REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACKAY 377 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH TURNIPS. 



Twenty varieties were sown, the soil was a clay loam; the first sowing was on 

 May 17, and the second sowing on the 26th. They were all pulled on October 23, 



Turnips — Test of Varieties. 



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 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 



Name of Variety. 



Halewood'a Bronze Top. 



Carter's Elephant 



Sutton's Champion . ... 



Hall's Westbury. 



Good Luck 



Perfection 



Skirving's 



Emperor 



Bangholm Selected 



Magnum Bonum , 



Imperial 



Kangaroo 



Jumbo 



Selected Purple Top 



New Century 



East Lothian 



Elephant's Master 



Drunmiond Purple Top. 



Hartley's Bronze 



Mammoth Clyde 



Yield per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



BuBh. Lbs. 



1,291 



1,152 



1,133 



1,097 



1,0.53 



1,040 



1,029 



1,012 



994 



990 



954 



930 



886 



864 



847 



781 



763 



745 



732 



704 



24 



48 



48 

 48 

 3G 

 36 



24 



48 

 36 

 36 

 36 



24 

 48 

 36 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



822 

 778 

 829 

 1,139 

 1,005 

 1,203 

 957 

 943 

 1,113 

 668 

 990 

 877 

 930 

 858 

 990 

 743 

 963 

 814 

 974 

 917 



48 

 48 

 24 

 36 

 24 

 24 



48 

 12 



48 



48 

 36 



36 

 36 



36 

 24 



Maxgels — Test of Varieties. 



Sixteen varieties were sown on clay loam. The first sowing was on May 13, and 

 the second on May 26, and both were taken up October 9. 





Name of Variety. 



Tons. Lbs. 



1 Prizewinner Yellow Globe 



2 Triumph Yellow Globe 



3 Yellow Globe Selected .....* 



4 Mammoth Yellow Intermediate . . 

 5lGiant Yellow Intermediate 



6 Half Sugar White 



7 Yellow Intermediate 



8 Lion Yellow Intermediate 



9 Giant Sugar 



10 Gia-Vit Yellow Globe 



11 Prize Mammoth Long Tied , 



12 Mammoth Long Red 



13 Half Sugar E,osy 



n'Selected Mammoth Long Pied. .. . 



15|Leviathan Long Red 



16 Gate Post 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



40 

 37 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 33 

 33 

 S3 

 32 

 31 

 29 

 28 

 28 

 27 

 26 

 25 



124 



1,240 



1,960 



1,828 



244 



1,980 



1,452 



396 



284 



964 



1,004 



1,156 



628 



120 



404 



1,348 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. Tons. Lbs. 



1,335 



1,254 



1,166 



1,163 



1,137 



1,133 



1,124 



1,106 



1,071 



1,019 



983 



952 



943 



902 



873 



855 



24 



48 

 24 



12 

 36 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 36 

 48 



24 



48 



28 

 476 

 80 

 312 

 1,704 

 29 1,796 

 25 556 

 28 1,420 

 252 

 1,644 

 596 

 608 

 992 



22 1,936 



23 1,916 

 22 220 



25 



20 

 29 

 24 

 27 



27 

 30 

 23 

 29 

 23 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



833 

 974 

 968 

 805 

 928 

 996 

 842 

 957 

 904 

 1,027 

 776 

 976 

 783 

 765 

 798 

 737 



48 

 36 



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21 

 36 

 36 



12 

 24 

 36 

 48 

 12 

 36 

 36 



