REPORT OF MR. A. MACK AY. 



353 



Turnips. 



Thirteen sorts of turnips were sown for test on 28th May, and again on 9th June. 

 The last sown came up first and gave the best yield. 



The same sorts and two others were sown on May 29th in field lots, and, as they 

 germinated before either of the test plots, they gave considerably the largest returns. 



All were sown on fallowed land which had been ploughed, harrowed and rolled 

 before seeding. Seed was sown in drills. 



Following are results of tests both of small plots and field plots. The small plots 

 occupied -£$ of an acre each, the field plots ^ of an acre each, and the soil in all cases was 

 clay loam. 



TURNIPS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Westfcmry's Improved 



Simmer's Champion 



Giant King Swede 



Reimie's Prize Purple Top 



Snow-white Globe . , 



Bloomsdale Swede ... 



Marquis of Lome 



Purple Top — Steele 



Jumbo or Monarch 



Carter's Elephant 



Seed Grown on Ex. Farm, 1893 



East Lothian 



Skirving's Selected Swede 



Average. 



® o 



go 



Jo 

 D 



Weak 



o 

 m 



o 

 i— i 



S3 

 O 



o 



s 



a 



May 28 June 



" 28 



" 28 



" 28 



" 28 



" 28 



" 28 



" 28 



" 28 



" 28 



" 28 



" 28 



" 28 



XS 



v 



Ph 

 o 



9 Oct. 13. 



13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 



o 



I— < 



p-l 



Ph 



xf 



a 



Oct. 



13. 

 13. 



13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 



4> 

 S-i 



o 



& Ph 



>H 



(3 

 O 



H 

 10 

 10 



^2 

 l-H 



640 



520 



11(50 



800 



800 



440 



1600 



1600 



1360 



1120 



760 



640 



1920 



U 

 V 



< 



>* 



344 

 342 



286 

 280 

 280 

 274 

 260 

 260 

 256 

 252 

 246 

 244 

 232 



256 50 



■— 



u 



^ 



S3 

 O 



H 



10 



8 



10 



10 



10 



9 



8 



8 



9 



9 



9 



10 

 8 



1480 



1400 



400 



640 



8S0 



1800 



200 



80 



1200 



480 



1200 



1600 



1640 



CD 

 U 



a 



<~ 



u O 



as 



'CSTJ 



« 



358 

 290 

 340 

 344 

 348 

 330 

 270 

 268 

 320 

 308 

 320 

 360 

 294 



CO 



319 14 



TURNIPS — FIELD-PLOTS. 



Name of Variety. 



Giant King or Elephant 



Rennie's Prize Purple Top 



Jumbo or Monarch 



Westbury's Improved .. . 



Marquis of Lome 



Seed grown on Experimental Farm, 1893.. 



Snow-white Globe 



Purple Top— Steele.- , 



Skirving's Selected Swede 



Carter's Elephant 



Purple Top 



Simmer's Champion 



Bloomsdale Swede 



East Lothian . 



Sutton's Champion 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Fair 



Average . 



Weak 



Sown. 



May 29.. 



" 29.. 



" 29.. 



" 29.. 



" 29.. 



" 28.. 



" 29.. 



" 29.. 



li 29.. 



" 29.. 



" 29.. 



" 29.. 



" 29.. 



" 29.. 



" 29.. 



Pulled. 



Oct. 12. 



" 12 



" 12! 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



Yield per Acre. 



Tons. 

 19 

 18 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 11 



Lbs. 



880 



4S0 



380 



1600 



1120 



1680 



1040 



920 



200 



1840 



1600 



1200 



400 



800 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 

 648 

 608 

 573 

 560 

 552 

 528 

 484 

 482 

 470 

 464 

 460 

 420 

 420 

 400 

 380 



496 36 



Note. — The field on which the above varieties were sown in field plots was well sheltered by a maple 

 plantation, which allowed the ground to retain the moisture, thereby causing the seed to germinate more 

 quickly ; hence the increase in yield over the same varieties in the uniform-test plots, which were sown 

 on more exposed grounds, showing the advantage of shelter screens of forest trees. 



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