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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



ONIONS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Variety. 



Colour. 



Shape. 



Ripeness. 



Size. 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Remarks. 



Giant Brown Roeca 



White Tripoli 



Mammoth Pompeii.. 



Mammoth Silver 



Kin;?. 

 Prize Taker Yellow . 

 Red Tripoli 



Southport Red Globe 

 Early Red Globe 



Tr ebon's Large Yel- 

 low. 

 Gibraltar . . 



Prize Taker Red 



Globe. 

 Giant Yellow Rocca 



Southport Yellow 



Globe. 

 Rod Wethersfield . . . 

 Giant Yellow Globe. 



Yellow Globe Dan- 



vers. 

 Spanish King. ... 



Extra Early Flat 



Red. 

 Red Bassano .... 



Golden Pheasant . . . 



Yellow Globs Dan- 



vers. 

 White Portugal 



Australian Brown . . 



Northland 



Yellow Cracker 



Michigan Yellow 



Globe . 

 Market Favorite 



Keeping. 

 Round Hard Dutch . 



Australian Yellow 



Globe. 

 Red Madeira 



Paris Silver Skin 



Small Barletta 



Small Silver Skin... 

 White Queen 



White Maggiag-ola. . 



Earlv Flat Danvers 



Reddish brown. . Globulai-. 



White Flat 



Deep red i. . . . . 



White Flatti.sh 



Deep yellow Globular. 



Light red .... 



Deep red 



Pale yellow .... 



Light II . . . . 



Medium red. . . 



II yellow 



Deep II 



II red , 



II yellow.... 



Yellow 



Bright red 



Deep II . . . . 



II yellow. . . . 



II II 



White 



Reddish brown. 

 Deep yellow . . . 



II II 



Nearly ripe , 



Not ripe 



Nearly ripe , 



II II . 



Fully II . 

 Nearly n . 



Fully I, . 

 II II 



II II . 



Nearly u , 



Fully 



Not II , 



Fully 



Flattish . 

 Globular. 



Flattish 



Brown yellow. . 



White 



Deep yellow . . . 



Very light pink 



White 



II 



II 



II 



II 



Deep yellow., . 



Globular. 



Flattish . 



Globular. 



Flattish . 



II 

 Globular. 



Flattish . 



Flat 



Globular. 



II 



Flat 



Flattish 



Nearly n 

 Fully 

 Nearlj' n 

 Fully 



Not 

 Fully 



Not. 

 Fully 



Large 



Med. to large . 



II II . . 



II II . . 



Medium 

 Small to med.. 



Medium ... . 



Med. to large., 



Medium .... 



Med. to large. 



II II 

 Medium 



Med. to large.. 



Medium 



Med. to small. 

 Medium ... . 



Med. to large. 



Medium .... 



Small to med. 



It II . 



Med. to large. 



Small to med. 



Small 



II 



Small to V. sin 



II to med 



Medium 



Bush. 

 G41 



591 



580 



563 



549 

 527 



500 

 492 



488 



477 



475 



4G3 



450 



429 

 419 



418 



409 



407 



401 



392 



379 



375 



3G3 



353 

 314 



298 



291 



291 



291 



200 



183 



175 

 163 

 161 



15G 



84 



Rather late for 

 Manitoba. 



Not suitable for 

 storing. 



Not specially de- 

 sirable. 



Not desirable va- 

 riety. 



A good onion. 



Rather late for 

 Manitoba. 



A desirable variety. 



A good early va- 

 riety. 



A fine keeper. 



A in-omising va- 

 riety. 

 A first class variety. 



Too late for Mani- 

 toba. 



An excellent var. 

 for Manitoba. 



A first class variety. 



A good early va- 

 riety. 



A standard variety. 



Rather late for 

 INIanitoba. 



A very earlj- va- 

 riety. 



Rather late for 

 Manitoba. 



.A. new variety of 

 considerable 

 merit. 



Good early vr.rietj'. 



Not a desirable va- 

 riety. 



A good early va- 

 riety. 



A first c!ass variety. 



A good keeper. 



Poor as picklcr or 



large onion. 

 Very badly mixed. 



Late and verj^ 



thick-necked. 

 Too many large 



tubers. 

 A first class pickler. 

 Of only fairquality. 

 Poor as pickler (t 



large onion. 

 Too many large 



bulbs . 

 Germination too 



poor for i)roper 



comparison. 



Itid Welsh, light red, of no value except a bunching onion (no bulbs formed). 



