DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



62a 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



BEETS. 



Beets are used nearly exclusively for pickling' in the district, and the dark-red 

 kinds are liked best; the round ones are preferred to the oval, half- long, and long. A. 

 very early variety would have an advantage, becau.se small ones could be sold in 

 bunches when thinning. The Eclipse was the earliest and the heaviest yielder ia 

 1913; as it conforms to the above requirements, it seems the most desirable. 



White Cape. 



H. 



BROCCOLI. 



Mar. 22... June 21... Sept. 4. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



Name. 



Dwarf Improved 

 Dwarf Improved. 

 Dwarf Improved. 



Seed from. 



Sown. 



D. & F. seed '12 April 5. 

 V. seed 1912. ...| " 5. 

 V. seed 1913.... " 5. 



Planted. 



June 23. 

 " 24 

 " 24'. 



Ready 

 for 

 Use. 



Sept. 15. 

 " 1.5. . 

 " 15. . 



Rank aa to 



Yield. 



Earli- 

 ness. 



CABB.\GE. 



The Savoy and Red varieties are not of much importance in this district and; 

 could very well be neglected. For commercial purposes, the autumn varieties, such as 

 Succession, can be left aside and only tlie early and late ones used. Early Jersey 

 Wakefield, once the standard early variety, is now being rapidly pushed a.side by 

 Copenhagen Market, which comes only a few days later and is a much better yielder. 

 If something extra early is required, one of the Alpha group, as St. John Day, can 

 be grown. For fall and winter, especially when keeping quality is taken into con- 

 sideration, nothing can equal the Danish Ballhead group, of which the Extra Amagec 



seems a very good strain. 



Cap Rouge. 



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