DIVISIOX OF HOh'TlCl LTURE 



711 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



LETTUCE. 



Sown April 25, injured bj-^ high winds and sand. Re-sown June 9. Rows 15 feet 

 long; plants thinned to (i inches apart in the row. 



Variety. 



Kcinarks. 



Red Edged Victoria June 28 



Unrivalled Sumnier j " 28. . . . 



Wheeler's Tom Thumb Destroyed. 



Co.s Trianon I 



All Heart. [[ 



Grand Rapids , 



Giant Crystal Head ' 



Black Seeded Simpson ;June 28 ... . 



Cri.sp as Ice 



Iceberg 



Improved Hanson 



Rousseau Blond Winter 



Durk Green Capucine 



Destroyed.. 



July 3 



Destroyed.. 



11 

 11 



1. 

 26. 



9 



5. 



5. 



5. 

 12. 

 11. 



6. 



8. 

 20 



Ran to seed. 



Ran to seed. 

 Cos lettuce, earlier 

 than Trianon. 



oNIOX.S. 



Sown April 9, germinated May 12, destroyed by saud, and re-sown May 29. Rows 

 30 feet long. Owing to the late sowing the crop did not have time to reach maturity. 



Yaneties. — Dark Red Beauty, Salzer's Wethersfield, Danver's Yellow Globe, Large 

 Red Wethersfield, Extra Early Red, Early Barletta, White Queen, White Pearly Red 

 Australian Brown, Red Early Flat. 



P.VRSNIl'S. 



Sown April 18 in open; destroyed by sand. Rows 30 feet long. 

 Hollow Crown re-sown May 6, destroyed by sand, yield 17 pounds. 

 Hollow Crown re-sown May 26, yield 22 pounds. 



PARSLEY. 



Sown April 18, destroyed by sand. Re-sown June 2, germinated June 23 and 

 grew to a height of 11 iiiches, the variety being Double Curled. 



PEAS. 



Planted May 6, in rows 30 feet long. 



1-.AC0MBE. 



