DIVISIO^' OF HORTICULTURE 557 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PARSNIPS. 



One variety (Hollow Crown) produced a very large crop of good roots. 



PEPPERS. 



Peppers were a failure, no fruit formed. 



PARSLEY. 



The double curled variety produced an abundance of very fine leaf. 



PEAS. 



Twelve varieties of garden peas were grown, one-half of each row was pulled green 

 and the other haK allowed to ripen. The first ready for use were the Gradus and Greg- 

 ory's Surprise. The vines made a tremendous growth, the dwarf varieties growing 

 as high as the standards usually do, and the standards growing 9 feet high. They all 

 ripened up well. Stratagem, Thos. Laxton, American Wonder, and Gregory's Sur- 

 prise gave the best returns. 



TOMATOES. 



This was a banner year for tomatoes, no less than ten varieties matured fruit. 

 Sparks' Earliana (Sunny Brook strain) with a yield at the rate of over one thousand 

 bushels per acre led with the largest amount of marketable fruit. Alacrity 2-24-9 had 

 a greater total yield but a smaller amount of saleable fruit. These were closely 

 followed by I.X.L., Bonny Best, Rennie's Earliest, and Prosperity. The fruit remained 

 on the vines without being injured by frost untiLOctober 15. 



TURNIPS. 



Among the turnips grown, the Extra Early ^^ hite ]Milan was the best. 



SQUASH. 



The squash patch was a feature of the vegetable gai'den. They not only took 

 possession of the land but produced squash at the rate of over 20 tons per acre. Long 

 Vegetable Marrow led with a yield at the rate of 27 tons 1,500 pounds per acre. The 

 most popular varieties are the Hubbard and the Golden Hubbard. 



POTATOES. 



The uniform test plots of potatoes were grown in the orchard. A check row was 

 grown on either side of the rows of apple trees. The land was under cover crop the 

 previous year. It received about 15 tons of manure per acre of well-rotted barnyard 

 manure, which was well worked into the land a week before planting. The seed was 

 cut into large sets by quartering the potatoes, and planted on May 30. The plants 

 were sprayed regularly and thoroughly with Bordeaux. No blight was observed. The 

 yield per acre was computed from the weight of one row 66 feet long. The tubers 

 were dug October 23, and were very free from rot. Rows 30 inches apart, plants 12 

 inches apart in the rows. 



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