DIVISION OF CEREALS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Barley Two-row. — Test of Varieties. 



*Note. — The plots of Beaver were very badly shelled by birds before cutting. These yields are 

 the averages from duplicate plots. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEAS. 



Owing to the unusual weather conditions of 1912 the seed for the variety test 

 of peas at this Station was lost, with the exception of Arthur, which is the earliest 

 sort we have been able to secure. The germination of the Arthur pea that was grown 

 at Charlottetown in 1912 was only 12 per cent strong. The seed was sown about 

 twice as thick as usual and a very fair stand obtained showing that a large number 

 of the weak seeds must have grown under soil conditions, which had shown but weak 

 sprouts in the laboratory. The other three sorts were obtained from the Cerealist at 

 Ottawa. Insects did considerable injury, making it difficult to grade out No. 1 seed. 



Peas. — Test of Varieties. 



The yields here given are the averages from duplicate plots. 



Charlottetown. 



