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5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 

 VEGETABLES. 



Tests were made of the various vegetables from seed supplied from the Experi- 

 mental Fai*m, Ottawa. The land on which these were grown was poor and not very- 

 suitable for vegetables, and no large yields can be reported. 



TOMATOES. 



Forty-one varieties were tested. The variety Alacrity was the earliest, and this, 

 together with the various strains of Earliana, is> undoubtedly the best for this climate. . 

 The Bonny Best also gave good returns of ripe fruit. Six plants of each variety were 

 planted June 7. These were started on April 7. The Alacrity produced, on the 

 average, 7 pounds of ripe fruit per plant, and the various strains of Earliana 4^ 

 pounds of ripe fruit per plant. The total yield of green and ripe fruit was, however, 

 greater with the Earliana strains. 



CABBAGE. ; / 



Twenty-five varieties of cabbage were tested. These were started April 8 and 

 planted in the open ground on May 27. The best early variety tested was the Copen- 

 hagen Market, while Henderson's Succession was a good second early sort. Danish 

 Roundhead is a very firm round variety, and a good keeper. Autumn King and 

 Fottler's Improved Brunswick are excellent, large, late sorts. 



LETTUCE. 



Thirty varieties of lettuce were tested. These were started March 25 and planted 

 in the field May 8. All-Heart, Giant Crystal, and Iceberg were considered the best 

 cabbage-head varieties, and Grand Rapids and Black-seeded Simpson- the best of the 

 open-headed sortsu 



PEAS. 



Ten varieties of garden peas were sown. Gregory's Surprise was the earliest, 

 followed by Excelsior, Thos. Laxton, and Gradus, all of which are good early sorts. 

 For second early, Nott's Excelsior, Premium Gem, and McLean's Advancer. For 

 Main crop, Telephone, Heroine, and Stratagem. For late crop, Juno and Admiral 

 Dewey. 



GARDEN BEAXS. 



Ten sorts of string beans were tested, of which Wardwell's Wax, Early Red 

 Valentine, and Refugee or 1000 to 1, a very late sort, are the best. 



SWEET CORN. 



Fourteen varieties of garden corn were planted but made very inferior growth, 

 due in part to the cool season. The earliest variety was the Early ^Malcolm, which 

 wasi followed by Peep-o'-Day and Extra Early Cory. 



MUSK MELONS. 



Six varieties of musk melon were tested, and three strains of Montreal melon 

 were also included in the trial, these were the Montreal Market, Decarie, and Gorman. 

 The seed was so\vn in S^-inch pots in the greenhouse on March 31. The plants were 

 carried in these pots until May 22, when they were set from the pots to frames 6 by 

 12 feet in size covered with four 3 by 6-foot sashes. The plants should have been set 

 out ten days earlier, but we were delayed in getting the frames ready. 



Kentville. 



