REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SUARPB 



411 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



both lots of all the varieties were pulled October 27 and 30. The first plots of turnips 

 were sown May 15, and the second series on May 29, and both were pulled October 30. 

 The cold wet weather of April and May prevented a free germination of the seed, 

 and in every case the stand was uneven, and the plants did not begin to grow vigor- 

 ously until well on in June. The lack of rain in the latter part of that month and 

 during July and August prevented a large yield. The yields per acre in all cases 

 have been calculated from the weights of roots obtained from two rows each sixty-six 

 feet long. 



Turnips — Test of Varieties. 





1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



G 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



Name of Variety. 



Magnum Boniim 



Cai ter's Elephant 



Hartley's Bronze 



Hall's Westbury 



Mammoth Clyde 



Selected Purple Top 



Imperial Swede 



East Lothian 



Jumbo 



New Century 



Kangaroo 



Skirvings' 



Elephant's blaster 



Good Luck 



Bangholm Selected 



Perfection Swede 



Sutton's Champion 



Halewood's Bronze Top 



Emperor Swede 



Drummond Purple Top < 



Yield pek Acre. 



Ist Plot. 



Bush. 



686 

 677 

 646 

 629 

 624 

 622 

 600 

 585 

 578 

 576 

 546 

 534 

 534 

 530 

 528 

 525 

 508 

 490 

 475 

 404 



Lbs. 



48 

 12 



48 

 12 

 36 

 48 

 12 

 48 

 48 

 12 

 36 

 12 

 36 

 36 

 48 

 12 

 48 

 36 

 12 



Mangels — Test of Varieties. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



n 



12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 



Name of Variety. 



Giant Sugar Mange 



Prize Mammoth Long Red 



Lion Yellow Intermediate 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Leviathan Long Red 



Gate Post 



Giant \eIlow Globe 



Ideal 



Half Long Sugar White 



Giant Yellow Intermediate. . . . 



Yellow Intermediate . . 



Selected Mammoth Long Red . . , 



Half Long Sugar Rony , 



Mammoth Long Red , 



Mammoth Yellow Intermediate 



Triumph Yellow Globe 



Prize Winner Yellow Globe . . . . 



Yield per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



880 

 803 

 798 

 765 

 765 

 695 

 676 

 677 

 631 

 629 

 627 

 626 

 545 

 534 

 510 

 444 

 431 



36 

 36 

 36 

 12 

 20 

 36 

 24 

 12 



28 

 36 

 36 

 24 

 24 

 12 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



20 

 20 

 19 

 21 

 20 

 21 

 16 

 19 

 18 

 15 

 19 

 15 

 13 

 15 

 14 

 12 

 13 



1,976 



1,448 



808 



372 



1,316 



636 



472 



1,600 



1,224 



1,940 



676 



1,152 



1,984 



492 



116 



1,608 



268 



Bush. Lbs. 



699 

 690 

 646 

 706 

 688 

 710 

 541 

 660 

 620 

 532 

 644 

 519 

 466 

 508 

 468 

 426 

 437 



36 

 48 

 48 

 12 

 36 

 36 

 12 



24 

 24 

 36 

 12 

 24 

 12 

 36 

 48 

 48 



