REPORT OF MR. TV. S. BLAIR. 



329 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Beans — Tkst of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Flageolet Scarlet Wax 



Dwarf German Black Wax 



Lonfj Yellow Six Weeks 



Early Giaiit Wax or Butter 



Early Mohawk 



Dun Colour 



Eaarly China 



Mammoth Red German Wax 



Improved Rust-proof Golden Wax. 



Detroit Wax 



Crystal White Wax . . 



Wardwell's Kidney Wax 



Royal Dwarf Kidney 



.Taber'sl XL..... . 



Extra Early Red Valentine 



Dwarf Bush Strinprless 



Earl}', Large M;uTOwfat. . . . 

 D.warf Bush Gcjlden Wax . . 



Canadian Wonder 



Black-Eyed Wax 



Keeney's Ru.stless Wax .... 



Mammoth Wax 



YosHuiite Wax 



Speckled Wax 



Etxrly Refugee or 1,000 to 1 



Roger's Lima Wax 



Cjdinder Ivory I'odded Wax, . . 

 Giant Dw.irf Wax Red seeded. 



Date when pulled 



for use and 



pounds of 



edible Beans 



per plot. 



Lbs. Oz. 



Aug. 

 7 



16 

 15 

 12 

 10 

 13 



8. 

 8 

 2 

 5 

 10 



2 

 8 

 2 

 10 

 4 



15. 

 8 



12 

 8 

 8 



lo 



10 

 Aupr. 



23 



18 



14 

 8 

 G 



12 

 8 

 4 

 8 



Au!,'. 21 

 8 4 

 3 2 

 G 7 

 3 !» 

 G !) 

 5 7 



15 2 



Lbs. Oz. 



Aug. 15. 

 12 5 

 14 !) 



12 14 



23 10 



11 4 



7 i;^ 



14 4 

 14 3 



13 8 



12 2 



24 7 

 •) U 



Aug. 21. 



13 13 

 21 9 



14 5 



15 8 



10 7 

 20 



17 8 



14 7 



23 !) 



Aug. 31 



12 2 



13 y 

 12 



42 5 



13 6 



11 7 

 21 



Length 



of 



Pod. 



Inches. 



5 to 6 



4 „ 5 



5 I. (> 



5 1, G 



■*<y 11 -Jj 



U 1. 5i 



4i ,1 5"" 



.5' 11 G 



3i 1- 4 



4' 1, 5 



5 11 G 



4 1, 5 



4i 11 5h 



5" M G 



4J 11 5 



5l 1, 6| 



4h .1 5 



3| 1, 4VYeIlow 

 I »h « iih (ireen.. 

 I '6h u 43 Yellow 



3^ .1 i'i 11 . 



Colour 



of 

 Pod. 



Rusted. 



Yellow . Badly . . 

 Slightly 

 Green.. .1 Badly 

 Yellow . 



Green.. . 



Considerably. . 



None 



Badly 



Yellow . Slightly 



II . . Considerably. 



Green... 



Slightly 



Considerably. 

 II 



None 



Considerably. 



Badly 



Con-siderably. 



Badly 



None 



Oi 



-a 



o 



~,2 



How 

 Matured. 



^ o 



4 8 



8 4 

 10 9 



6 14 

 12 



7 8 

 9 



5 13 

 5 14 



9 9 

 10 8 



7 5 



8 9 

 8 



10 5 



9 2 



Badly. 



Slightly 



Considerably. 



Badly 



Considerably. 



Poor. 

 Good. 



Fair. 



Good. 



Fair. 



Good. 

 Fair. 



Good. 



Fair. 



Poor. 



Fair. 



Poor. 



11 

 Fair. 

 Poor. 



Fair. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BEAXS IN HILLS AND EOWS. 



As stated in my last annual report, fhe practice of growing beans in hills is sup- 

 posed by some to hasten the crop of marketable green beans. To obtain further 

 information on this jjoint, nine varieties were grown in hills 2 feet apart, 3 feet apart, 

 and in rows. The yield, as given below of each plot, is from one row 66 feet long. 



There was no apparent difference in the time when the beans in rows and hills 

 were ready for market. The yields did not indicate that one system was better than 

 the other, and the total yield of marketable green beans per plot only is given. The 

 yield of ripened seed from a duplicate plot is also given. The land was cultivated 

 and fertilized the same as the other bean plots. The soil was a heavy clay loam. 



