18 varieties of pears wereset just east of the beds of perennials, between the residence andthe Mount Edward Road. An old orchard of 21 apple, 4 cherryand 5 plum trees is bearing fruit; these, together with the newtrees, make a total of 376. Various cover crops are being testedamong these trees. Small Fruits. Sixteen varieties of early hardy grapes were planted east ofthe pear orchard. Fourteen varieties of black currants, 15 of21294—51 68 DOiMlNloX EXFEKIMKNTAL FARMS. DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 69 red, and 7 of white, were set at the north of the small fruitplantation. Seven varieties of black-cap raspberries, 2 of purple,4 of red and 1 of white were planted south of the currant varieties of gooseberries were planted east of the raspber-ries. Three varieties of blackberries were planted south of thegooseberries, while to the south of these is a plot of varieties of strawberries were planted among thegrapes in 1910, 25 more in 1911 on the east side of the smallfruit bushes. Total number of small fruit plants, about 2, have made excellent growth and attracted much attention,showing that the soil and climate is well adapted to this line ofhorticulture. Trees and Shrubs. More than 1,200 trees and shrubs have been planted at theExperimental Station; these were placed in groups on the lawn,along the P. E. Island Railway from the De Blois to the Road.
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