340 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



BEETS. 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



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Sown May 16 ; in use July 25 ; pulled October 3. 

 Nutting's Dwarf Improved, 422 bushels per acre. 

 Flat Egyptian, 365 bushels per acre. 

 Long Smooth Blood, 309 bushels per acre. 

 Early Black Red Turnip, 293 bushels per acre. 



BROCOLI. 



Sown April 7 ; transplanted April 22 ; set out May 23. 

 Extra Early White, did not mature. 

 Dwarf Improved, did not mature. 



CELERY. 



Giant Pascal, Large Red Ribbed, Rose Ribbed Paris, Paris Golden Yellow, "White 

 Plume and White "Walnut were sown in hot-house March 31; transplanted April 30; 

 set out in trenches June 20 ; in use September 27 ; taken up October 8. 



Giant Pascal and Large Red Ribbed did not do well ; but the other varieties pro- 

 duced an excellent crop of very fine, crisp celery. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Sown in hot-house April 2 ; transplanted April 22 ; set out May 22. 

 Earliest Dwarf, in use July 17 ; average weight, 4 lbs. 

 Half Early Paris, in use July 17 ; average weight, 4 lbs. 

 Early Snowball, in use July 28 ; average weight, 4J lbs. 

 Large Algiers, in use August 5 ; average weight, 6 lbs. 



Carrots. — Sown, May 8 ; Lifted, October 3. 



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Variety. 



Early Gem .... 



Long Blood 



Half Long Luc . . 

 Parisian Forcing. 

 French Horn . . . . 

 Scarlet Nantes . . 



In use. 



Bushels 

 per Acre. 



405 

 394 

 363 

 363 

 343 

 202 



Remarks. 



Large ; Good shape. 

 Large ; rough. 

 Good variety. 



Small ; smooth. 



Cabbage. — Sown in Hot-house, April 2 ; Transplanted to frame, April 22 ; Set out, 



May 23 ; Taken up, October 8. 



Variety. 



Winningstadt Early 



Extra Early Express . . 

 Extra Early Etampes. . 



St. Denis 



Paris Market 



Early Jersey Wakefield 



Fottler's Drumhead 



Large Red Drumhead . 

 Green Globe Savoy 



In use. 



Aug. 5. 



5. 

 July 20. 

 Aug. 5. 



5. 



5. 



5. 

 July 15. 

 Aug. 5. 



Average 

 Weight. 



Lbs. 



7 

 7 

 5 



10 

 5 

 6 



13 

 9 

 6 



Remarks. 



Good ; early. 



Good. 



