REPORT OF THE CHEMIST 



175 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



In the next table the averages for the past four years are given. As in the case 

 of the mangels, the turnips of 1908 were -not quite equal in dry-matter-content to 

 those of 1907. 



Turnips — Average Composition — 1905-1908. 



Carrots. — As in former years we do not find any very large differences in dry 

 matter and sugar among the varieties analysed. In this respect they differ markedly 

 from mangels and, to a certain degree, from turnips. The White Belgian, for some 

 reason we cannot^ive, falls from the first place it has occiipied for some years. The 

 Half Long Chantenay, which has been second for some seasons, now appears as first 

 on the list. 



Analysis of Carrots, C. E. F., Ottawa, Ont., 1908. 



Variety. 



Half Long Chantenay 



Giant \Vhite Vosges 



Improved Short White . 



Ontario Champion 



Mammoth White Intermediate 

 White Belgian 



Average 

 weight 



of 

 one root. 



Lbs. Oz. 



3 



5 



15 



1 

 4 



7 



The averages for the past four seasons as given below, again emphasize the 

 approach to uniformity in the composition of carrots to which we have already 

 referred — the differences being such as to be practically within the limits of experi- 

 mental error. In the case of carrots, therefore, there does not seem that necessity 

 we observed with mangels to consider composition. Other factors, such as yield, 

 forkiness, and keeping qualities, are evidently of greater importance in selecting the 

 variety to be grown. 



Carrots — Average Composition — 1905-1908. 



