REPORT OF MR. W. 8. BLAIR 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Three varieties of the Alpine, or perpetual strawberry have been tested during 

 the past 4 years. They were St. Joseph, St. Antoine and Jeanne d'Arc. The quality 

 of this fruit is excellent, but outside of that there is nothing to recoramend them. 

 The fruit is small. The plants are not everbearing; in fact, they have a shorter season 

 with us than many of the commonly cultivated varieties. They are of no value from a 

 commercial standpoint. 



The size of these plots and the dates on which the fruit was picked, together with 

 the yield per acre as calculated from the quantity produced on the plots, is given in 

 the following table: — 



Strawberries — Test of Varieties. 



Variety. 



Senator Jjunlap . 



Warfield 



Glen Mary 



Lovett 



Clyde 



Beder Wood . . . . 

 Howard's No. 41 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Qts. 



11,557 

 10,501 

 8,052 

 7,986 

 7,040 

 5,808 

 5,101 



GARDEN PEASE. 



Fifty-two varieties of garden pease were tested this year. The plots were on soil 

 of a uniform character, and in a fair state of fertility. The seed was sown in rows 

 2^ feet apart. May 6, and the pease were planted about 2 inches deep and 2 inches apart 

 in the rows. Each plot was 2 rows IGJ feet long. One row was allowed to ripen seed, 

 and on the other row the pease were picked when fit for market, and the quantity of 

 marketable green pods obtained. The following table gives the yield from these plots, 

 together with other notes taken on the varieties. 



The variety Early Excelsior is an exceptionally early and valuable dwarf pea. 

 Thomas Laxton continues to give best results as a second early sort. The extra Early 

 Leviathan about the same season as Thomas Laxton, is not as good, judging from one 

 test. Carter's Early Morn is practically the same as Gradus. The variety E-ivenhall 

 Wonder is a fine medium late kind. Juno is the best late kind tested. 



