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2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



Twenty-seven varieties of mangels were under trial. Two sowings were made in 

 each case, the first on May 28 the second on June 2 and the roots were pulled from both 

 on October 3. 



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MANGELS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Giant Yellow Intermediate 



Ward's Long Oval-shaped 



Giant Yellow Half-long 



Yellow Intermediate 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Triumph Yellow Globe 



Mammoth Long Red 



Prize Mammoth Long Red 



Leviathan Long Red 



Half-long Sugar White 



Golden Fleshed Tankard. .. .. . 



Mammoth Yellow Intermediate 



Half-long Sugar Rosy 



Lion Yellow Intermediate 



Yellow Fleshed Tankard 



Prize Winner YeUow Globe . . . 



Gate-post 



Gate-post Yellow 



Red Fleshed Tankard 



Selected Mammoth Long Red. . 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Warden Orange Globe 



Mammoth Oval-shaped 



Canadian Giant . 



Norbiton Giant 



Champion Yellow Globe 



Giant Sugar 



Yield per 



Acre. 

 1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



15 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 10 



600 



240 



1,640 



320 



200 



1,600 



1,480 



1,240 



1,000 



880 



880 



760 



520 



280 



280 



40 



1,440 



1,320 



1.200 



480 



240 



1,040 



1,040 



1,040 



920 



320 



1.840 



Yield per 



Aere. 

 1st Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



510 

 504 

 494 

 472 

 470 

 460 

 458 

 454 

 450 

 448 

 448 

 446 

 442 

 438 

 438 

 434 

 424 

 422 

 420 

 408 

 404 

 384 

 384 

 384 

 382 

 372 

 364 



Yield per 



Acie. 

 2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



8 

 C 

 8 

 10 

 10 

 11 

 9 

 6 

 10 

 9 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 9 

 7 

 8 

 8 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 8 

 5 

 7 

 9 

 8 

 9 

 8 



1,040 



240 

 1,520 



400 



1,600 



80 



480 

 1,680 



160 

 1,200 



880 

 1,840 

 1,410 



100 

 1,760 

 1,280 

 1,440 

 960 

 960 

 1,040 

 1,280 

 1,600 



560 



800 



Yield p^r 



Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



284 

 204 

 292 

 340 

 360 

 30S 

 308 

 228 

 336 

 320 

 248 

 264 

 224 

 300 

 240 

 206 

 288 

 324 

 310 

 316 

 284 

 188 

 260 

 300 

 270 

 300 

 280 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



Twenty varieties of carrots were under trial during 1902. The first sowings were 

 made on April 30, the second on May 28, and the roots from both were pulled on 

 October 5. 



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