REl'ORT OF MR. S. A. BIWFOkD 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. IG 



CABBAGE, 1904. 



Ten varieties of cabbage were sown in cold frame on April 21, and set out in the 

 open on May 31. With two exceptions the germination was exceptionally good and a 

 heavy crop was harvested. Following will be found a list of varieties tested, together 

 with average weights of heads, arranged in order of earliness : — 



Variety. 



Paris Market . . 

 Kxtra ]''arly Express. . . 



Early Eiifiold 



Early Jtr.sey Wakefield 

 Midi-uiniiier Savoy.. . . 

 l^arly Winningstadt . . . 

 Fottlor's Drumhead. . . 



Red ])runihead 



<Treeii Globe Savoj' 



S iperb Dwarf Imperial. 



Germination. 



Good 



tl . . . 



Fair 



Good 



II . . . 



II 



It 



II 



II 



Did not germinate 



Weight. 



Shape. 



GARDEX PEASE, 1904. 



Seven varieties of garden pease were sown in the open on May 10, in double rows 

 3 feet apart. With one exception the germination was good, and a splendid crop was 

 harvested. All varieties ripening their seed. 



Following is the result arranged in order of earliness : — 



Variety. 



.S. & B. E\tra Early . 

 Extra Early Manifold . . 



(jradus 



Aiiitrican Wonder 



Yorkshire Hero , 



Improved Stratagem — 

 Extra Early Leviathan 



Length 



of 



pod. 



2i in. 



2| ., 



4| II 



2^ tl 



4| It 



4i . 



Did not get 



Number 



of 



peas. 



5 to fi 

 5 t, 6 

 8 „ 



t. G 



„ 8 



8 I, 9 

 minate. 



Flavor. 



Fair 



Good 



Very good. 



Good 



Very good . 



Productiveness. 



Mod. productive. 

 Very productive. 

 Not tl 



Very « 

 Fairly « 



We would again call special attention to the variety Gradus. This is beyond ques- 

 tion the earliest large pea yet tested here. The pods are long, and well filled with 

 pease of large size and exceptional quality, and though not a productive variety, the 

 qualities of earliness and flavour which it possesses, make it well worthy of a place iu 



the garden. 



TOMATOES. 



Four varieties of tomatoes were sown in boxes in hot-bed on April 8, 1904, and 

 after transplanting were transferred to the open ground on June 8, 1904. The varieties 

 represented were, Simmers' Earliest, Red Currant, Sparks' Earlia'na and Earliana. All 

 produced some ripe fruit, there being comparatively little difference between the two 

 E'.rliana's either in productiveness or earliness, both of them were earlier ripening than 

 Simuiers' Earliest. The Red Currant tomato is a small fruitod variety, producing its 

 fruit in long bunches, similar to the Currant, and is of fine flavour, making a capital 



