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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 

 PEASE— EXPERIMENTS FOR COMPARISON OF YIELDS AND QUALITY. 



For the past five years a large number of garden pease have been tested in the 

 horticultural department and notes taken on their earliness, productiveness and quality, 

 the len,"th of vines being also ascertained. For the past three years a number of varie- 

 ties which were considered the most promising from the standpoint of yield and quality 

 have been o-rown on larger plots, in order to learn which were the best and most pro- 

 ductive. Some of those tried in 1900 have been discarded, while other new ones are 

 beincf tried. Twelve hundred selected pease of most of the varieties were sown in drills 

 100 feet long and 2| feet apart on May 5 of this year. The pease germinated well and 

 there was a good stand. As each variety became ready for use, the date was recorded 

 and the yields of green pods from the several pickings entered. 



In the following table the average results for the three years are given : — 



PEASE TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Early— 



fixonian 



Child's Morning Star.. 



American Wonder 



Gregory's Surprise 



Nott'a Excelsior 



Excelsior 



Second Early — 



Gradus 



Nott's New Perfection . 



Chelsea 



English Wonder. . , . 



Premium Gem 



Medium- 

 Burpee's Quantity. . . . 



McLean's Little Gem. . 



McLean's Advancer . . . 



Heroine (2 years) 



Telephone 



Late — 



McLean's Prolific 



Champion of Englan4i.. 



Boston Wrinkled 



Eugenie 



Yorkshire Hero 



•Juno 



Veitch's Perfection . . . . 



Stratagem Improved. . . 



o 



1^, 



0) 



B 



I' 



O 



O 



o 



Quarts. 



66 

 60 

 50 

 44 

 45 

 52 



72 

 64 

 60 

 68 

 40 



70 

 74 

 72 



68 

 86 



116 

 94 

 82 

 81 

 56 

 50 

 48 

 58 



2 oo 



Quarts. 



38i 

 34| 

 34| 

 31.it 

 29i 



67J 

 64^ 

 GOi 

 53| 

 39| 

 37i 

 301 

 36 



•Sin 



JTOJ 



o a 

 > o 



In. 



37 

 28 

 26 

 31 

 18 

 24 



31 



26 

 26 

 36 



36 

 37 

 40 

 30 

 54 



43 



85 

 49 

 55 

 46 

 SO 

 69 



Quality. 



Good. 

 Very good. 



Good. 

 Very good. 



Good. 

 Very good. 



Good. 

 Very good. 

 Good. 



11 

 Very good. 

 Good, 



It 

 Very good. 



FOREST BELTS. 



In the Annual Report for 1901, a description was given of the Forest Belts at the 

 Central Experimental Farm, the objects for which they were planted, and also a table 

 giving particulars regarding the time of planting, and present height and diameter of the 

 more important timber trees. Space will not permit of republishing the table with this 

 year's records. 



Owing to the favourable season the trees grew well this year. As usual, measure- 

 ments were taken of the height and diameter of average marked trees in the belts. No 



