REPORT OF MR. AXGUS MACKA7 



359 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Broccoli. 



Extra Early Wliito. Seed from Vilmorin ; sown April 11 ; sot out May 22. Fair 

 quality. 



Brussels Sprouts. 



Dwarf Improved. Seed from Vilmorin; sown April 11; set out May 22; in use 

 August 30. Small sprouts, good quality. 



Cabbage. 

 Sown in hot-house April 2 ; set out May 22. Taken up October 12. 



Variety. 



Paris Market 



Express 



Midsummer Savoy .... 



Winiiingstadt 



Jersey Wakefield 



Flat butch Drumhead . 

 Fottler's Improved .... 

 Green Globe Savoy . . 

 Early Etampes 



II Winningstadt. . . 



II Summer 



Vandergaw 



Early Favourite 



Chester Savoy ... 



Autumn King 



Lcrge Drumhead 



Dark Red Early Dutch 

 Red Drumhead 



Seed from. 



Vilmorin. 



'Steele, Briggs 



In use. 



July 



Aug. 

 July 

 Aug. 



Aug. 



20. 

 20. 

 26. 

 2. 

 16, 

 20. 

 20. 

 15. 

 28. 

 24. 

 20. 

 18. 



12. 



20. 



20. 



6. 



Average 

 Weight. 



Lbs. 



10 

 4 



7 

 5 

 8 



7i 

 4 



5^ 

 8 

 7 

 12 



5 



n 

 11 



4 

 7i 



Remarks. 



Fair. 



II 

 Rather loose. 

 Very tine. 

 Fair, solid. 

 Good. 



Very good. 



Good. 



Large, flat, solid. 



Very good. 



Did not germinate. 



Fair. 



Good. 



Very fine. 



Fair. 



Very good. 



Carrots. 



Sown April 18 ; pulled October 8. 



Variety. 



Half-long Luc 



Ox Heart 



Early Gem 



Half-long Dan vers 



Market Garden 



Chantenay . 



Half-long Scarlet Nantes. 



Long Blood Red 



French Horn 



Seed from. 



Steele, Briggs 

 II 



Vilmorin 



Steele, Briggs 



Rennie 



11 



Steele, Briggs 

 Vilmorin .... 



In use. 



July 



12. 

 12. 

 12. 

 12. 

 12. 



6. 

 12. 

 24. 



4. 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bushels. 



528 

 495 

 495 

 468 

 396 

 382 

 336 

 336 

 191 



