REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPS 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Mangels — Test of Varieties. 



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Name of Vakiktt. 



Perfection Mammoth Long 



Red 



Mammoth Red Intermediate 



Gate Post 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Prize Mammoth Long Red . . 



Jumbo 



Giant Yellow Intermediate.. 



Crimson Champion 



Yellow Intermediate 



Half Sugar White 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Yield per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



886 

 882 

 695 

 649 

 633 

 620 

 583 

 580 

 576 

 519 

 497 



Bush. Lbs. 



36 

 12 

 12 



36 

 24 



48 

 24 

 12 

 12 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



646 

 616 

 620 

 640 

 572 

 574 

 556 

 404 

 660 

 558 

 448 



48 



24 

 12 



12 

 36 

 48 



48 

 48 



Description 

 of Variety. 



Long red. 

 Large oblong red. 

 liong red. 

 Round yellow. 

 Long red. 

 Long oval white. 

 Short oblong yellow. 

 Oblong crimson. 

 Oblong yellow. 

 Oblong white. 

 Globe shape yellow. 



EXPEKIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



Six varieties of carrots were sown in drills thirty inches apart, two sowings 

 cf each variety being made, the first on May 9 and the second on May 23. The soil 

 was a light sandy loam and had received a dressing of about twelve tons of barn-yard 

 manure per acre on a clover stubble, and ploughed in the fall of 1907, and thoroughly 

 worked up with disc and harrow before planting the carrot seed. As in previous years, 

 the Improved Short White was the best yielder, and the roots arc smooth and easily 

 harvested. The yield per acre w^as computed from the yield of two rows, each 66 feet 

 long. All the plots were pulled on October 21. 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Vakiett. 



Improved Short White 



Giant White Vosges 



Mammoth White Inter- 

 mediate 



White Belgian . . 



Ontario Champion 



6|Chantenay 



Yield per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



996 

 944 



888 

 880 

 739 

 550 



36 

 20 



48 



12 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



805 

 895 



699 

 809 

 585 

 520 



12 

 24 



36 

 36 

 12 

 12 



Description 

 of Variety. 



Short smooth white. 



Long white. 



Short smooth white. 



Short thick red. 



