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CORN. 



Thirty-one varieties of corn were sown for ensilage. 



These were all sown on the 6th of June and cut on the 28th and 29th September. 

 The weight per acre and stage of growth when cut are given below. The size of the 

 plots from which the yield has been calculated was one-twentieth of an aero. 



The season was much against the growth of corn, being cold and damp, resulting 

 in a light crop. 



Golden Dent 



Marblehead 



Extra Early Adams 



Pee and Kay 



Golden Beantv 



King Phillip/. 



Learning Yellow 



Mammoth Early 



Amber Cream 



Thoroughbred White Flint 



Cinqnantine or Fifty-day Corn. 



Blunt's Prolific 



Hickory King 



Early Concord 



Minnesota 



Long White Flint 



Narragansett 



Extra Early Cory 



Chester County Mammoth . . . . 



Virginia Horse-tooth 



Perry's Hj'brid 



Long Yellow Flint 



Mitchell's Extra Early White . 



Early Adams 



Longfellow 



Crosby's 



Stowell's Evergreen 



Queen of the Praiiie 



Nova Scotia Yellow 



Red Cob Ensilage . 



BEANS. 



Twenty -five varieties of Beans were planted. Of these only eight varieties, as 

 named below, matured, the others grew well but there was not enough sunshine to 

 ripen them and they rotted. 



Ne Plus Ultra Eipened. 



Schirmer's do 



Emperor William do 



Black S peck ler] do 



Negro Black Long-poddct I do 



Golden Butter, Wax Black do 



Sugar Pearl do 



Flageolet Purple-seeded do 



MANGELS, CARROTS. 



Mangels were a poor c^p, but stood in the following order: — 



Mammoth Long Red Ist. 



do Prize Yellow 2nd. 



Warden Prize Yellow Globe 3rd. 



Golden Intermediate 4th. 



In carrots the Orane-e Giant irave the best reiurn. 



