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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



stored in a shed or barn floor and left dry, after which they can be topped and sorted 

 for market. 



The best onion for the average grower is the Australian Brown. For the experienc- 

 ed market gardener the Prize taker will prove the most profitable. The following table 

 gives the date on which these plots were pulled and the yield per acre. 



ONIONS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Prizetaker 



Trebon's Large Yellow. . 



Australian Brown 



Golden Globe 



Australian Yellow Globe 

 Yellow Globe Danvers. . 

 Large Red Wethersfield. 

 Red Wonder 



Market Favourite 



Extra Early Red 



Vanguard 



Mammoth Silver King. . 

 Paris Silver Skin 



When 

 Harvested. 



Sept. 23... 



M 23... 



M 13&23 



„ 13&23 



„ 13&23 



., 23.. 



M 23.. 



„ 13&23 



., 23. 



■I 13. 



Aug. 16. 



„ 24. 



M 24. 



Size 



of 



Onion. 



Large 



Medium. 



Large . . . 



u . . . 



Medium. 



Large . . 

 Medium 

 II . . 

 Large . . 

 Small . . 



Colour 



of 

 Skin. 



Remarks. 



Yellow . 



Brown.. 



Yellow . 



Red.... 

 Brown.. 



Yellow . 

 Red.... 

 White.. 



Fairly well matured . 



Large cropper. 

 Not well matured. 



Well matured, 

 the best. 



One of 



Not well matured. 



Well matured. Appar- 

 ently a strain of Aus- 

 tralian Brown. 



Not well matured. 



Well matured. A good 



flat early kind. 

 Well matured. Good for 



early market. 

 Well matured. Did not 



do as well as usual. 

 Well matured. Good for 



pickling. 



SQUASH, PUMPKINS AND CITRON MELON. 



Eight of the leading varieties of squash, two of pumpkins and one of citron melon 

 were started May 9 in strawberry boxes filled with earth, set in the hot-bed. These 

 were kept quite oool and were not forced, but made a good strong growth. They were 

 set into hills in the open ground June 1 by cutting the boxes and setting the plants 

 without disturbing the soil around the roots. Five seeds were put into each box, and 

 after they started all but three plants to a box were thinned out. Three of these boxes 

 were set to a hill and later on the plants were thinned out to six plants to a hill. 



The hills into which these were set were made May 28 by digging out some of the 

 top soil to a depth of six inches, two feet long and one foot wide, and putting into and 

 tramping manure to a depth of four inches and covering with three or four inches 

 of soil. The plants from the boxes were set practically on the manure. 



A duplicate set of the plots started in the hot-bed were started by planting the 

 seed in these hills May 28. About one dozen seeds were planted to a hill, and they 

 were later thinned to six plants to a hill. These hills after planting were covered 

 with a 12 X 20 glass set on a frame of wood, three inches high. Under this enclosure 



