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REPORT OF MR. .V. WOLVERTON 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Three varieties o£ cauliflowers were tested this season. Earliest Erfurt was the 

 best. The seed was sown under glass, April 5, and when the plants were large enough 

 to handle they were pricked off into loxes and transplanted May 23 to the open ground. 

 The following are the results in order of earliness. 



Variety. 



Early Paris . . . 



llarly Snowball. 

 Earliest Erfurt. 



Ready 

 for use. 



.lune 28.. 



-i M 30. 

 . I July 20., 



Description. 



Poor 



Fairly gond . 

 Very good . . 



Average 

 weight. 



Lbs. 



2i, 

 3 



4i 



CUCUSIBERS. 



The cucumber crop was a very satisfactory one, both in yield and quality. Six 

 varieties, viz.. Short Green Gerkin, Improved Long Green, Cumberland, Giant Pera, 

 Long Parisian, Short Green, were sown on May 31 in hills six feet apart each way. 

 Some plants of the Telegraph were grown under glass, which kept up a large supply 

 of cucumbers all summer, some measuring 25 inches long. 



GARDEN PEASE. 



Four varieties of garden pease, viz., American Wonder, Shropshire Hero, York- 

 shire Hero and Nott's Excelsior, were sown in the open on May 3rd in double rows 

 3 feet apart. The germination was good and a splendid crop was gathered. A lata 

 variety, Shropshire Hero, was sown on the 15th of June and produced an abundant 

 crop all through September. 



TOMATOES. 



Two varieties of tomatoes, viz., Earliana and Early Dwarf Stone, were grown. 

 The latter did not do well, only a comparatively few ripening. The former, on the 

 other hand, did remarkably well, giving a continuous and heavy crop of most excellent 

 fruit from August 5 till the first heavy frost late in September. 



SWEET CORN. 



Tliree varieties of corn were sown this year, but none of them ripened any seed. 

 The following are the results obtained from this test : — 



Varieties. 



Sown. 



New Promo 



Extra Early White Cory 

 Sweet Peep o'Day 



May 15. 

 ., 15. 

 .. 15. 



Ready 

 for use. 



Aus 



10.. 

 10 , 

 21.. 



Flavour. 



Very good. 

 Good. 



THE FLO^yER GARDEN. 



The flower garden this year proved a great attraction to visitors, and drew forlh 

 much favourable comment. The mixed border was especially admired, the combinacli/n 

 of the various colours of annuals and perennials forming a magnificent display. 



