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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 19CS 



ONIONS. 



The onion crop this year was very satisfactory. Seven varieties were sown on 

 April 11 with Planet Junior hand drill, in rows one foot apart. The seed germinated 

 readily and all varieties ripened well. The yield came well up to the average. In 

 the following table they are arranged in the order of productiveness. 



Name of Variety. 



Danver's Yellow Globe 



Trebon's Yellow 



Market Favourite Keeping 



Prize- taker Red Globe 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Giant Prize-taker 



Australian Brown 



Ripe. 



Sept. 



6. 



6. 



6. 



3 



6. 

 12. 

 13. 



Colour. 



Light yellow 



I? 

 Dark yellow 



II red 



Yellow 



Light brown 



Harvested. 



Sept. 15. 

 15. 

 15. 

 15. 

 15. 

 ]5. 

 15. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



3.3 

 24 



i5 



13 



527 

 560 

 •190 

 532 

 .521 

 426 

 315 



PARSNIPS. 



Two varieties of parsnips were tested this year, viz.. Hollow Crown and Elcombe's 

 Giant. They were sown in rows one foot apart and thinned to about 6 inches apart. 

 Hollow Crown gave by far the best results both in size and flavour. 



SQUASH AND PUMPKINS. 



Several varieties of squash and pumpkins were tested this year, including the 

 English vegetable marrow, which is greatly appreciated as a vegetable. It was un- 

 doubtedly the best of the varieties tried. Pumpkins failed to rioen. with the exception 

 of one named ' Sweet or Sugar.' 



CABBAGES. 



Eleven varieties of cabbage were sown under glass April 5, and when large enough 

 to handle were transplanted to boxes and set in a cold frame. They were planted out- 

 side on May 22. All the plants survived and did well. In the folluwmg table they 

 are arranged in order of their earliness : — 



Variety. 



Early Paris 



Fottler's Improved . . . . 



Extra Early Express 



Early Winningstadt.. . . 



Express 



Paris Market 



Late Dutch Drumhead . 



Qvintal Drumhead 



Early Jersey Wakefield . 



Green Globe Savoy 



Dark Red Dutch 



Ready 



for use. 



•Tune 

 July 



Sept. 

 Aug. 

 July 



Sept. 

 Aug. 



28.. 

 15.. 



3.. 



1. 

 10., 

 10. 



1 



5. 

 10. 



1.. 

 15. 



Description. 



iPoor 



jSolid. .. 

 Very firm. 



iFirm 



Good 



Very firm 



Very good . . . 



Good 



Rather loose. 

 Very small . . 



Average 

 weight. 



Lbs. 



H 



7 

 Gi 



5h 



7 



Si 

 13 

 10 



64 



9 



4 



CARROTS. 



Two varieties of carrots, viz., Early French Horn and Intermediate were sown 

 on April 20 with hand drill, in rows eighteen inches apart. The crop was below the 

 average yield, the roots being very small and deformed. 



