REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPS. 



443 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Pease — Test of Varieties — Concluded. 



S 



Name of Variety. 



17 Arthur Aug. 9. . 



18 Harrison's Glory i. 11 . . 



19 Black Eyed Marrowfat 



20 Victoria 



21 Picton 



22 Macoun 



23 Archer 



24 Elephant Blue 



25 Canadian Beauty 



26 Trilby 



27 New Potter 



28 Chancellor 



29 Centennial 



30 Agnes 



31 English Gray 



32 Eergus j i, 



33 Gregory ( ,i 



34 Maekay 



35 Elliot 



36Carleton. .. 

 37 Vincent . . . 

 38! Prussian Blue 

 39 King 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



40 

 41 

 42 

 43 

 44 

 45 

 46 

 47 

 48 

 49 

 60 

 61 

 52 

 53 

 64 

 65 

 66 

 67 



Dover 



Bright 



Chelsea 



Cooper 



Oddfellow . . . . 



Mummy 



Kent 



Pearl 



Grass Pea 



Nelson 



Golden Vine. 



Bedford 



Elder 



Multiplier 



Prince Albert. 



Creeper 



Alma, 



Paragon 



10.. 

 15.. 



9.. 

 13.. 

 13.. 



9.. 

 15.. 



8.. 

 10.. 

 15.. 

 13.. 

 14.. 



9.. 

 13.. 

 14.. 



9.. 

 14.. 



9.. 



9.. 

 15.. 

 10.. 

 13.. 

 14.. 

 15.. 

 11.. 



8.. 



11.. 



15.. 



15.. 



Sept. 2.. 



Aug. 10.. 



M 11.. 



M 15.. 



9.. 



6.. 

 M 15.. 



9.. 



9.. 

 .. 11.. 



do 



s 



Ol'C 



>.s 



-\ c4 



2§ 



127 



129 



128 



133 



127 



131 



131 



127 



133 



126 



124 



133 



131 



132 



127 



131 



132 



127 



132 



127 



127 



133 



128 



131 



132 



133 



129 



126 



129 



133 



133 



144 



128 



129 



133 



127 



124 



133 



127 



127 



129 



be 



a 



In. 



40 

 38 

 56 

 66 

 68 

 64 

 60 

 48 

 60 

 54 

 58 

 60 

 54 

 60 

 54 

 60 

 60 

 56 

 48 

 58 

 50 

 60 

 50 

 46 

 60 

 48 

 50 

 48 

 56 

 56 

 50 

 36 

 66 

 62 

 58 

 58 

 50 

 54 

 56 

 47 

 54 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Medium . 

 Weak . . ; 



M . . , 



Medium . 



Weak . . . 



II . . . 



Medium . 



Weak . . . 

 Medium . 



Weak 



Medium. 

 Weak . . . 

 Medium . 



Weak 



Med ium . 

 Weak. . 

 Medium . 

 Weak . . . 



ri . . . 



Medium . 

 Weak . . . 

 Medium. 

 Weak . . . 

 'I . . . 

 Strong. . . 

 Weak . . . 



c 



bo 



c 

 a; 



In. 



3 



2h 



3 



3 



Si 



3 



2i 



^ 



3 



2i 

 3i 

 3 



H 



3 



3i 



4 



3 



2i 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



2i 



2i 



2i 



3 



3 



2 



3 



24 

 3 



2i 



3 



2 



3 



3 



2 



Size of 

 Pea. 



Large. 



Small . . . 

 Medium. 

 Large . . . 

 Medium . 



Large . . . 

 Medium . 

 Large . . . 

 Small . . 

 Medium. 

 Large . . . 

 Medium . 

 Small . . . 

 Medium . 

 Small . . . 



Medium . 

 Large . . . 

 Medium . 

 Large . . . 



Medium . 



Large . . . 

 Medium . 



M 



Large . . . 



Small . . . 

 Medium . 



Small . . . 

 Medium . 



Small . . 



Medium . 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Tons. Lbs. 



1,360 

 1,200 



600 

 1,000 

 1,800 

 1,280 

 1,920 

 1,000 

 1,920 



600 



1,440 

 320 

 1,040 

 t,520 

 1,200 

 2 1,600 

 2 1,340 

 400 

 1,240 

 1,240 

 80 

 1,400 

 440 

 1,960 

 640 

 600 



1 1,520 



320 



400 

 400 



560 



40 



1,000 



600 



1,800 



80 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



1 1,120 



200 

 1,240 



26 



26 



26 



26 



26 



26 



25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



24 



24 



24 



24 



24 



24 



24 



23 



23 



23 



22 



22 



22 



21 



21 



21 



21 



20 



19 



19 



19 



19 



19 



18 



18 



18 



16 



15 



15 



15 



10 



60 



50 

 40 

 20 

 10 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 30 

 30 

 20 



30 

 20 



40 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 20 



30 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 10 



50 



50 

 40 



•3 



_bp 



Lbs 



62 



60 



60i 



62" 



6l| 



60 



60| 



61 



61i 



60| 



614 



60| 



60 



60i 



60 



60 



60^ 



61 



60 



61 



60 



60 



60 



604 



62 



601 



60 



fill 



60 



60 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH IKDIAN COEN. 



Thirty-two varieties of corn were planted in this test. All were planted on May 

 29 and 30. The weather throughout June and the first half of July was so wet and 

 cool that the corn made very poor growth, and presented a yellowish sickly appearance. 

 After the middle of July it picked up a little, but the season, on the whole, has been 

 very unfavourable for this crop, and very few varieties made even fairly good ears of 

 roasting condition by October 3, when it was cut. The land was a sandy loam, and in 

 good condition for com, having had a thick seeding of clover turned under in early 

 May. All the varieties were tested in drills and in hills, the drills being 3 feet apart, 

 and the hills 3 feet apart each way, as in previous years. The drills average a little 

 the heaviest yield. The yields have been calculated from the weight of green fodder 

 cut from two rows, each 66 feet long. 



