DITISIOy OF HORTICULTURE 



635 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TURNIPS. 



There is practically no market for turnips in the district, as consumers do not 

 like their bitter taste, and buy swedes instead. The only exception would be for the 

 very early season when small vegetables sell in bunches. For this, the Purple Top 

 Milan is the best variety. It was the first one ready for market and the best yield<>r 

 at this Station in 1913. 



Name. 



Seed from. 



Sown. 



Planted. 



Ready 

 for use. 



Thinned to 

 2 inches. 



Rank as to 



Yield 



Earli 



ness. 



Thinned to- 

 4 inches. 



Rank as to 



Yield-! Earli- 

 nes9. 



Strap Leaved Early White 

 Flat 



Strap Leaved Early White 



Flat 



Extra Early Milan 



ti 



Favorite Swede 



Purple Top Milan 



V. seed 1912 May 26 



" 1913.. 

 D.&F. seed 1912 

 V. seed 1913... 



D. «&F 



H 



26. 

 26. 

 26. 

 26. 

 26. 



July 19. 



" 19. 



" 15. 



" 12. 



Aug. 2. 



July 12. 



3 

 2 

 1 



Thinned to six inches. 



1 I 11 3 1 1 



WATERMELON. 



Watermelons are a southern product and will never be grown with profit in this 

 district because, to be relished, they must be eaten during warm weather and they 

 are only fit for use late in the season around here. Phinney's Early was both the 

 heaviest yielder and the earliest, in 1913, and it must be remarked that this dis- 

 tinction belonged to a strain developed here. 



WrrLooF Chicory. 



Witloof Chicory 



;H |May 26. 



Sept.. 6. 



Cap Kouge. 



