REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MAC KAY 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Turnips. — Test op Varfeties. 



Twenty varieties were sown on May 11 and 18 and June 14. The first two seed- 

 ing^ were destroyed by cutworms. The crop from the third seeding was pulled on 

 October 10, and the yield is given below. 



Name of Variety. 



l::::: 



^|Perfeetiun 



lianfjholm Selected 



Hall's We.stbiiry 



Magnum Bonura 



Mammoth Clj'de 



Imperial Swf de ....... 



Elephant's Master 



Carter's Elephant 



(lood Luck 



Kangaroo 



Halewood's Bronze Top. 



Skirving's 



New Century 



]'],a.st Lothian 



Selected Purple Top . . . 



Sutton's Champion 



Dickson's Emperor 



Druromond Purple Top 

 Jumlx) 



Character 



of 



Soil. 



Clay loam 



Yield per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. 



756 

 715 

 710 

 684 

 668 

 572 

 565 

 565 

 561 

 556 

 541 

 536 

 536 

 532 

 517 

 512 

 503 

 486 

 466 

 459 



Lbs. 

 48 



36 



12 

 48 



24 

 24 



36 

 12 

 48 

 48 

 24 



36 

 48 

 12 

 24 

 48 



Mangels — Test of Varieties. 



Fifteen varieties were sown on May 11 and 19 and June 13. The first seeding 

 was destroyed by cutworms. Crop from other two seedings was pulled on October 8. 



Name of Variety. 



Triumph Yellow Globe 



Yellow Globe Selected 



Lion Yellow Intermediate.. . 

 Prize-winner Yellow Globe . 



Yellow Intermediate 



Half Sugar White 



Giant Yf-llow Globe 



Giant Yellow Intermediate. . 



Giant Sugar 



Leviathan Long Red 



Prize Mammoth Long Red . . 



Half Sugar Rosy 



Mammoth Long Red 



Gate Post 



Selected Mammoth Long Red 



Character of Soil. 



Clay loam 



Yield per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



745 

 723 

 701 

 675 

 666 

 624 

 622 

 616 

 611 

 602 

 600 

 596 

 576 

 567 

 457 



48 

 48 

 48 

 24 

 36 

 48 

 36 



86 



48 

 36 

 12 

 24 

 36 

 36 



28 

 22 

 21 

 27 

 23 

 23 

 24 

 24 

 20 

 21 

 19 

 21 

 21 

 18 

 19 



3rd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs.iTons. Lbs. 



232 



1,804 



636 



252 



728 



596 



180 



972 



1,844 



636 



544 



1,296 



900 



1,092 



1,336 



Bash. Lbs. 



937 

 763 

 710 

 904 

 778 

 776 

 803 

 816 

 697 

 710 

 679 

 699 

 715 

 618 

 655 



12 

 24 

 36 

 12 

 48 

 36 



\2 

 24 

 36 

 24 

 36 



\2 

 36 



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