REPORT OF TEE CEREALIST 



217 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The yield i)er acre is expressed in pounds and also in ' bushels ' of 60 pounds. 

 * Varieties and selected strains produced at the Central Experimental Farm are 

 marked with an asterisk. 



Peas — Test of Varieties. 





Name of Variety. 



Prussian Blue. . . 

 Arthur Selected*. 

 Piiragon* 



4 Mackay* 



5 Prince* 



6 White Marrowfat 



7 Canadian Beauty . . . . 



8 Chancellor. ... . . . . 



9 Victoria* 



lOj English Grey 



lli.Agnes* 



12 Daniel O'Rourke . . . . 

 ISPicton*. 



14 Wisconsin Blue . .... 



15 Black-eye Marrowfat. 



16 Early Britain 



17 Zulu 



18| Archer*... 



19, Golden Vine 



20 Gregory* 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



fco 

 s 

 a> 



> o 



be 



c: 



(BT! 



bco 



> O 



In. 



2i 

 2i 



2i 



2| 

 2i 

 2i 

 2| 



If 



2i 



2h 



2 



2 



n 



2i 



2 

 2 



2i 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Lbs. 



2280 

 2220 

 2190 

 2010 

 2010 

 2010 

 1770 

 1770 

 1710 

 1650 

 1620 

 1620 

 1590 

 1590 

 1.530 

 15.30 

 1440 

 1410 

 1230 

 1020 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



3 XI 



P3 1-5 



38 .. 



37 .. 



.36 30 



33 SO 



33 30 



33 30 



29 30 



29 30 



28 30 



27 30 



27 .. 



27 .. 



26 30 



26 30 



25 30 



25 30 



24 .. 



23 30 



20 30 



17 .. 



c3 <E - 



M to cS 



<1 3 m 



be s- S 



Lbs. 



62i 



634 



63i 



62i 



62' 



62^ 



63 



63^ 



63i 



6]- 



62i 



624 



62| 



624 



62" 



60i 



58 



63i 



63^ 



63 



Size of Pea. 



Medium. 



Large. 



.Small. 

 Medium. 



II 

 Large. 

 Small. 

 Large. 

 Medium. 

 Large. 

 Medium. 

 Large. 

 Medium. 

 Small. 

 Medium. 



Most Productive Varieties of Peas. — Prussian Blue, Chancellor, Arthur and 

 Golden Vine can be recommended as good, productive varieties of peas. During the 

 past five years at this farm Prussian Blue has given the largest yield. Golden Vine 

 has not done so well as usual during the last two or three years, but it is a variety 

 which can usually be depended upon. One or more of the varieties here mentioned 

 can be obtained from almost any seedsman. 



Earliest Varieties of Peas. — Arthur, Chancellor and Prussian Blue are among the 

 earliest sorts. 



SPEING RYE. 



Two plots of spring rye were sown on May 6, the seed being used at the rate of 

 about 1^ bushels to the acre. The soil was a rather heavy loam. 



The yield per acre is expressed in jwunds and also in ' bushels ' of 56 pounds. 



Spring Rye — Test of Varieties. 



