REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE. 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Mangels — Test of Varieties. 



HI 



a 



3 



Name of Variety. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Ist Plot. 



Tons. 



1 Giant Yellow Intermediate 28 



2 Giant Yellow Half Long 26 



3'Half Long Sugar Rosy 22 



4 Champion Yellow Globe 20 



5;Mam. Yellow Intermediate 18 



6:Norbiton Giant 18 



TiCanadian Giant 18 



8 Mam. Oval Shaped 18 



9, Yellow Fleshed Tankard 18 



10 Half Long Sugar White 16 



11 Gate Post ; 16 



12 Sutton's Prize Winner 15 



13,Golden Fleshed Tankard 15 



14 Yellow Intermediate 14 



15 Prize Mammoth Long Red . . . 



16 Mammoth Long Red 



17 Gate Post Yellow 



18jSelected Mammoth Long Red. 

 19|Wards Large Oval Shaped. . . . 



20 Lion Yellow Intermediate. . . . 



21 Giant Yellow Globe 



22 Warden Orange Globe 



14 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 11 

 10 

 9 



Lbs, 



],9B0 



800 



1,760 



480 



1,620 



960 



740 



80 



80 



560 



120 



800 



800 



1,920 



1,040 



1,040 



820 



1,720 



1,720 



880 



240 



1,580 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Bush. 

 966 

 880 

 762 

 674 

 627 

 616 

 612 

 601 

 601 

 542 

 535 

 513 

 513 

 498 

 484 

 484 

 480 

 462 

 462 

 381 

 337 

 326 



Lbs. 



40 

 40 



20 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 40 



20 



20 

 20 

 20 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. 

 21 

 19 

 18 

 11 

 22 

 15 

 20 

 17 

 13 

 12 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 17 

 12 

 13 

 15 

 11 

 14 

 11 

 10 



Lbs. 



1,120 



1,380 



80 



880 



880 



1,460 



1,580 



1,640 



400 



640 



600 



1,920 



820 



1,040 



1,200 



640 



180 



360 



1,760 



160 



440 



1,340 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. 

 718 

 656 

 601 

 381 

 748 

 524 

 693 

 594 

 440 

 410 

 476 

 498 

 480 

 484 

 586 

 410 

 430 

 506 

 ,■^96 

 469 

 374 

 355 



libs. 



40 



20 



20 



20 



20 



40 

 40 

 40 

 20 



40 

 40 

 20 



20 



40 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



Nineteen varieties of carrots were tested this year. Two sowings of each sort were 

 made, the first on April 4, the second on May 11. The land was similar in quality and 

 preparation to that used for the mangels, and as the stand was even throughout, a heavy 

 yield was expected, but the cut-worms attacked them and lowered the yield somewhat. 

 Four rows of 100 feet long were sown of each variety at each sowing, and the yield 

 computed from 66 feet of the two centre rows. The roots from both sowings were 

 pulled on October 23. 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



3 



3 



Name of Variety. 



1 Giant White Vosees 



2 Improved Short White 



3 Half Long White 



4 New White Intermediate 



5 Ontario Champion 



6 Early Gem 



7 Carter's Oranere Giant 



8 Mammoth White Intermediate 



9 Green Top Whitp Orthe 



Guerande or Ox-Heart 



Wiiite Belgian ... 



Iverson's Chamjnon 



White Vosges Large Short 



Half Long Chantenay 



Giant Yellow Intermediate . . 



Scarlet Intermediate 



Scarlet Altringham . 



Scarlet Nantes 



Yield per 

 Acre, 



1st Plot. 



Tons. 

 36 

 35 

 33 

 31 

 30 

 28 

 27 

 27 

 26 

 2(; 

 25 

 25 

 23 

 20 

 20 

 17 

 16 

 13 

 13 



Lbs. 

 160 

 400 



480" 



1,660 



l,L'fl0 



1,440 



120 



800 



800 



600 



160 



420 



1,580 



1,360 



1,200 



560 



400 



400 



Yield per 



Acre, 

 1st Plot. 



Bush. 



1,202 



1.173 



1,100 



1,041 



1,026 



953 



924 



902 



880 



880 



843 



836 



773 



693 



672 



586 



542 



440 



440 



Lbs, 

 40 

 20 



20 

 40 

 20 



20 



40 



40 

 40 

 40 



Yield per 



Acre, 

 2nd Plot. 



Tons. 

 31 

 29 

 27 

 24 

 35 

 23 

 23 

 20 

 25 

 23 

 23 

 18 

 21 

 23 

 16 

 12 

 19 

 11 

 11 



Lbs 



920 



740 



120 



400 



400 



1,520 



1,300 



1,580 



1,480 



420 



640 



960 



1,560 



1,960 



780 



640 



1,380 



880 



660 



Yield per 



Acre, 

 2nd Plot. 



Bash. 

 1,048 

 979 

 902 

 806 

 1,173 

 792 

 788 

 693 

 858 

 773 

 777 

 616 

 726 

 782 

 540 

 410 

 666 

 381 

 377 



Lbs. 

 40 



40 

 20 



20 



40 



20 



40 

 20 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 40 



