A review of the work of the Experimental Farms . , Horti-culturist from 1886 to 1889, Mr. John Craig, Horticulturist from1890 to 1897 and W. T. Macoun from 1898 to the present time. The original area of land in the Horticultural Division at theCentral Farm was 40 acres, which has been devoted to experimentswith fruits and vegetables. In 1898 the forest belts, comprisingabout 21 acres, were added to the Horticultural Division, and inthe same year, Mr. Macoun was appointed Curator of the Arboretumand Botanic Garden, as well as Horticulturist. The Arboretum and 48 49 Botanic Garden, comprising 65
A review of the work of the Experimental Farms . , Horti-culturist from 1886 to 1889, Mr. John Craig, Horticulturist from1890 to 1897 and W. T. Macoun from 1898 to the present time. The original area of land in the Horticultural Division at theCentral Farm was 40 acres, which has been devoted to experimentswith fruits and vegetables. In 1898 the forest belts, comprisingabout 21 acres, were added to the Horticultural Division, and inthe same year, Mr. Macoun was appointed Curator of the Arboretumand Botanic Garden, as well as Horticulturist. The Arboretum and 48 49 Botanic Garden, comprising 65 acres of land was included in theHorticultural Division, making the total area of land over whichthe Horticulturist had charge from 1898 to 1911 about 126 April I, 1911, the Arboretum and Botanic (iarden were placedunder the Botanical Division. APPLES. Shortly after the first Dominion Experimental Farms wen-established experiments were begun, both with large and smallfruits, with the object of finding out what varieties, if any, could. A full crop of Wealthy apples, Central Farm, be successfully grown, especially in the colder districts of the North-west Provinces. The apple on account of its relative importance,naturally claimed special attention. During the first eight or tenyears more than two hundred of the hardiest sorts of cultivatedapple trees obtainable in northern Europe and other northern coun-tries were thoroughly tested, especially at the Experimental Farmsat Brandon, Manitoba, and at Indian Head, Saskatchewan. Thesetrees were planted in considerable numbers, often from twenty tofifty trees of a kind, some in shelter more or less dense, others withoutshelter, but in no case wrere any fruits produced. Newr varieties,32880-4 originated since then, considered to be of especial merit and hardiness,have been subjected to similar trials. In 1887, the year during which work on the Experimental Farmswas begun, seed was obtained from the Imperial Botanic Gardens,St
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