REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD 



3U 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Variety. 



Siberian 



Early Frame 



Paris Prolific 



Early Green Cluster 



Boston I'ickling 



Moronian or Russian 



Short Green Gherkin. . .. 



I'jxtra Early Long Green 



English Gherkin 



Westerfield's Chicago Pick- 



lin? ■ 



White Wonder. . 



Cool and Crisp 



Cumberland 



B's. Evergreen 



Short Green 



Boston Market 



Green Prolific 



Prize Prolific 



Pride of Canada 



Improved Long Green 



Commercial Pickle 



Early Arlington White Spine 



Early White Spine 



New Orleans Market 



Emerald 



Hill's Forcing White Spine 



Thorbuni 18W Pickler 



Jersey Pickling 



New Toronto Pickling 



Giant Pera 



Japanese Climbing 



Stockwood Ridge 



Long Green Turkey 



White Pearl 



Extra Early Long Green. . . 

 *Tailby Hybrid 



Flavour 



and 

 Texture. 



Poor 



Fair 



Very good 

 Fair 



Very good 



Fair 



Good 



Very good 



Good 



ti . . . • 

 Very good 



Good 



Fair 



Very good 



It . . 



Poor 



Good 



Very good 



II 



to 



a 



0) 



1-1 



In. 



4^ 



'4 



G 



H 



4 



4f 



8 



4i 



5i 

 6h 



8 



4| 



C,i 



3 



9 



9 



71 



H 

 6 



n 



7* 

 5| 

 7h 

 6| 

 5 

 6h 

 13' 



Gh 

 9 



8i 

 lOi 



« 



Colour. 



In. 



2 iLight green. 



2 Dark preen. 

 2Ji Light green. 

 2 D.irk green. 

 2 Light green. 

 2 .. .. 



2 Dark green. 

 2 J Light green. 



2 Dark green. 



24 White.... 



2i Dark green 



2| Light green. 



2- 



2:. 



2| Dark green 



2i 



2 



2i 



2| 



2 



23 



2| 



2i 



2| 



3 



Oi 



2.1 

 2h 

 24 

 23 



White 



Dark green. 

 Liglit gieen, 



Dark green. 

 Light green. 

 Dark green. 



Light green. 

 Deep green. 

 White. .. 

 Dark green. 

 White 



Smoothness. 



Spined 



Sparsely spined .. . 

 Densely sjiine.'! . . . 

 Modoratelj' spined. 

 Densely spined . . . . 



Sparsely spined. 



Densely spined . 

 Sparsely spined. 

 Heavily sjuned. . 

 Densely spined . 

 Sparsely spined. 

 Densely spined. . 

 Sparsely s])ined. 

 Densely spined. . 



Moderately spined. 

 Sparsely spined. . . 

 ^Iode^ate]y spined. 

 Sparsely spined . . . 

 It . . . . 



Densely spined 



Spineless 



Sparsely spined . . . 

 Moderately spined. 

 Densely spined. . . . 



Heavily spined 



Smooth 



Sparsely .«pined . . . 

 Moderately spined, 

 Sparsely spined . . . 

 Heavily spined 



Productiveness, 



Very productive. 



Fairly productive. 



It 

 Very productive. 

 Moderately jiroductive. 

 Very productive. 



Fairly productive. 

 Very [)rod active. 



II 



11 



It 



Moderately productive. 

 Very productive. 

 Moderatel}' productive. 



It 

 Very productive. 



Fairly productive. 

 Very productive. 

 Fairly productive. 

 Not productive. 

 Moderately productive. 

 Very productive. 

 Moderately productive. 

 Fairly productive. 



* Did not germinate. 



Siberian. — This is one of the earhest sorts in cultivation. The fruit is not larce 

 (averaging only about five inches) but is invariably produced several days ahead of any 

 other variety yet tested and is withal very productive. 



Early Frame. — Another extremely early variety, the fruit being slightly larger 

 than the preceding one. 



Cumberland. — This is a variety of comparatively recent introduction, of the white 

 spine type, but is much more den.sely spined than that variety. A vigorous grower, 

 very productive and combines the qualities essential both for pickling and slicing in a 

 degree not attained by any other sort. 



Pride of Canada. — Is a new white variety, larger than the White Wonder and 

 more attractive in appearance. 



Paris Prolijic. — Continues to merit its reputation as one of the best pickling varie- 

 ties tested here. 



TOMATOES. 



Sixty-one varieties of tomatoes were tested during 1902. Of these four failed to 

 germinate, the germination of many of the others also showing poor vitality. It is to 

 be regretted that with uch a comprehensive list of varievies the sea.son was not more 

 favourable for this vogctaole, as only one variety produced ripe fruit, viz., Ked Currant, 

 and the yield of green truit was unusually below the average, three varieties not pro- 

 ducing any fruit whatever. Repi'esentiitives of all the varieties were grown both in 

 rows three feet apart and also on a wire trellis, but there was practically no difierence 

 in the results by either method. 



