316 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



Mangels — Test of Varii:ties. 



y. 



Name of Variety. 



Triumph Yellow Globe .... 

 Prize Winner Yellnv Globe. 

 Prize Mammoth Long Rtd 



3 



•ij.Selected Yellow Globe 



r, 

 



1) 



in 

 11 



12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 1(5 



Yellow Intermediate 



Half Sugar White 



Selected Mammoth Long Red . . 



Ualf Sugar Rosy 



Lion Yellow Intermediate. . 



Mammoth Long Red . . 



Mammoth Yellow Intermediate 



Giant Sugar Mangel 



Gate Po.st 



Leviathan Long Red 



Giant Yellow Intermediate 



Giant Yellow Globe 



38 

 33 

 32 

 32 

 31 

 31 

 29 

 28 

 27 

 27 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 20 

 'Z5 

 24 



Yield per acie. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



296 



264 

 1,472 



410 

 1,624 



304 

 1.400 

 1,288 

 1,176 



384 

 1,850 

 1,856 

 1,001 



272 

 1,744 



312 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,271 



1,104 



1,091 



1,073 



1,000 



1,038 



990 



954 



919 



906 



897 



897 



884 



871 



802 



805 



36 

 24 

 12 

 36 

 24 

 24 



48 

 36 

 24 

 36 

 36 

 24 

 12 

 24 

 12 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



32 

 30 

 29 

 S2 

 20 

 29 

 27 

 25 

 26 

 28 

 27 

 24 

 19 

 22 

 25 

 21 



152 



984 



344 



680 



1,976 



1,928 



1,903 



1,216 



1,850 



760 



120 



840 



1,804 



1,144 



1,216 



768 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,009 

 1,010 

 972 

 1,078 

 699 

 998 

 932 

 853 

 897 

 .946 

 902 

 814 

 664 

 752 

 853 

 712 



12 

 24 



24 



30 

 48 

 48 

 30 

 36 



24 



24 

 36 

 48 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH CAEROTS. 



As in the case of other roots, the yield of carrots was below the average. The 

 average of the New White .Intermediate for five years has been 24 tons 576 lbs., or 

 809 bushels 36 lbs. 



Ten varieties were sown on light clay loam, in rows 18 inches apart, May 8 and 

 May 22. They were pulled October 10. The yield per acre has been calculated from 

 two rows each 66 feet long. 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Name of Variety. 



Carter's Orange Giant. 



Giant White Vosges , 



Long Yellow Stump Rooted ... 



Early Gem , 



Improved Short White 



Ontario Ch.impion 



Half Long Chantenay 



New White Intermediate 



Mammoth White Intermediate 

 White Belgian ... 



Yield per acre. 



1st Plot. 



2nd Plot. 



