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The results in this case indicate that for this season, although the crop was 

 heavy, the first sowing was too early. It is probable that the cold, wet weather of 

 early spring injured the seed first sown. 



=r 



Variety. 



Long Red (Steele) I 



Long Red (Simmers) ■'l 



Yellow Intermediate (Steele) \ 



Canadian Giant (Pearce) i 



Long Red (Rennie) I 



New Giant Yellow (Bruce) I 



Gate Post (Bruce) I 



Carter's Warden (Bruce) I 



Yellow Globe (Rennie) \ 



Golden Tankard (Evans) ^ 



Mammoth Long Red (Evans) i 



Mammoth Long Red (Webb) - 



Champion Yellow Globe (Webb) | 



YeUow Tankard (Webb) | 



Sown. 



April 9. 



do 23. 



do 9. 



do 23. 



do 9. 



do 23. 



do 9. 



do 23. 



do 9. 



do 23. 



do 9. 



do 23. 



do 9. 



do 23. 



do 9 



do 23. 



do 9. 



do 23. 



do 17. 



do 29. 



do 17. 



do 29. 



May 8. 



do 22. 



do 8 



do 20. 



do 11. 



do 25 



Harvested. 



Nov. 13. 



do 13. 



do 13. 



do 13. 



do 13. 



do 13. 



do 13. 



do 13. 



do 13. 



do 13. 



do 13. 



do 13. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



Weight 

 per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



45 

 48 

 45 

 50 

 39 

 37 

 43 

 50 

 49 

 52 

 31 

 26 

 51 

 57 

 48 

 44 

 69 

 61 

 52 

 52 

 51 

 52 

 61 

 55 

 56 

 48 

 41 

 38 



1,232 



1,328 



904 



1,376 



1,200 



976 



196 



276 



208 



720 



900 



800 



960 



1,632 



800 



1,408 



862 



144 



1,776 



1,248 



1,488 



896 



232 



1,954 



376 



1,264 



16 



566 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



1,520 

 1,622 

 1,515 

 1,689 

 1,320 

 1,249 

 1,4.S6 

 1,671 

 1,636 

 1,745 

 1,048 

 880 

 1,716 

 1,927 

 1,613 

 1,490 

 2,314 

 2,035 

 1,762 

 1,754 

 1,724 

 1,748 

 2,037 

 1,865 

 1,872 

 1,617 

 1,366 

 1,276 



32 

 08 

 04 

 36 

 00 

 36 

 36 

 16 

 48 

 20 

 20 

 00 

 00 

 12 

 20 

 8 

 22 

 44 

 56 

 18 

 48 

 16 

 12 

 54 

 56 

 44 

 56 

 00 



C.A.RROTS. 



Fourteen varieties of carrots were sown. Two sowings of these were made in 

 rows 1 foot 6 inches apart. Soil a sandy loam ; manured in the spring of 1890 and 

 produced a crop of potatoes. Was ploughed in the fall of 1890 and thoi*oughly 

 harrowed last spring before the. carrots were sown. The soil and treatment was 

 the same in each case. 



The yield of each variety is given below. 



Variety. 



Vosges (Bruce) I 



Vosges (Simmers) .A 



Vosges (Rennie) -j 



Guerande (Steele) \ 



Gruerande (Rennie) -j 



Improved Short White (Steele) -[ 



Half Long Luc (Rennie) '. 



Green Top Orthe (Pearce) i 



April 9. 



do 23. 



do 9 



do 23. 



do 9 



do 23. 



do 9. 



do 23. 



do 9 



do 23. 



do 9. 



do 23 



do 9. 



do 23. 



do 9. 



do 23. 



Weight 

 per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



26 

 16 

 22 

 18 

 31 

 21 

 30 

 26 

 26 

 21 

 18 

 19 

 15 

 10 

 20 

 20 



1,093 

 1,14« 

 1,906 

 1,693 



513 

 1,266 

 1,560 



213 

 1,386 



240 



746 

 1,306 

 1,808 

 1,706 

 1,213 

 40 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



884 53 



552 26 



765 6 



628 13. 



1,041 53 



721 6 



1,026 00 



870 13 



889 46 



704 00 



612 26 



655 6 



530 8 



381 46 



686 53 



666 40 



