DITISIOX OF FORAGE PLANTS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TURNIPS. 



Twenty-two varieties of turnips were tested this year. Four rows of each variety 

 were thrown. Each row was 100 feet in length; the distance between rows was 2^ feet. 

 The hnnd was clay loam, and was summer-fallowed the previous year. The season 

 was too dry for the best results. The germination of the seed was not very good and, 

 as a result, the comparison of the varieties is not in all cases as fair as might be 

 desired. The seed was sown May 14, and the crop harvested October 9. 



Turnips. — Test of Varieties. 



IS'aiiie of Variety. 



Perfection Piiri)k' Toj) 

 New Centiuy 



Canadian (xem. . . 



4j.Jumbo 



5!Invicta 



C Hartley's Bronze Top. . . 



i 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 



15 

 16 



17 



18 

 19 



20 



21 



22 



Lapland 



Carter's Imperial 



Hazard's Improved. . 



(iood Luck 



Mammoth Clyde 



Bangholn\ 



Magnum Bonum 



Mammoth Greystone. 



Hall'.s Westbm-v.. . 

 White Globe 



Ele])hant 



Halevvond's Bron/.e Top . 

 Yellow Aberdeen (Green top). . . 



Yellow Aberdeen (Purple top). . 



Stubb 



Ostersundom 



Des.ription of Variety. 



Purple-top swede, rather flat 



fairly smooth 



Purple-top swede, medium 



smooth 



Purple-top swede, smooth 



Purple'-top swede, rather long. . 

 Purple-top swede, fairly Suiooth 

 Bronze-top swede, rather rough 

 Bronze-top swede, fairlj' smooth 



Purple- top swede, rough 



Mixed-swedes, rough 



Purple-top swede, rather rough 

 Purple-top swede, rather rough 

 Purple-lop swede, fairly smooth 

 Purple-top swede, rather rough 

 Purple-toi), white flesh (not a 



swede), fairly smooth 



Purple-top swede, fairly smooth 

 White, round (not a .swede), 



fairly smooth 



Purple-top swede, verj' rough. . 



Bronze-top swede, rough 



Yellow (not a swede), fairly 



smooth ■ 



Yellow (not a swede), fairly 



smooth 



White, smalt, round, (not a 



swede) 



White flesh, purple-top (not 



a swede) . 



Average 



Yield per Acre. 



Tons. 



l!l 



10 

 19 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 Ifi 

 15 

 15 

 In 

 15 

 14 



14 

 14 



13 

 13 

 13 



12 



Lb. 



1,237 



1,193 

 271 



1,350 

 887 

 257 



1,582 

 259 



1,668 

 972 

 755 

 701 



1,885 



1.27() 



580 



1,362 

 461 

 449 



56 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



653 



6.53 

 T637 

 622 

 587 

 570 

 559 

 537 

 527 

 516 

 512 

 511 

 498 



487 

 476 



456 

 441 



440 



400 

 354 

 322 



290 



Lb. 



13 

 51 

 30 

 27 

 57 

 42 

 39 

 48 

 12 

 35 

 41 

 5 



56 

 20 



2 

 1 



49 



5f) 

 32 



502 



The swede turnips are the best suited to Manitoba conditions. The other types 

 do not yield so well and are not as good keepers. Hall's Westbury and Bangholm 

 which are usually among the be»t yielder.s, are rather low this year, probably due to 

 faulty germination. Perfection Purple Top is a good reliable variety which again 

 shows up well. Canadian Gem is one of the best of the newer varieties. 



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Br.\ndon 



