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EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS — REPORT FOR 1879. 



the season was one of the severest on record, and the whole of 

 the crop at Harelaw, and more than half of that at Piimpherston, 

 lay in the ground until the middle of March. 



The crop at Harelaw was Swedes, that at Pumpherston was 

 Fosterton hybrid, and the following were the weights of bulbs 

 taken from the various plots, reckoned per acre : — 



Turnip Crop 1878-9. 



