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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SQUASH. 



Ten varieties were planted on June T, all making fairly good growth. The plots 

 were 3 by 5 feet, with twelve plants to the plot. 



CABBAGE. 



Five varieties of cabbage were sown in hotbeds on the 7th of April, pricked oif on 

 the 28th, and transplanted into the open on June 10. Each plot consisted of two rows 30 

 feet long, 30 inches apart. These in turn comprised forty plants, which were 18 

 inches apart in the rows. Ten average heads in each variety were weighed and 

 recorded as follows : — 



EARLY CABBAGE. 



LATE CABBAGE 



19 IFottlers Imp. Brunswick Aug 



20 JLarge I.,atc Drumhead 



23 jCopenhagen Market 



22 Winningstadt 



23c jExtra Amager Danish Ballhead 



23d jDanish Red Delicatesse 



23b Red Danish Stonehoad 



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