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EXPERIMEXTAL^FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 

 SQUASH AND PUMPKINS — TEST OP VARIETIES. 



c 



Variety. 



Colour. 



Texture and Flavour. 



Ripeness. 



Average 

 Weight. 



Connecticut Field . 

 Golden Oblong . . . . 

 Grey Mammoth. . . 



Japanese Pie 



Large Cheese 



Mammoth Tours. . 



Negro 



Ked E tarn pes 



Striped Custard. . . 



10 Sweet or Sugar . . . 



11 Tennessee Sweet Potato. 



12| Winter Luxury 



ISlBay State (Squash), , 

 14iBoston Marrow . . . . 



15 

 IG 

 17 



IS 

 1!) 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 



29 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 3(1 

 •61 



Brazillian STigar 



Canadian Crookneck 



Cocozelle . . .... 



Delicata (Squash) . . 



Early Gtilden Bush 



Early Golden Bush 



] English Vegetable Marrow . . 



Essex Hybrid (Squash) 



Ex. Early Orange Marrow . . . 



Faxon (Squash) 



Fordhook (Squash) 



Golden Hubbard 



Hubbard (Squash) 



Long white Bush Marrow 



(Squash) 



Long Island Bush (Squash). . 

 Marblehead n 



Mammoth Whale » 

 Pikes Peak n 



Summer Crookneck m 

 Turban u 



Warty Hubbard 



Warren 



White Bush Scallop 



Deep yellow . . . 



n ... 



Greyish green . . 



Deep yellow. . . 

 Grey and green. 

 Deep yellow . . 

 Reddish yellow. 



Deep yellow 



Light yellow . . . 

 Greyich green . . 



Light yellow. 

 Dark green.. . 

 Green white. 

 Light yellow. 



Yellowish white. 



Terra cotta 



Reddish yellow.. 

 Light II . . 

 Dark green 



ir yellow 



M green 



Yellowish white, 



II II . 



Green and white 



Lif,ht green 



Green and white 



Light yellow 



Terra cotta 



Dark green .... 

 Light yellow. . . . 

 White 



Poor feed 



Fair 



For feed 



Very good 



Somewhat coarse 



For feed 



Fair 



Very good 



Did not nearly approach 



matui ity . 



Very good , 



Did not nearly approach 



maturity . 



Very good 



Not ripe 



Did not nearly approach 



maturity. 

 Not ripe 



Very good . 



M 



Poor 



Very good . 

 Fair . . . 

 Very good . 



Not ripe. . . 

 Very good . 



Not ripe. . . 

 For feed . . . 

 Very good . 



Poor 



Very good . 



£0 p. c. ripe 



25 



50 



80 



90 



75 



5 



5 



85 



75 II 

 Not ripe. 



.50 p. c. ri^je. 



5 

 10 

 50 

 90 

 10 

 95 



10 I, 

 Not ripe 



5 p. c. ripe. 

 A few ripe. . . 



p. c. ripe. 



90 



None ripe. . . . 

 75 p. c. ripe. 

 Nearly ripe. . 

 50 p. c. ripe. 

 05 II 

 ;A few ripe. . . 

 10 p. c. ripe. 

 75 II 



28 pounds. 



6 

 28 



8 

 18 

 35 „ 



7 



5J M 



10 



10 



7 



5 



9 

 11 



4 



3* 



8" 

 10 



7 

 11 



7i 



7 

 11 



9 



Sh 



8~ 

 27 



9 



3 

 11 



8 

 14 



4 



CUCUMBERS. 



Nine varieties of cucumbers were sown in the open on May 23, 1904, in hills 5 

 feet apart each way, and as usual a very heavy crop of fruit was harvested before 

 frost. Following is the result of the test arranged in order of earliness : — 



Variety. 



Early Frame 



Early Green Cluster. . . 



Chicago Pickling 



Green Gherkin 



Cumberland 



Early White Spine 



Improved Long Green . 



S. B. Evergreen 



McKenzie's Prolific . . . 



Germination. 



Very good 



Good ".'.'."". 



II 



Fair 



Good 



II 



Poor 



Not one seed germin 





Ounces . 



4 

 4 



8 



12 



9 

 10 



9 



ated. 



Productiveness. 



Very productive 



II II . . . . 



Moderately prod'tive 



M II , . 



Very • « 



Not 



II II . . 



Fairly u 



be be 



Inches. 



6 

 G 

 8 

 4 

 10 

 9 

 9 

 8 



N.B.— Early Frame, E-«rly Green Cluster, Paris Pickling and Cumberland were the cream of the 



varieties tested. 



