DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 519 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



as the Wakefield is tlie Paris Market, very early, wliicli is very good. Copenhagen 

 Market and the Norseman, with roundish heads, are also early, followed by Danish 

 Summer Ballhead and Roundhead, as second early varieties. 



The Early Cauliflower has been a failure entirely the last season, because of the 

 hot, dry spring. Tar-felt-paper discs preserved them from the attack of the root- 

 maggot. 



Both early cabbage and cauliflower were sown in hotbeds on the 12th of April 

 and transplanted into cold frames eleven days later, where they remained until the 

 25th of May. In the field the plants were planted in rows 30 inches apart, and 

 18 inches in the row, and were given the usual cultivation and hoeing. 



Late Cahhage. — The season for this was on the whole more favourable than for 

 early cabbage. The growth was somewhat checked during the early part, but later 

 when there was plenty of moisture the heads developed almost too fast. Twenty-one 

 varieties were tested. The best and earliest of the late varieties are: German Nofalt, 

 which is small to medium in size, roundish and compact; Magdeburg, with very 

 much the same description, followed in earliness by the Flat Swedish, which forms 

 large, solid, flat heads, with outer leaves somewhat spreading; the Danish Roundliead, 

 which this year gave small round heads, enclosed by a mass of strong, erect outer 

 leaves; Headwell, medium large, flat and attractive; Autumn Winter, which is of the 

 same type as Premium Flat Dutch; to be followed perhaps by still later, but good 

 sorts, such as the J.ate Stonehead. medium in size, round, spreading outer leaves; 

 Corn Belt, a large, flat variety with compact heads; and the Volga, which is mediuin 

 large, and also compact. 



Good varieties of red cabbage are : Extra Blood-red Drumhead, Red Danish 

 Stonehead, and Danish Round-Red. 



Late Caulifloiver. — In general, the season for this crop was not favourable, tho 

 heads began to develop too late in the season, and, with many, the growth was cut 

 short by the early fall frosts. The results, however, were fairly conclusive, and as 

 follows : According to the number of marketable heads produced, " Dry Weather " 

 heads the list, with an " Early Snowball " as second. The latter, though, is much 

 preferable in shape and keeping qualities of the flower head; on the other hand, 

 "Early Snowball" received from other sources than this first one, has produced a 

 very small number of marketable heads, showing the importance of a good strain. 

 Gilt Edge, Copenhagen Market, and All the Year Round follow the first mentioned, 

 while Dwarf Erfurt, and its strains, come about in the middle of the list. Tho 

 actual figures, though, will not be published for some time yet. 



As to the manner of shading the heads, tying and breaking the leaves over them 

 have been tried and it has been found that during the earlier part of the season, when 

 the days arc still hot and dry, tying is much better, while later on, and during wet 

 weather, this method shades the heads too much, and is apt to spoil their appearance, 

 especially when the green cabbage worm is present. 



- BEETS. 



Markets require different types of beets in different places; thus, while some 

 demand the flat beet, others want a more roundish sort. A list of a few of the best 

 of each type is published, with the description of form and colour of flesh. 



Generally speaking, beets with dark flesh ai-e better than those that show large 

 white rings, such as the Bonfire beet or Crimson Globe, As to the variety named 



Ottawa. 



