REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Pease — Test of Varieties. 



109 



a; 



Name of "\''ariety. 



1 ParafTon 



2 English Grey 



German White 



Chancellor. _ 



Early Britain 



Crown 



White Marrowfat 



Gregory 



Macoun 



Golden Vine 



Victoria 



Maclcay 



White Wonder 



Arthur 



Carleton 



Prince 



Black-eyed Marrowfat. 



Mummy 



Agnes 



Duke 



Archer 



Prince Albert 



Wisconsin Blue 



Pride 



Nelson 



Daniel O'Rourke 



Picton 



28lKent 



29 Prussian Blue 



30 Pearl 



3 



4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 IS 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 



14 



4 



8 



15 



7 



15 



10 



8 



11 



11 



10 



12 



10 



10 



7 



12 



12 



7 



14 



19 



9 



11 



7 



8 



12 



4 



10 



9 



8 



10 



o.S 



118 

 108 

 112 

 119 

 111 

 119 

 114 

 112 

 115 

 115 

 114 

 116 

 114 

 114 

 111 

 116 

 116 

 111 

 118 

 123 

 113 

 115 

 111 

 112 

 116 

 108 

 114 

 113 

 112 

 114 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Strong . 



Medium 

 Strong. 



Medium 

 Strong, 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



In. 



60-64 

 54-58 

 50-52 

 48-52 

 50-52 

 50-54 

 42-48 

 50-52 

 54-60 

 58-60 

 50-54 

 56-60 

 60 64 

 48 50 

 65-70 

 36-42 

 50-54 

 48-52 

 56-60 

 54-58 

 48-52 

 46-50 

 50-56 

 56-60 

 48-50 

 52-58 

 50-54 

 50-52 

 44^8 

 72-76 



-♦J 

 50 



Lbs. 



6,640 

 6,720 

 5,560 

 5,840 

 5,720 

 5,840 

 5,560 

 6,160 

 6,640 

 5,400 

 5,760 

 5,840 

 6,480 

 5,360 

 6,720 

 5,640 

 5,280 

 6,360 

 6,440 

 5,960 

 5,840 

 6,080 

 5,680 

 5,520 

 6,120 

 6,720 

 5,840 

 5,240 

 5,840 

 5,280 



O 



Ph 

 o 



M 

 bo 



a 



In. 



Size of Pea. 



3 1 Medium 



3 



2i 



3 



3 



2i Small 



2|! Large.. 



2i Medium 



2|i Large . . 



2| Small 



3 Medium 



2i 



3 



2 



2i 



2i 



3 



2i 



% 



2i 



2i 



24 



2i 



3 



2 



3 



2i 



21 



2| 



Large . . 

 Medium 

 Large . . 



Medium 

 Large . 



Medium 

 Small . . 



Large . . 

 Medium 

 Small . . 

 Medium 

 Large . . 

 Medium 

 Large . . 



43 10 



42 40 



42 20 



42 10 



42 10 





Lbs. 



INDIAN COEN. 



Twenty-one varieties of Indian corn were grown for ensilage, in rows three feet 

 apart on a loamy soil. The cold wet spring retarded the growth. The dry hot weather 

 in July and August with constant cultivation kept it growing fast, but the weights of 

 crop are not equal to previous years, and in many cases the ears formed were very 

 small and the grain quite immature. 



The yield has been calculated from the weight of crop grown on two rows each 66 

 feet long. 



The test of corn sown at different distances apart was repeated this year. As in 

 previous 5'ears, the crop wa^ more matured and in better condition where the rows were 

 wide apart, allowing the sun and air to have their full beneficial effect. 



