REPORT OF MR. JAMES MURRAY 



285 



S* SSIONAL PAPER Mo. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH TUENIPS. 



Thirteen varieties of turnips were sown this year on clay loam under uniform 

 conditions. The first sowing was made May 4 and the second May 19, both lots being 

 pulled October 23. The estimate of the yield per acre is made from the product of 

 two rows each 66 feet long. 



Turnips — Test of Varieties. 



5 



Name of Variety. 



4 



5 



€ 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



1.3 



1 [ Hale wood's Bronze Tup 



2; Hartley's Bronze 



3 Perfection Swede 



Derby . . 



Kangaroo 



Skirving's 



Mammoth Clyde 



Good Luck 



Hall's Westbury 



Carter's Elephant 



Magnum Bonum 



Bangholm tjeleeted . . . 



Jumbo 



1st Plot 

 Sown. 



M.ay 



2nd Plot 

 Sown. 



May 



19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 



1st Plot 

 Pulled. 



Oct. 



23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 2H 

 23 

 23 

 23 



2nd Plot 

 Pulled. 



Oct. 



23 

 23 

 23 



Yield per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



38 

 35 

 33 



23 32 



23 32 



23 31 



23 29 



23 29 



23 29 



23 27 



23 27 



23 26 



23 26 



1,880 

 4S8 

 792 



1,472 

 944 

 56.S 



l,Gt)4 



1,136 

 344 

 912 

 120 



1,856 

 8 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,298 



l,17t 



1,113 



1,091 



l,0,s2 



1,042 



994 



985 



972 



915 



902 



897 



866 



48 

 12 

 12 

 24 

 48 

 24 

 36 

 24 

 12 



36 



48 



2nd Plot. 



Bu-h. Lbs. 



875 

 972 

 880 



1,069 

 910 

 888 

 985 

 765 



1,025 

 761 

 908 

 !.90 

 932 



36 

 24 



12 

 48 

 48 

 36 

 36 

 12 

 12 

 48 



48 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



Eleven varieties of mangels were sown this year on clay loam under uniform 

 conditions. The first sowing was made May 14, and the second May 28, both lots 

 being pulled October Y. The estimate of yield per acre is made from the product of 

 two rows each 66 feet long. 



Mangels — Test of Varieties. 



s 



Name of Variety. 



1 Ideal 



2 Giant Yellow Globe . . 



3 Gate Post .... 



4 Yellow Intermediate. . 



5 Perfection Mammoth 

 Long Red 



Prize Mammoth Long 

 Red 



Mammoth Red Inter- 

 mediate 



8 Half Sugar White .... 



9 Selected Yellow Globe 



10 Giant Yellow Inter- 

 I mediate 



11 Crimson Champion. . . 



1st Plot 

 Sown. 



May 14 . 



M 14. 



„ 14. 



„ 14. 



„ 14. 



M 14. 



„ 14. 



M 14. 



n 14. 



M 14. 



,. 14. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs, 



44 1496 



40 1840 



35 1280 



34 1168 



32 1736 



31 40 



26 272 



23 992 



23 200 



21 768 



14 1040 



Yield 

 l>er Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



1491 36 



131 14 . 



1188 . . 



1152 48 



1095 36 



1034 .. 



871 12 



783 12 



770 .. 



712 48 



4S4 . . 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



24 l.'^68 



31 832 



28 760 



27 17<'4 



26 8 



30 1248 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



19 

 30 

 20 



808 

 720 

 392 



25 688 

 12 1344 



Bush. Lbs. 



822 48 



1047 12 



946 .. 



928 24 



866 48 



1020 48 



646 48 



1012 . . 



673 12 



844 48 



422 24 



