356 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



Sugar Beets — Test of Varieti 



ES. 



Sown May 11 and 18 and June 13. First two seedings destroyed by cutworms. 

 Crop from last seeding taken up on October 9. 



Name of Variety. 



Royal Giant 



Danish Red Top 



Danish Improved. . . 

 Improved Imperial.. . 

 Red Top Sugar. . . . 



Wauzleben 



Vilmorin's Improved. 

 French Very Rich . . . 



Character of Soil. 



may loam 



19 

 16 

 13 

 13 

 14 

 11 

 10 

 9 



Yield per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



148 

 1,000 

 472 

 8 8 

 1,508 

 308 

 856 

 480 



Bush. Lbs. 



635 

 550 

 541 

 514 

 492 



sn 



347 

 308 



48 



1-2 



48 

 48 

 48 

 36 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Thirty-two varieties have been under trial during the past year. They were all 

 planted on May 12, in clay loam, in rows two and a half feet apart, with the sots 

 about a foot apart in the rows. They were all dug on October 3 and the yield per 

 acre has been calculated from the weight of crop obtained from two rows each 66 

 feet long. There was no rot this year. 



Potatoes— Test of Varieties. 



o 



Name of Variety. 



1 Money Maker 



2 Dalmeny Beauty . . . . 



3 Carman No. 3 



4 Country Gentleman 



5 Canadian Beau ty. . . . 



6 Aahleaf Kidney 



7 Vick's Extra Ear\y. . 



8 Sabean's Elephani . . 



9 Late Puritan 



10 Vermont Gold Cuin 



11 Dreer's Standard . 



12 State of Maine 



13 Empire State 



14 Burnaby Mammoth . 

 15L X. L 



16 American Wonlcr . . 



17 Irish Cobbler 



18 Rochester Rose 



19 Maule's Thoro'bi e I . 



20 Reeve's Rose 



21 Early Envoy 



22 Pearce 



23 Everett 



24 E.irly White Prize . . 



25 Uncle Sam 



26 Early Rose . 



27 Holborn Abundance 



28 Morgan's Seedling . . 



20|Dooley 



SOjBovee 



31 1 Carman No. 1 



32,Pingree 



Average 

 Size. 



Lar^e 



Medium 

 Large . 

 Medium 

 Large 



Medium 



It 

 Large 



Medium 



Large . 

 Medium 



Large, 

 Medium 



II . . 

 Large. . 



II . . 

 Medium 

 Large. . 

 Medium 



Yield tee Acre. 



Marketable . 



Un- 

 marketable 



Bush. Lbs. Bush. Lb?. 



415 

 406 

 3<tl 

 363 

 .".63 

 371 

 352 

 352 

 360 

 360 

 330 

 336 

 310 

 332 

 31 

 321 

 319 

 327 

 305 

 297 

 294 

 305 

 290 

 .305 

 292 

 253 

 275 

 272 

 270 

 242 

 217 

 224 



48 

 .30 

 36 

 12 



20 



48 

 48 



36 

 12 

 12 

 12 



12 



48 

 48 



48 

 48 

 24 

 48 

 36 

 12 



4S 

 36 



48 

 24 



Form and Colour. 



11 



22 

 17 



17' 

 15 



3G 



28 

 15 

 37 

 13 

 13 

 11 

 13 

 4 

 17 

 2i 

 26 

 11 

 17 



6 

 39 

 17 



17 



6 



17 



11 



36 Oval, white. 



Oval, white. 



jOval, white. 



Oval, pink. 



Long, pink. 

 . . . Long, white. 

 SO Oval, pink. 

 24 Long, white. 



Oval, white. 



Oval, white. 



Round, white. 



Oval, white. 



Oval, white. 



Ljug, red. 



Long, pink. 



Oval, white. 



Round, wiiite. 



Long, red. 



Oval, red. 



Oval, red. 

 24 lOval, red. 



Ov.d, red. 



Lving, pink. 



Oval, white. 



Oval, white.- 



Oval, red. 



Oval, white. 



Long, red. 



Ovfll, white. 



Oval, i>ink. 



Oval, white. 



Oval, white. 



36 

 24 

 24 

 12 

 12 



i2 

 24 

 36 

 12 



36 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 36 



