Ontario Sessional Papers, 1908, . r of the berry is not of the best, being rather acid,but, the fruit is large and handsome and the canes seem quite hardy so far. LorDEN is a nice berry, but the canes are not vigorous and are slowof propagation. The same may be said of the Miller and I think neitherof these would be satisfactory for a commercial plantation. 48 REPORT OF THE No. 17 Blackberries. I have tliis ;sear under test the Gainor and a new variety, the Mercereau,for which considerable merit is claimed. If we can get a blackberry of asgood quality as Eldorado and hardy enough to s
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1908, . r of the berry is not of the best, being rather acid,but, the fruit is large and handsome and the canes seem quite hardy so far. LorDEN is a nice berry, but the canes are not vigorous and are slowof propagation. The same may be said of the Miller and I think neitherof these would be satisfactory for a commercial plantation. 48 REPORT OF THE No. 17 Blackberries. I have tliis ;sear under test the Gainor and a new variety, the Mercereau,for which considerable merit is claimed. If we can get a blackberry of asgood quality as Eldorado and hardy enough to stand a temperature of25 degrees below without injury to the canes, it would be a great acquisition. The blackberry crop was a failure this year. Winter injury to canesand severe drouth of summer following made the failure complete. GEOEGIAX BAY FEUIT EXPEEIMEXT STATIOX. By J. G. Mitchell, Clarksburg. It is not intended in this report to give detailed descriptions of indi-vidual varieties, (as this work is now well covered by the Fruits of. Experimental plum orchard at John MitchelTs, Clarksburg. Trees four years with sugar beets. Ontario), but to give general desired information for the benefit of planters,the Georgian Bay district in particular. Although the growing of plumsforms a very important branch of our horticulture, and there is no placeI know of where plums can be grown to greater perfection or advantagethan in this district; j^et now they are only a side show as compared to thegreat business that is being developed here in the production of commercialapples for export. Plums. This fruit being my specialty for experiment, will deal with them first. Although the season of 1907 was extremely dry, yet we had a magnificentcrop, by which we gained much conclusive evidence of the coirectness ofprevious reports, and many object lessons. 1907 FRUIT EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 49 From observation and extensive investigation of the requirements ofthe markets, also
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