REPORT OF TEE DIRECTOR. 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TURNIPS— TEST OF VARIETIES. 



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 4 

 5 

 6 

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 V?. 

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Name of Variety. 



Yield 



per A< re from 



1st Sowing, 



1st Pulling, 



October 16. 



1 Carter's Elephant 



2 Skirvings ... * 



Chaini)i(>n Purple Top 



\Ve.>jt Norfolk Red Top 



Sutton's Champion 



Monarch 



Magnum Bonum 



Drunimond Purple Top 



Shamrock Purple Top 1 



Turnip seed from Whitman Butler, Kellv's 



Cove, N S 



Perfection Swede ' 



Kangaroo 



Elephant's Master \ 



14 Purple Top Swede 



15j Hall's Westbury 



16i Champion Purple Top 



17 East Lothian 



18 Hartley's Bronze Top 



19 Mammoth Clyde 



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 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 2.5 

 26 

 27 

 28 



New Arctic. 



Marquis of Lome 



.Tuinbo 



Webb's Imperial 



Prize Winner 



Prize Purnle Top 



Halew(X)'' 8 Bronze Top.. 



Bangholm Selected - 



Giant King 



Tons. 



42 

 37 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 35 

 .35 

 35 

 33 



33 

 33 

 .33 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 30 

 29 

 28 

 28 

 27 

 24 



Lbs. 



1,800 

 1,240 



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9.30 

 105 

 1,940 

 1,280 

 620 

 825 



660 



825 



330 



1,835 



1,340 



1,010 



680 



3.50 



1,360 



1,195 



1,0.30 



1,030 



370 



390 



80 



1,750 



100 



1,440 



180 



Yield 



per Acre from 



2nd Sowing, 



1st Pulling, 



October 10. 



Tons. 



25 

 31 

 26 

 29 

 34 

 18 

 30 

 24 

 31 



34 



28 

 29 

 30 

 28 

 23 

 30 

 21 

 24 

 26 

 24 

 26 

 27 

 26 

 22 

 23 

 14 

 24 

 21 



Lbs. 



1,1.50 



865 



925 



1.400 



1,300 



795 



1,710 



1,8.30 



37 



310 



925 



575 



1,0.50 



760 



530 



1,050 



240 



1,170 



1,790 



180 



965 



1,9.35 



1,130 



1,375 



860 



1.370 



510 



900 



Yield 



per Acre from 



1st Sowing, 



2nd Pulling, 



November 6. 



Tons. 



45 

 39 

 35 

 37 

 36 

 39 

 33 

 41 

 34 



37 

 33 

 30 

 33 

 38 

 33 

 35 

 34 

 36 

 .35 

 32 

 34 

 35 

 31 

 28 

 33 

 39 

 31 



Lbs. 



1,080 

 210 

 1,445 

 1,570 

 1.920 

 1,.530 

 1,320 

 1,100 

 310 



5S0 

 1,980 



720 



1,320 



65 



1,485 



620 



970 

 1,920 



620 

 1,340 



970 

 1,610 

 1,855 



430 

 1,650 

 1,860 



370 



Yield 



per Acre from 



2nd Sowing, 



2nd Pulling, 



November 6. 



Tons. 



29 

 32 

 26 

 30 

 34 

 23 

 36 

 29 

 29 



28 

 32 

 29 

 .30 

 32 

 32 

 29 

 32 

 24 

 25 

 27 

 28 

 27 

 24 

 26 

 23 

 29 

 17 



Lbs. 



410 

 680 

 635 



1,545 

 805 



1,520 

 270 

 740 



1,730 



1,750 

 845 

 905 

 390 

 350 

 185 

 80 

 20 

 .510 



1,315 

 285 

 595 



1,440 

 840 

 800 

 530 

 410 



1,310 



Tons. Lbs. 



The average of the 1st sowing, 1st pulling was 32 1,541 



2nd .. „ 26 430 



1st „ 2nd .• ....• 35 1,219 



2nd .. .. 28 1,218 



INCREASp IN CROP OF TURNIPS FROM EARLY SOWING ALSO FROM LATE PULLING. 



The results here given emphasize the advantages of early sowing. The average 

 yield of turnips from all ihe varieties from the first sowing and first pulling has 

 exceeded those of the second sowing by 6 tons 1,111 pounds, and in the case of the 

 second pulling made twenty-one days later the larger weight from the earlier sowing 

 is well maintained, the difference being 7 tons 1 pound per acre in favour of early- 

 sowing. 



The figures given also show that the 21 days of additional time given to the roots 

 lO grow between October 16 and November 6 resulted in an average increase in weight 

 in the early sown plots of 2 tons 1,67.8 pounds per acre, while those later sown increased 

 in weight during the same period 2 tons 788 pounds per acre. 



Two acres were sown to fill up the block on the experimental grounds. The soil was 

 clay loam of good quality. The previous crop was experimental plots, wheat, oats, bar- 

 ley. This land received the same fertilizing and treatment as that on which the test of 

 varieties was made. It was cultivated several times in the spring on very sunny days 

 to kill some scutch grass before sowing, it was then made into drills 2 feet apart, and 

 subsequently rolled with a heavy land roller, which flattened the drills nearly one-half, 

 leaving a firm seed bed. The variety chosen was Skirvings, the seed was sown at the 

 rate of 3 pounds i)er acre on June 16 came up June 21, and the roots were pulled 

 November 6. Yield per acre, 26 tons 1,275 pounds, or 854 bushels 35 pounds. 



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