912 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 

 Averages. 



Six varieties liave been jjrown for five consecutive years. Several others have been 

 grown from two to four years. The average yields obtained for these periods are as 

 follows : — 



Variety. 



Hall's Westbury (average of 5 years) 



Halewood's Bronze Top « 



Perfection Purple Top n 



Magnmn Bonum n 



Good Luck >i 



Hartley's Bronze Top n 



Bangholm (average of 4 years) 



Mammoth Clyde .i 



Jumbo II 



Elephant m 



Canadian Gem (average of 2 years) 



Carter's Imperial n 



Hazard's Improved « 



MANGELS. 

 Eleven varieties of mangels were tested in uniform test rows in the same manner 

 as described for turnips. The land was summer-fallowed the previous year, but had 

 some grassy spots that made the test non-uniform. The germination of seed was poor 

 and uneven. As a result of these causes, it was necessary to calculate the yield from 

 parts of rows in many instances. In this way an effort was made to make the test as 

 fair as possible under the circumstances but, even with this precaution, it cannot be 

 considered fully reliable. The seed was sown May 13, and the crop harvested October 4. 



Mangels. — Test of Varieties. 



No. 



10 



11 



Name of Variety. 



Description of Variety. Yield per Acre. 



Prize Mammoth L(mg Red 



Giant Yellow Intermediate 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Gate Post 



Danish Sludstrup , (mi.xed) 



Yellow Leviathan 



Perfection Mannnoth Red 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Giant Half Sugar White 



Mammoth Long Red 



Golden Tankard .^. (mixed) 



Red, long, fairly smooth 



Medium long, dark yellow, 



clean 



Yellow, globe,' clean, easily 



pulled 



Red, long, rooty, hard to pull. 

 Medium long, dark yellow, 



clean . ._. 



Medium long, dark yellow, 



fairly clean 



Red, long, fairly smooth. . . 

 Yt^llow, globe, clean, easily 



pulled 



Medium long, white, fairly 



clean 



Red, long, rooty, hard tojnill. 

 Medium long, reddish yellow. 



Average . 



25 



1,211 



Yield per Acre. 



853 



31 



Prize Mammoth Long Red gives the highest yield both this season and in the five- 

 year average. It is about the smoothest of the long red mangels. This type of mangel 



is much more difficult to pull than the shorter varieties, 

 are much the easiest type to lift, and are free from roots. 



The yellow globe varieties 



Br.\ndon. 



