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clean, all being treated alike. There were no extra large' roots, but a fair average 

 size over all, and uniformly smooth. The followii:g is the result in each case : — 



Variety. 



Highland Prize (Simmers) - 



Hartley's Bronze Top (Pearce) \ 



Elephant (Bruce) | 



Elephant (Pearce) \ 



Selected Purple Top (Steele) | 



Clyde Improved (Evans) i 



Imperial Swede (Webb) < 



Giant King (Webb) | 



Mammoth Purple Top (Evans) ] 



Elephant (Steele) | 



Marquis of Lome (Bruce) \ 



Skirving's Improved (Steele i 



Prize Purple Top (Rennie) -{ 



Bangholm (Simmers) ; \ 



Sown. 



May 20 



June 12 



May 2'J 



June 12 



May 29 



June 12 



May 29 



June 12 



May 29 



June 12 



May 29 



June 12 



May 29 



June 12 



May 29 



June 12 



May 29 



June 12 



May 29 



June 12 



May 29 



June 12 



May 29 



June 12 

 May 



June 12 



May 29 



June 12 



29. 



Harvested. 



Weight 

 per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



32 

 28 

 2B 

 20 

 35 

 26 

 36 

 26 

 48 

 35 

 38 

 28 

 36 

 26 

 32 

 27 

 49 

 34 

 35 

 33 

 34 

 32 

 36 

 30 

 40 

 30 

 33 

 29 



1,002 



1,684 



96 



975 



400 



1,592 



512 



1,328 



448 



400 



1,616 



788 



600 



624 



1,064 



472 



1,440 



992 



1,623 



1,854 



1,784 



1,208 



1,128 



1,072 



1,136 



1,424 



704 



1,840 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bubh. lbs. 



1,083 



961 



868 



682 



1,173 



893 



1,208 



888 



1,607 



1,173 



1,293 



946 



1,210 



877 



1,084 



907 



1,657 



1,149 



1,193 



1,130 



1,163 



1,086 



1,218 



1,017 



1,352 



1,023 



1,111 



997 



22 

 24 

 16 

 55 

 20 

 12 

 32 

 48 

 28 

 20 

 36 

 28 

 00 

 04 

 24 

 52 

 20 

 52 

 43 

 54 

 04 

 48 

 48 

 52 

 16 

 44 

 44 

 20 



These weights show a marked diflference in each case in favour of early sowing. 



MANGELS. 



Fourteen varieties of mangels were sown, in drills 2J feet apart. The land 

 selected for this test was a sandy loam of uniform quality and condition. It received 

 a light dressing of stable manure in the spring of 1890, followed by a hoed crop. 

 Was ploughed in the fall of 1890, and well harrowed previous to sowing last spring. 

 All were treated alike in every respect. 



A second sowing of each variety was made two weeks after the first. 



Although there was a short drought in mid-summer, yet the season was a favour- 

 able one for root crops. 



