REPORT OF MR. WM. M. BLAIR. 



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Varieties in order of their earliness : 



Name of variety. 



Early Ruby 



Atlantic Prize . . . 

 Earliest of all . 

 Everbearing .... 

 Dwarf Aristocrat. 

 Dwarf Champion , 



Remarks. 



Rough, round, flat, good crop, some ripe. 

 Round, flat, good crop, some nearly ripe. 

 Medium, rough, round, good crop, some nearly ripe. 

 Egg shape, medium cropper. 

 Round, medium crop. 

 " poor crop. 



Cabbages. 



Twelve varieties of cabbage were sown in the hot bed on April 18th, and trans- 

 planted to the open ground May 26th. These all made good, strong growth until June 

 15th, when some of the plants began to wilt, on examination it was found that the 

 cabbage maggot (Anthomyia brassicse) was at work at the roots. Acting under 

 directions given by the Central Experimental Farm bulletin No. 11, page 26, hellebore 

 was used, but this did not prove effective, and many of the plants had by this time 

 died ; a solution of kerosene emulsion was then tried. This seemed to promise better 

 results, but very few of the plants reached maturity. 



On July 10th new plants were purchased from a local gardener, the Jersey Wake- 

 field. Drumhead, Winningstadt and Early Blood Red varieties, these were planted in 

 the same hills the others were in, but there was worked in around each hill about two 

 shovels of marsh mud. These all lived and made strong growth. 



Cauliflowers. 



Six varieties of cauliflower were started with the cabbages, receiving the same 

 treatment. They likewise were destroyed by the maggot. 



Radishes. 



Six varieties of radishes were sown on May 11th. These all made good, strong, 

 healthy growth, some being fit to use on June 15th. But their roots were infested with 

 a small maggot, which proved to be the raddish maggot (Anthomyia radicum) all 

 the radishes were affected with these pests and they soon began to wilt and die prevent- 

 ing any test being made as to quality, although the earliness can be given as the growth 

 was considerably advanced. 



Pumpkins. 



King 



Two varieties of pumpkins were grown, Steele's Sugar, and Jumbo, or Mammoth 

 The Jumbo gave the largest yield, both are fine varieties. 



