REPORT OF THE CHEMIST 



173 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Compared with the results of the previous year (1905), they are on the whole, 

 considerably better, undoubtedly due to the more favourable climatic conditions that 

 prevailed in the autumn months of 1906. 



The data for the past three years are subjoined. 



Varieties Dry 



Year. analysed. matter. Sugar. 



Per cent. Per cent. 



1904 10 11-69 6-62 



190.5 17 1004 4-67 



190G 16 11G3 5-93 



Turnips. — Twenty varieties of turnips have been analysed. Their dry matter 

 ranges from 10-99 per cent to 13-61 per cent, and their sugar content from -90 per 

 cent to 6-23 per cent. As a class, there are not the differences observable in mangels, 

 and especially is this true as regards dry matter. The variety (Eangholm selected) 

 giving 6-23 per cent sugar is exceptional, the highest among the remaining 19 varie- 

 ties being only 2-74 per cent. 



Analysis of Turnips, C.E.F., Ottawa, Ont., 1906, 



Variety. 



Water. 



Magnum Bonuiii , 



Drummond rurple Top . 



East Lothian 



Jumbo 



Biingholm Selected 



Halewood's Bronze Top . 



Kangaroo 



Selected Purple Top . . . . 



New Century 



Hartley's Bronze 



Mammoth Clyde 



Emperor Swede 



Skirvinjrs 



Hall's Westbury 



Elephant's Master 



Imperial Swede 



Perfecti(in Swede 



Carter's Elephant . 

 Sutton's Champic:! . . . 

 Good Luck 



pc 



86 

 86 



87 

 87 

 87 

 87 

 87 

 87 

 87 

 87 

 87 

 88 

 88 

 88 

 88 

 88 

 88 

 88 

 88 

 89 



39 

 79 

 15 

 23 

 32 

 36 

 39 

 36 

 74 

 84 

 87 

 16 

 21 

 24 

 29 

 42 

 29 

 48 

 85 

 01 



Dry 



Matter. 



Sugar 



in 

 Juice. 



50 

 74 

 83 

 43 

 23 

 32 

 32 

 10 

 26 

 52 

 33 

 96 

 21 

 61 

 33 

 11 

 20 

 85 

 53 

 32 



Average 



Weight 



of 



One Root. 



Lbs. 



1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 I 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 I 

 1 

 1 



Ozs. 



6 

 10 







9 



9 

 11 



8 



3 



8 



9 



7 

 15 

 12 

 13 



1 



8 



8 

 11 



8 

 12 



The average results for the past two years are as follows : — 



Year. 



1905. 

 1906 . 



Varieties 

 analysed. 



20 

 20 



Dry 



matter. 



Per cent. 



10-09 



12-18 



Sugar. 

 Per cent. 



1-10 



1-78 



It will be seen, therefore, that the past season, as in the case of the mangels, has 

 produced a more nutritious root. 



Our results again give evidence that owing to greater uniformity in composition 

 there is not the same necessity for selection in the case of turnips as with mangels — 

 that is, from the nutritive standpoint — and that yield and keeping qualities are the 

 important factors to consider when determining the varieties to grow. 



