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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



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 S 



s 



Name of Variety. 



Giant White Vosges 



Improved Short White 



Ontario Champion 



White Belgian 



Half Long Chantenay 



Mammoth White Intermediate 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



17 

 17 

 16 

 13 

 16 

 12 



496 



848 



32 



1,808 

 736 



1,344 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



645 

 621 

 580 

 533 

 510 

 475 



20 

 52 

 48 

 52 

 24 

 12 



SUGAR BEETS. 



Three varieties of sugar beets were sowb on clay loam, and two sowings were 

 made of each variety, the first on May 18 and the second on June 1. The yields were 

 not particularly heavy, and as will be seen from results of an analysis made by Mr. 

 F. T. Shutt, Chemist of the Dominion Experimental Farms, which is added in con- 

 nection with table giving yields, they were low in sugar-content. These roots were 

 all pulled October 1. 



Sugar Beets — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



White French, very rich , 

 Vilmorin's Improved. . . . 

 Klein Wanzleben 



Solids 



in 

 Juice. 



14-3 



14-8 

 14-2 



Co- 

 efficient in 

 Purity. 



78-04 

 79 05 

 75-80 



POTATOES. 



Twenty-seven varieties of potatoes were planted on fall-ploughed timothy sod, 

 which had been manured at the rate of about 20 tons of barn-yard manure per acre 

 before ploughing. 



Among those tested as to quality Rochester Rose, Holborn Abundance, Ashleaf 

 Kidney and Table-talk were best. 



Planting was done on May 22 and 23, and the jwtatoes were dug on September 30. 

 Planting was done in rows 30 inches apart, and cuttings with from two to three eyes 

 each were planted 1 foot apart in the rows. The soil was a black clay loam. The 

 yield per acre has been calculated from the weight of crop produced from two rows 

 each 66 feet long. No rot was observed on any of these plots. 



