510 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



the experiment, based on the number of varieties tested, or the area devoted to it in 

 the field. 



Thus, in order of earliness are: Lettuce, radishes, peas, onions, parsxiips, early 

 turnips, beets, carrots, salsify, parsley, potatoes, early cabbage, cauliflowers, tomatoes, 

 corn, beans, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, melons, late cabbage, Brussels sprouts, 

 kale, late celery and turnips. 



Asparagus and rhubarb being permanent crops, are not included in this list. 



To do equally full justice to all these crops would have been impossible without 

 more land, men, and equipment; therefore, the Dominion Horticulturist has for some 

 years past paid particular attention to some of these, and the results obtained are 

 decidedly conclusive and may serve as a guide to the extensive growers or market 

 gardeners alike. 



POTATOES. 



One of these crops is the potato, which is still one of the most important here. 

 The work carried on previous to 1911 has been published in Bulletin No. 49, the latest 

 edition having come out in that year. The season of that year was very unfavourable 

 to potato culture, and the crop was so poor that a new supply had to be purchased for 

 seed purposes. Thus, in the table below. No. 1, the best varieties given represent only 

 an average of two years, and may include varieties which other growers have not found 

 profitable, while some may not be included that are very popular with a great many. 

 The following list of the thirty varieties that have given the best yield in 1913, is 

 interesting, but not reliable as a source of information. 



The number of varieties tested in 1912, was 1A5, with a few seedlings. In 1913, 

 120 varieties and a few seedlings were tested.- Besides, a number of samples that were 

 sent from the branch Farms for identification, and several from individuals sent as 

 donations were put under test in comparison with the others. It might be added that 

 the majority of the varieties gave yields somewhat below the average, this being due 

 to the exceedingly dry weather during that part of the season when the tubers should 

 be forming, the effects of which were the more pronounced owing to the light nature 

 of the soil. The tops, however, made a splendid growth and seldom has there been 

 such an abundant bloom on most of the varieties. The potato beetles were easily 

 controlled by repeated sprayings of Bordeaux, poisoned with Paris green and 

 arsenate of lead, in the proportions of 8 ounces Paris green and li pounds arsenate 

 of lead to 40 gallons Bordeaux mixture (6-4-40). The Bordeaux mixture easily 

 checked what little blight there was. Rhizoctonia also was very limited. 



The potatoes were treated with a weak solution of corrosive sublimate 1-1000, 

 before planting, cut in halves, when dry, and the sets planted immediately in furrows, 

 (56 feet long, 2^ feet apart, 1 foot apart in the furrow, and covered 4 to 5 inches deep. 

 Before and again just when the potatoes began to sprout, the land was harrowed in 

 order to loosen the surface, and kill the germinating weeds. Ridge cultiire was 

 adopted, that is, just before the vines began to spread on the surface, a double mould- 

 board plough was passed between the rows, forming ridges in which the tubers 

 developed, and the soil was kept cultivated throughout the season. 



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