REPORT OF MR. W. S. BLAIR. 



331 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TOMATOES— TEST OE VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Earliest of all 



Extra Early Jersey 



Mitchell's Xo. 1 



Canada Victor 



Early Bird 



Creekside Glory 



Long Red Perfection .... 



Freedom 



Early Richmond 



Lorillard 



Democrat 



Royal Red 



Early Bermuda 



Livingston's Magnus 



Fordhook's First 



Conference 



Table Queen 



Livingston's Beauty 



Bond's Early Minnesota. 



Atlantic Prize 



Early Ruby 



Waldorf 



Volunteer 



Thorburn's Long Keeper 



Golden Queen 



Mikado 



Dwarf Champion 



Improved Trophy 



Potato Leaf 



Optimus 



Ignotum . , 



Money Maker 



New Stone 



Autocrat 



Early Conqueror 



Maule's New Imperial . . 



Acme 



Matchless 



Enormous 



Crimson Cushion 



Buckeye State 



Imperial 



Poiiderosa 



Baltimore Prize Taker. . 



Favouri te 



YeUow Plum 



Red Peach 



Pear Shajfed Yellow 



Potomac 



New Yellow Peach 



Essex Hybrid 



Comrade 



Honour Bright 



Character 



of 



Fruit. 



Irregular 



II . , 



Medium, smooth 



Irregular 



Round, smooth.. 

 Medium, smooth 



Smooth 



Round, smooth. . 



Irregular 



Round, smooth. . 

 II . . 



Smooth 



Irregular 



Smooth 



II 



Round, smooth. . 

 Smooth 



II ......... 



Round, smooth. . 



Smooth 



Medium, smooth 

 Round, smooth. . 

 Smooth 



II ......... 



ti 



Round, smooth. . 



II >. . 



II . . 



Smooth 



II 



II 



Medium, smooth 

 Smooth 



II 



Medium, smooth 

 Smooth 



II 



11 



II 



Medium, smooth 



Smooth 



Medium, smooth 

 Round, smooth. . 

 Smooth 



II 



II 



II 



II 



Round, smooth. . 

 Smooth 



II . , 



Round, smooth. . 

 Smooth 



Size of Fruit 



Small 

 Medium, 

 Large . . 



II . ■ 

 Medium 

 Large . . 



II • • 

 Medium 

 Large . . 



Very large 

 Large . . 

 Medium 

 Large . . 

 Medium 



II 

 Large . . 

 Medium 

 Small . . 

 Large . . 



Medium 



II 

 Large . . 



Very large 

 Large . . 



Medium 

 Large . . 

 Small . . 



Medium 

 Small . . 

 Medium 



II 

 Large . . 



Yield of Ripe 



Fruit from 

 6 hills, Aug. 30. 



Lbs. Oz. 

 5 .. 



2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



15 



15 



13 



13 



12 



11 



11 



9 



8 



6 



5 



2 



15 



14 



13 



13 



12 



9 



7 



3 



3 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



Total Yield from Six Plants. 



Ripe. 



Lbs. Oz. 



32 2 



55 9 



20 12 



29 9 



37 4 



24 1 



15 15 



32 11 



52 13 



12 2 



11 

 16 

 29 

 19 

 23 

 17 

 22 

 20 

 15 

 32 

 36 

 32 

 12 

 28 

 22 

 20 

 11 

 12 

 14 



28 

 18 

 18 

 IS 

 17 

 17 

 IG 

 15 

 15 

 12 

 12 



2 

 9 

 3 

 8 

 4 

 9 

 5 



4 



7 

 4 

 2 

 8 

 7 

 7 

 1 

 2 



14 12 

 13 2 



4 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 



4 



6 



9 12 



9 .. 



9 .. 



7 s 



7 7 



7 4 



7 . . 

 7 

 6 



4 



6 

 2 



Green. 



Lbs. Oz. 

 15 4 

 68 .. 

 48 

 56 

 58 

 54 



9 

 3 

 7 

 2 



76 15 

 40 2 



40 

 61 



49 

 52 



30 



38 



38 

 39 



31 

 31 

 24 

 42 

 60 

 4;') 



1 



7 

 6 



50 

 32 

 3i 

 48 .. 

 39 2 

 46 13 

 61 8 



2 

 2 



44 15 

 43 .. 



53 15 



48 15 



64 .. 



51 .. 



42 6 



28 14 



70 15 



54 15 

 63 2 



52 12 

 68 15 

 64 ., 

 30 .. 

 49 3 

 46 9 

 38 15 

 36 8 

 3o 13 



53 15 

 33 .. 

 32 15 

 1» 11 



2 



3 



2 



15 



5 



Total. 



Lbs. Oz. 



47 6 



123 9 



69 5 



85 12 



95 11 



78 3 



92 14 



72 13 



102 14 



44 9 



42 

 64 

 68 

 (i6 



81 

 88 

 86 

 61 

 92 

 73 



40 

 42 



68 

 91 

 5(i 



40 

 23 

 38 

 38 

 31 

 49 

 66 

 4!) 



8 

 9 

 5 

 5 



84 12 



57 11 

 83 7 

 64 15 



58 8 



4 

 8 

 6 

 3 

 2 

 8 



62 13 



9 



o:i 7 

 85 11 



1 

 6 

 2 



57 3 

 70 13 



86 1 



81 2 



46 .. 



64 7 



61 11 

 51 5 

 48 14 

 46 9 



62 15 

 42 .. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CAULIFLOWERS. 



Twelve varieties of cauliflower were started in the hot-bed, April 11, in rows, 4 

 inches apart. These were thinned to one inch apart in the rows, April 21. The plants 

 were given good ventilation and grew thrifty and stocky. They were set in the open 

 ground June 2 ; made very good growth and some splendid heads were obtained. 



The land was a clay loam, which was in strawberries the previous season. These 

 were ploughed under in the fall and the land worked up the following spring. No 

 manure was used but complete fertilizer at the rate of 800 pounds per acre was sown 

 broadcast and harrowed in as stated in the potato experiments. The rows were run 24 

 inches apart, rak: d off and the plants set. 



Weights were obtained of the early plots as given in the table, but of the later 

 sorts which headed after August 24 no weights were obtained. 



