REPORT OF MR. W. H. FAIRFIELD 393 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



VEGETABLES. 



A fairly large assortment of vegetables were planted and the results as a whole 

 were fair, but on account of the newness of the land some kinds did not do as well 

 as they otherwise would. 



All the hardier varieties of vegetables tested did well, such as lettuce, radish, 

 spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, turnips, beets, carrots, parsnips, peas, &c., &c. 



The Squaw corn produced a good crop and ripened seed. Several of the earlier 

 varieties of sweet corn produced a good supply of roasting ears. 



But two varieties of tomatoes were tried. These were Spark's Earliana and the 

 same variety from a strain of seed selected at the Central Experimental Farm. The 

 latter ripened a few tomatoes. 



English Vegetable Marrow was ready for use August 20, and was quite prolific. 



Cucumber — McKenzie's Prolific was ready for use August 20 and was a good 

 bearer. 



Several Golden squash and a few Hubbard squash were matured. 



RHUBARB. 



Roots of the following varieties of rhubarb were supplied from the Brandon 

 Experimental Farm in the fall of 1907, and were set out in the spring of 1908 : — 



Early Crimson. Queen. 



Brabant's Colossal. • Magnum Bonum. 



Victoria. Prince Albert. 



Tottle's Improved. Paragon. 



Strawberry. Tobolsk. 



Koyal Albert. Sangster's Prince of "Wales. 



Giant. Early Prince. 



Marshall's Linnaeus. Early Scarlet. 



General Taylor. Excelsior. 



Scarlet Nonpareil. 



FLOWER GARDEN— ANNUALS. 



Several varieties were started in the hot-bed, but those sown in the open gave more 

 satisfactory results on the whole, although they were somewhat later in coming into 

 bloom. The showing made by them in the latter part of the summer was good and 

 they were admired greatly by visitors. The outside sowing was made on May 28 and 

 29. The following is a list of the flowers planted : — 



Abronia urabellata. Ageratum. 



Antirrhinum. Asters. 



Balsam. Brachycome. 



Calendula. Chrysanthemum coronarium. 



Clarkia. Dianthus. 



Eschseholtzia californica. Godetia. 



Nasturtium. Poppy. 



Salpiglossis. Scabious Major mixed. 



Scabious Dwarf mixed. Stocks. 



Sweet Sultan. Tagetas. 



MEASUREMENT OF IRRIGATION WATER. 



To ascertain the exact amount of water used in irrigating the farm, a box two feet 

 deep was placed in the lateral canal that supplies water to the farm. A Lalli Water 

 Register was purchased and installed. An attempt was made to keep a continuous 

 record of the depth of water passing over the box at all times during the summer. 



