132 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 



Date of Planting. 





Early Variety. 



1st planting, May 26, 1898; May 



26, 18'J9 ; May 26, 1900 



2nd planting, June ID, 1898; June 



9, 1899; June 9, 1900 



3rd planting, June 24, 1898 ; June 



23, 1899; June 23, 1900 



4th planting, July 8, 1898 ; July 



7, 1899 ; July 7, 1900 



5th planting, July 23, 1898 ; July 



21, 1899 ; July 21, 1900 



6th planting, August 9, 1898. .. 

 7th ., „ 23,1898... 



Late Variety. 



Planted on same dates as the early 

 variety — 



1st planting 



2nd 



3rd 



4th 

 5th 

 6th 



7th 



pq 



277 



160 



125 



30 



1 





12 



3C 

 24 



48 

 6 





259 



173 



68 



8 



1 



36 



48 



12 



48 



6 



3 



w 



505 



459 



237 



9 



47 

 48 

 10 

 41 



a- 

 ,5 o 



S J3 



338 48 



164 34 



157 18 



19 22 



W 

 409 

 453 

 365 

 268 



26 



12 



I- !> 



K^ i<=i i-H 



a. 



374 





;0 



P3 



.35 



12 



12 300 



12 



24 



48 



24 



277 

 338 

 198 

 202 

 26 



12 

 48 



24 

 24 



303 36 

 224 24 



259 



277 

 167 

 145 



36 

 12 

 12 

 12 



92 

 61 

 44 

 26 



o o 





a; o 





<^^-^' 



. 20 



> „ 





'5 J2 I r 



P3 1-5 : p; 



344 



397 24 ; 



24j357 521289 



36 242 35 193 



24 



17 

 61 

 30 

 57 

 26 



36 

 36 



48 

 12 

 24 



102 

 9 



58 

 10 



291 



225 



141 



76 



9 



74 



58 '52 

 22 68 

 54 '48 



48j28 



52 1 239 

 43 162 

 10115 



51 

 10 



48 



22 52 

 22 63 

 32 25 

 24 28 

 9 



•"00 



,^2 



26 

 30 

 41 



10 



30 

 21 

 38 

 27 

 li» 



POTATOES — RECEIVED FOR TEST IN 1900. 



Every year samples of potatoes are received for test which are either seedlings, 

 not yet named, new named varieties, or varieties for identification. As the quantity 

 received of each of these is usually smaller than that used in the uniform test plots, 

 the comparison of yields between these and the named varieties would not be very 

 conclusive, for this reason, the results from the samples this year are put in the 

 following table : — 



Name of Variety and Address of Sender. 



Red Rock from Jas. Carruthers. MagunHy, X.B. 



From fieo. Pyke, Wolf Is^land, Ont 



Early Elkinah, S. Wile, Branch La Have, N.S , 



Cliurchill Seedling 



Early Summt-r, R. A. Snason. Uxbridge, Ont — 



Montana BhifT, Jas. Lamb, Walkerton, Ont 



Dohson's Early, n w 



Matnniotli Pwirl, u » 



Wall's Orange, n u . . . . 



Silver Dollar 



Califoniia Cup, Ja><. Lamb, Walkerton, Ont. . . , 



I'li-i-pU IMn<.. A. Ef>rciio<in Po<-f AT<iri«n ^"^ S. . 



Number 



of 



Sets 



Planted. 



16 

 66 

 16 

 66 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 33 



:-;3 



16 

 16 



Yield per 



Acre 



Marketable. 



Bush. 

 580 

 532 

 528 

 492 

 440 

 466 

 453 

 422 

 396 

 352 

 228 

 176 



Lis- 



4.S 

 24 



48 



24 

 12 

 24 



48 



Yield per 

 Acre 



Unmarket- 

 able. 



Bush. 

 61 

 30 

 17 

 33 

 74 

 44 

 14 

 17 

 26 

 8 

 .-5 



Lbs. 

 3(1 

 48 

 36 



48 



36 

 24 

 4S 

 12 

 12 



EXPERIMENTS WITH TOMATOES. 



There were 1G7 varieties of tomatoes tested this year. A large number of these 

 are probably synonyms, but seed under that number of names was offered for sale 

 by Canadian and American seedsmen this year. Many of the varieties have now been 

 tested five years, and it is proposed to discontinue growing all those which have not 

 proved to be luiiong the best. 



