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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD V!l., A. 1906 



Carrots — Test of Varieties, 



Eleven varieties were sown on clay loam on April 19; and were pulled on Octo- 

 ber 23. 



15 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



n 



Name of Variety . 



Ontario Champion 



New ^Vllite Intermediate 



Giant White Vosges 



Carter's Orange Giant 



White Belgian 



Early Gem 



Mammoth White Intermediate. , 



Kos Kirsche 



Improved Short White 



Half Long Chantenay 



Long Yellow Stump-rooted .... 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. Bush. Lbs, 



25 

 24 

 21 

 20 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 13 

 10 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1,744 

 1,368 

 1,296 

 1,448 

 36 

 1,904 

 584 

 1,792 

 1,204 

 1,984 

 1,648 



862 

 822 

 721 

 690 

 «G0 

 598 

 576 

 563 

 554 

 466 

 360 



24 

 48 

 36 

 48 

 36 

 24 

 24 

 12 

 24 

 24 

 48 



Sugar Beets — Test of Varieties. 



Eight varieties of sugar beets were sown on clay loam. The first sowing was made 

 on May 13, the second on May 26 and both lots were taken up on October 21. 



1^ 

 2 



Name of Variety. 



Red Top Sugar 



Royal Giant 



Danish Improved. . . 

 Improved Imperial.. 

 Vilmorin's Improved 



Wauzleben 



French Very Rich . . 

 Danish Red Top . . . 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



27 384 



27 252 



22 616 



19 1,600 



16 1,396 



15 1,416 



15 888 



12 1,872 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot 



Bush. Lbs. 



906 

 904 

 743 

 660 

 556 

 523 

 514 

 431 



24 

 12 

 36 



36 

 36 

 48 

 12 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



21 1,296 



23 1,368 

 18 564 



22 880 

 16 228 

 13 928 

 15 1,812 



24 840 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



721 

 800 

 609 

 748 

 503 

 448 

 530 

 814 



36 

 48 

 24 



48 

 48 

 12 



EXPEEBIENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Forty-one varieties were under test at Indian Head in 1906. The soil wf:S a clay 

 loam summer-fallowed. The potatoes were planted on May 13, the sets being dropped 

 in drills 30 inches apart. They were dug on October 3. There was no rot in any 

 of the varieties; the yield and quality were excellent, and nearly all the tubers were 

 marketable. While as large yields of potatoes have been grown in former years, the 

 quality was not equal to those of this year's growth. The yield! per acre has been 

 obtained by weighing the potatoes from one row 132 feet long. 



