REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



253 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Following were the yields obtained : — 



Emmer and Spelt — Test of Varieties. 



EXPEKI^IENTS WITH PEAS. 



Eighteen varieties of peas were sown in uniform test plots of one-fortieth acre 

 each, on a clay loam soil on which turnips were grown the previous year (1907). The 

 land was ploughed in the fall, well worked up in the spring, and sown on May 22, 

 with the seed drill, at the rate of 2 to 3 bushels per acre. The ground was also seeded 

 down to clover and timothy at the rate of 7 lbs. Mammoth Red clover, 3 lbs. Alsike 

 and 12 lbs. Timothy seed per acre. 



The following yields per acre were obtained : — 



Peas — Test of Varieties. 



u 



Name of Variety. 



I 



8 



9 



10 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 



1 Arthur 



2 ]:>aniel O'Rourke 



3 Picton 



4 Prince 



5 Agnes 



6 White Marrowfat 



Mackay 



Chancellor 



Archer 



Gregory 



11 Wisconsin Blue ...... 



12 English Grey 



Black-eye Marrowfat. 



Paragop 



Prussian.Blue 



Golden Vine 



Victoria . . . . 



Early Britain 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Q bD 

 C 



o ■- 



. 3 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Average 



Length 



of 



Pod. 



Inches. 



2 — 2| 

 1^—2 

 2 — 2| 

 li— 2 

 2 -2^ 

 2 —3 

 2 —3 

 1^-2 

 2 — 2i 

 2 — 2i 

 2 —2i 

 2 —2^ 

 2-2i 



n—2 



l|-2 

 2 —2^ 

 2 -2i 



c^ o) bb 



" 3 C 



p , I— ( 



bo I. 4j 



Lbs. 



62 



61^ 



62 



61 



61 



61 



61 



6H 

 60 



co^ 



60 

 61 

 60 

 60 

 61 

 62 

 60 

 60 



