REPORT OF MR. JAMES MURRAY 



287 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Sugar Beets — Test of Varieties. 



3 



Name of Variety. 



Klein Wanzleben. . . . 

 French Very Rich . . . 

 Vilmorin's Improved. 



1st Plot 

 Sown. 



May 14 . 



2nd Plot 

 Sown. 



May 28. 



1st Plot 

 PuUed. 



2nd Plot 

 Pulled. 



Oct. 7. 



Oct 7. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



s 

 o 



20 

 18 

 18 



1,184 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



3 

 686 



1,224 020 

 432,607 



.0 

 >-i 



2t 

 24 

 12 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



H 

 24 

 14 

 15 



840 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



814 



1,568492 

 360 506 



.J2 



48 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



The season was a favourable one for potatoes, and good yields were secured 

 although many of them were below the average of recent years. Nearly all the 

 varieties ripened and produced tubers of good size and quality. The land on which 

 the potatoes were grown produced roots the year previous, and was given a coat of 

 manure after the roots were harvested. The soil was clay loam. Potato beetles made 

 their appearance as usual, but were controlled by spraying with Paris green. 



Twenty-nine varieties were grown, under uniform conditions, this year. They 

 were planted on May 25, in rows three feet apart, with the sets about a foot apart in 

 the row. The estimate of yield per acre was obtained from the product of one row 

 66 feet long. 



Potatoes — Test of Varieties. 





1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 

 28 

 29 



Name of Variety. 



Average Size. 



Ashleaf Kidney 



American Wonder . 



Reeve's Rose 



Holborn Abundance 



Irish Cobbler 



Bumaby Mammoth. 



Everett 



Late Puritan 



Canadian Beauty. . . 

 Early White Prize . 



Rochester Rose 



Country Gentleman 

 Morgan's Seedling. . 



State of Maine 



Carman No. 1 .... . 



Uncle Sam 



Twentieth Century. 

 Dreer's Standard ... 



MacQueen 



Collin's Seedling . . . 



Money Maker 



Dooley 



Vermont Gold Coin. 



Empire State 



Manitoba Wonder . 

 Improved Honeoye 



Rose 



Early Manistee .... 

 Vick's Extra Early. 

 Dalmeney Beauty . . 



Large 



n 



Medium to large. 



Small to medium 



Medium 



Small to medium 

 Medium to large 



Large 



Small to medium 



Medium 



Medium to large 



Large 



Medium to large 



Large 



Small to medium 



Large 



tl 



Medium to large 

 Large 



Medium 



ft 



Small to medium 

 Large 



Total Yield 

 per Acre. 



528 

 465 

 454 

 447 

 432 

 421 

 418 

 418 

 414 

 414 

 414 

 410 

 410 

 407 

 403 

 392 

 377 

 374 

 370 

 355 

 352 

 348 

 341 

 315 

 308 



282 

 238 

 207 

 190 



Yield 



per Acre 



of 



Marketable. 



Bush. Lbs. ! Bush. Lbs. 



40 

 40 

 20 

 40 

 40 



20 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 40 



26 

 20 

 40 



20 

 40 



26 



26 



20 

 20 

 10 

 40 



509 

 447 

 429 

 41S 

 366 

 399 

 377 

 399 

 396 

 388 

 388 

 385 

 403 

 385 

 385 

 366 

 341 

 352 

 352 

 330 

 322 

 319 

 319 

 297 

 286 



238 

 212 

 179 

 161 



40 

 20 



40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



40 

 40 



30 



40 



40 



20 

 40 

 40 

 20 



Yield 

 per Acre 

 of Un- 

 marketable. 



I 



Bush. Lks. 



18 

 18 

 25 

 29 

 66 

 22 

 40 

 18 

 18 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 7 

 22 

 18 

 25 

 36 

 22 

 18 

 25 

 29 

 29 

 22 

 18 

 22 



44 

 25 

 27 

 29 



20 

 20 

 40 

 20 



20 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 20 



26 



40 

 40 



26 

 40 

 20 

 20 



20 



40 

 30 

 20 



Form and Colour. 



Long ; white. 

 Long, round ; white. 

 Flat, oval ; light pink. 

 Round ; white. 

 Flat ; white. 

 Flat, oval ; pink. 

 Long, oval ; pink. 

 Long, round ; white. 

 Round ; white. 

 Round, oval ; light pink. 

 Long, round ; light pink. 

 Long ; pink. 



II 11 



Flat, oval ; white. 

 Flat ; white. 

 Flattish, oval ; white. 

 Flat ; red. 



Flattish, oval ; white. 

 Long, round ; white. 

 Round ; white. 

 Round, oval ; white. 

 Round ; white. 



It M 



Long ; white. 

 Long, round ; red. 



Ix)ng ; pink. 

 Round ; white. 

 Flat ; pink. 

 Oval ; white. 



