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REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPS 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



CARROTS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



369 



Name of Variety. 



Giant Wliite Vosges 



White Belgian 



Mammoth White Intermediate. 



White Vosges 



Improved Sliort White 



Green Top White Orthe 



Iverson's Champion 



New White Intermediate 



Ontario Champion 



Carter's Orange Giant . 



Half Long White 



Half Long Chanteuay 



Karly Gem 



Yellow Intermediate 



Guerande or Ox-heart 



Long Yellow Stunip Rooted. . . . 



Scarlet Intermediate 



L(ing Orange, or Surrey 



Scarlet Nantes 



Long Scarlet Altringham 



Yield per 



Acre. 

 Ist Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,540 

 1,430 

 1,342 

 1,340 

 1,336 

 1,309 

 1,287 

 1,284 

 1,111 

 1,045 



992 



904 



831 



786 



764 



6S2 



676 



616 



672 



566 



30 



15 



4» 

 20 

 30 

 30 



30 



30 



Yield per 



Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



38 

 39 

 31 

 31 

 39 

 34 

 32 

 34 

 25 

 30 

 29 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 17 

 18 

 16 

 16 

 16 



1,640 



1,200 



370 



310 



540 



1,795 



(;80 



970 



820 



1,710 



1,730 



395 



1,890 



1,890 



1,560 



1,970 



1,620 



1,660 



505 



670 



Yield per 



Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,294 .. 



1,320 . . 



1,039 



1,038 



1,309 



1,163 



1,078 



1,149 



847 

 1,028 



995 



739 



731 



731 



726 



599 



627 



561 



641 



544 



30 

 30 



i5 



30 



30 

 30 

 45 

 30 

 30 



30 



45 

 30 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 



Eight varieties of sugar beets were tested on plots adjoining those of the turnips 

 and mangels. The soil was similar and its treatment and preparation were the same. 

 Two sowings of each sort were made, the first on May 7, the second on May 21, and 

 both were pulled on October 22. Four rows of each sort were sown and the yield has 

 been calculated from the weight of roots gathered from the two centre rows, each 66 feet 

 long. 



SUGAR BEETS. TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Danish Improved. 



Roval Giant 



Danish Red Top.. 

 Red Top Sugar . . . 

 Wanzleljen , 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



38 230 



37 580 



29 1,7.30 



27 1,935 



2(> 1,460 



French ' Very Rich ' I 26 635 



Improved Imperial 26 470 



Vilmotin's Improved 23 200 



16—24 



Yield 

 I)er Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



26 

 26 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 26 

 19 

 24 



1,460 

 140 



1,580 

 305 

 780 

 800 



1,600 

 840 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



891 

 869 

 859 

 871 

 913 

 880 

 6C0 

 814 



40 

 45 



