300 



EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS 



I 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



These beans made fair growth and no rust was noticed. The following are the 

 yields from the different plots : — 



Varietj'. 



Dates of Picking and Yields. 



Au;?ust 8. 



Dwarf Black Speckled . . 



Matchless 



Dwarf Extra Early 



Fair.e of Vitry 



Golden Skinless 



Emperc'r of Russia. . . . 

 Dwarf Wax Every Day 



Lbs 



8 



8 

 10 



3 

 13 

 10 



7 



Oz. 



4 

 

 

 

 

 8 

 



August 15. 



Lbs. 



2 

 4 

 7 

 4 

 5 

 4 



O?. 



August 22. 



Lbs. 



Oz 



8 

 

 

 8 

 



Total Yield from 

 Plot. 



LbP. 



13 

 13 

 17 

 13 

 18 

 16 

 12 



3z. 



12 

 

 8 

 8 

 

 

 8 



TOMATOES. 



Twenty-four varieties of tomatoes were grown last season. The seed of the 

 tomatoes grown this year was sown in hot-beds on April 11. The young plants were 

 pricked out into strawberry boxes on April 25, and planted in the open ground on 

 June 3. They were placed 4 feet apart each way and 10 plants of each variety were 

 used. Following are the yields obtained : — 



Tomatoes. 





1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



IC 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



V.ariety. 



Ripe Fruit. Green Fruit 



Earliest of All 



Early Ruby 



ISlott's 



Maule's New Imperial 



Rockford 



Matchless . . 



Early Minnesota 



Early Hustler . 



Extra Early Atlantic Prize 



Landreth's Earliei^t 



Fordhook's First 



First of All. .^ 



Bright and Early 



May s Favorite 



lEai ly Jewel 



'Radium 



JDiadeni 



[Dominion Day 



iSimmers' Early 



I Early Castle 



jExtra Early Advance 



iCanada .^ 



|Xew Stone '. 



Burpee's Combination 



Lbs. 



54 



52 



46i 



45" 



421 



421 



38 



37^ 



3Gi 



.^5^ 



34 



331 



32 



30i 



29' 



2Sh 



28' 



27^ 



26 



25 



21 



20i 



19 



19 



Lbs. 



21 



241 



19 



48 



2G 



42 



41 



25 



20 



2(> 



39 



21 



34 



22 



33 



16 



31 



23 



48 



38 



26 



50 



26 



42 



Yield 

 per Plot 



Lbs. 



75 



76J 



65i 



93" 



681 



841 



79 



621 



561 



61 1 



73" 



541 



60" 



521 



62" 



441 



50' 



501 



74" 



63 



47 



701 



45" 



61 



