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EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS. 



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The variety Late Flat Dutch does not compare favourably with Marblehead 

 Mammoth as a standard late variety. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Two varieties were sown on April 20, in hotbeds, viz., Early Snowball and Large 

 Early Erfurt, and only very few heads were obtained from the former before frost, 

 while the latter failed to bring any to a condition fit for table. 



CELERY. 



Four varieties of celery were sown in boxes in hotbed on March 29, viz.. White 

 Plume, Pink Plume, Giant Pascal and London Prize Red. The germination was good 

 in all cases but one, viz., London Prize Red, wliich was evidently very poor seed. 

 Exceptionally fine plants resulted, but on account of the very dry weather at planting 

 time, and our very inadequate water supply, it was deemed unadvisable to put out the 

 plants. 



CHICORY. 



One variety (Large Rooted Magdeburg) was sown on May 3, and produced magnifi- 

 cent roots. This is the second test of this vegetable here, and on both occasions the 

 yield and quality have be^n exceptional. 



CORN. 



This vegetable produced a good crop, despite the drawbacks of the year. Four 

 varieties, viz.. Early Cory, First-of-all, Mitchell's Extra Early and Squaw Improved, 

 were sown with the Planet Junior Hill drill, in rows 4 feet apart and 2 feet apart in 

 the row, on May 21. Though a portion of the seed came up immediately, germination 

 was not complete until after lhe June rains, but even the later part of the crop came to 

 a condition fit for table use, and in some cases ripened. The bulk of Mitchell's Extra 

 Early and Squaw, and about 20 per cent of Cory and First-of-all produced ripe seed. 



Variety. 



Early Cory 



First of All 



Mitchell's Extra Early, 

 Squaw Corn 



Sown. 



May 21. 



H 21. 



M 21. 



n 31. 



Reafly 



for Use. 



Aug. 15 . 



II 15. 



„ 10. 



>, 10. 



Type. 



8 row, swe't 



10 „ 



8 M flint. 



Length 

 of Head. 



In. 

 6 



6 



7 



Weight Per 

 Dozen. 



Lbs. 

 4 



3i 

 4 



Flavour. 



Good. 



It 



Fair. 



CUCUMBERS. 



The cucumber crop was, on the whole, a very fair one, and had it not been for the 

 hail storm in August would have been fully up to the usual standard. Fortunately, 

 however, a fair quantity of fruit had been gathered previous to this. The forcing 

 variety (Carter's Model) grown in the greenhouse produced some very fine early fruit. 



