REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



CARROTS. TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Half LongWliite 



Yellow Intermediate 



Improved Short White 



Green Top White Orthe 



Iveraon's Champion 



Mammoth White Intermediat'r 



New White Intermediate 



Giant White Vosges 



Ontario Champion 



White Belgian 



Long Yellow Stump Rooted . . , 



Long Scarlet Altringham 



White Vosges, L.arge Short 



Scarlet Intermediate 



Half Long Chantenay 



Guerande or Oxheart 



Carter's Orange Giant 



Scarlet Nantes 



Long Orange or Surrey 



Early Gem 



Yield per 



Acre. 

 1st Plot 



Tons. Lbs. 



22 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 14 

 14 



650 

 220 

 900 

 900 

 405 

 240 

 75 



1,250 

 755 



1,930 

 610 

 650 



1,660 



1,000 

 505 



1,350 

 855 

 525 



1,700 

 875 



Yield per 



Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



20 1,745 



18 1,455 



16 340 

 20 1,085 



19 1,435 

 18 300 



17 1,310 

 17 650 



815 

 360 

 360 



14 1,865 



13 1,555 



14 1,700 

 17 815 

 13 1,&S5 

 17 815 

 13 400 

 13 1,720 

 12 585 



17 

 15 

 15 



Yield per 



Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



695 

 624 

 539 

 643 

 657 

 605 

 588 

 577 

 580 

 506 

 506 

 497 

 459 

 459 

 580 

 464 

 580 

 4 JO 

 462 

 409 



45 

 15 



45 



15 



30 

 30 

 15 



45 

 15 



15 

 45 

 15 



46 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 



The land on which these were grown was adjoining the carrot, turnip and man "-el 

 plots, and received the same treatment. The rows were made 24 inches apart, raked off 

 and the seed sown in holes made with a marker, one foot apart, and from 3 to 6 seeds 

 dropped in a hole. These were covered with a garden rake. 



The seed was sown May 20 and duplicate plots June 3. The crop was harvested 

 October 28. The yield per acre is calculated from 2 rows, each G6 



feet long. 



SUGAR BEETS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Yield 

 per Acre 

 1st. Plot. 



Royal Giant 



Danish Improved 



Danish Red Top 



Red Top Sugar 



Improved Imperial . . . 



Wanzleben 



French "Very Rich", 

 Vilmorin's Impro\ ed. , 



Tons Lb3. 



37 



32 

 31 

 30 

 28 

 28 

 23 

 20 



1,240 



Yield 

 per Acre 

 1st. Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,254 



1,0201,067 

 l,52J5!l,058 



1,380 



1,255 



925 



200 



1,250 



1,023 

 954 

 948 

 770 

 687 









 45 





 15 

 45 





 30 



Yield 

 per Acre 

 2nd. Plot 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,155 



830 35 



838 45 



847 



825 



687 30 



605 



591 15 



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