REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



CARROTS TEST OF VARIETIES. 



293 



Name of varietj-. 



Cliarac- 



ter of 



growth. 



New White Intermediate iStrong, 



Ontario Cliainpion n 



Carter's Orange Giant IFair 



Green Top White Orthe ... Strong. 



WhiteVosgesLar^e Short h 



Yellow Intermediate h 



White Belgian n 



Half Long Chantenay iFoir .. 



Long Yellow Stump Rooted 



Guerande or O.x-heart 



Giant White Vosges 



Iverson's Champion Strong. 



Early Gem Weak 



Half Long White Strong. 



Improved Short White Weak 



Scarlet Intermediate In 



Yellow Intermediate | n 



Long Orange or Surrey ' n 



Mammoth White Intermediate : « 



Long Scarlet Altringham ! m 



Scarlet Nantes » 



Yield 

 per acre. 

 1st plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



10 

 14 

 12 



120 

 100 

 200 

 11 1,320 

 11 1,320 

 11 .... 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



8 



7 



7 



7 



1,800 



1,360 



480 



40 



40 



720 



1,840 



960 



80 



6 1.640 

 6 760 

 320 

 120 

 1,480 

 160 



Yield 

 per acre. 

 1st plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



535 

 409 

 403 



388 

 383 

 360 

 330 

 322 

 308 

 300 

 300 

 278 

 264 

 249 

 234 

 227 

 212 

 205 

 168 

 124 

 102 



20 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 40 



40 



40 

 40 

 40 



20 

 40 

 20 

 40 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 40 



Yield 

 ]3er acre. 

 2nd plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



9 



11 



9 



13 



10 



11 



9 



12 



12 



13 



9 



11 



9 



9 



5 



10 



8 



5 



14 



4 



4 



1,800 



l^SOO 



1,280 



080 



1,320 



40 



040 



640 



840 



1,800 



880 



480 



1,800 



1,880 



240 



280 



1,880 



1,480 



800 



300 



Yield 

 per acre. 

 2nd plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



330 



360 40 



330 



454 



344 



388 



300 



410 



410 



414 



330 



381 



308 



330 



198 



337 



271 



198 



491 



140 



139 



40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



20 



20 



20 



20 

 40 

 20 



■ EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 



Eight varieties of sugar beets were sown. The yield was below the average from 

 the same cause that injured the other field roots. The quality of the roots was excellent. 



The soil was a clay loam, and the previous crop was potatoes. The seed was sown 

 on the flat, in drills two feet apart. 



The first plots were sown on May 27, and the second on June 10. All were pulled 

 on September 20. The yield has been calculated from the weight obtained from two 

 rows each 66 feet long. 



SUGAR BEETS TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Red Toji Sugar 



Danish Improved. . . 



Royal (iiant 



French 'Very Rich.' 



Danish Red Top 



Wanzleben . . . 



Ir proved Im[)erial. . 

 Vilinorin's Improved 





fair. 



Yield 

 per acre. 

 1st plot. 



Tons. lbs. 



13 

 12 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 7 

 6 

 5 



928 



24 



1,424 



1,160 



500 

 1,048 



072 



290 



Yield 

 per acre. 

 1st plot. 



Bush. lbs. 



448 48 



400 24 



290 24 



286 .. 



275 .. 



250 48 



211 12 



171 36 



Yield 

 per acre. 

 2nd plot 



Tons. lbs. 



12 

 14 

 14 

 9 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 12 



24 



512 



1,04< 



1,800 



1,192 



552 



1,344 



288 



Yield 

 per acre. 

 2nd plot 



Bush. lbs. 



400 24 



475 12 



484 .. 



330 .. 



453 12 



409 12 



422 24 



404 48 



