REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



299 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



GAKDEJSr PEASE. 



Eight varieties of garden pease were sown in plots each 33 feet long by 2^ feet 

 wide. The soil was clay loam of a uniform character in a fair state of fertility. Tho 

 seed was sown in rows 2^ feet apart and the pease were planted 2 inches deep and 2 

 inches apart in the rows. The pease were picked when fit for market and the quantity 

 of green pease in pod recorded. The yields were as follows : — 



Garden Pkase. 



Variety. 



Dates of Picking and Yields. 



American Wonder. 



Prosperity 



Thomas Lax ton . . . 

 Nott's Excelsior. . . 



Ulaudit 



Prince Edward 



Electric Li^ht 



New Surprise 



July 30. 



Lbs. 



7 

 16 

 11 



4 

 8 

 6 



Oz. 





 

 

 



Aug. 7. 



Lbs. 



9 

 1 



3 

 9 

 3 

 1 



Oz. 



8 

 8 



i2 





 8 

 



Total Yield from 

 Plot. 



LbB. 



16 

 17 

 11 

 10 



9 



7 



9 



3 



Oz. 



8 







12 







8 

 8 

 8 



GARDEN BEANS. 



Seven varieties of beans were planted on June 8 in rows 36 feet long. The seed 

 was dropped 2 inches apart in the rows. A duplicate plot of each variety was planted 

 and allowed to ripen. 



