REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE. 



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TURNIPS. 



Eleven varieties of turnips were sown alongside, and under precisely similar 

 conditions as to land and treatment. 



The sowings were made, as in the case of the mangels, two weeks apart, and 

 the result shows iu favour of early sowing. 



Name of Variety. 



Rennie's Prize Purple Top, Ist sowing 

 do do 2nd do 



Sutton's Champion, 1st sowing 



do 2nd do 



Mammoth Purple Top, 1st sowing .... 

 do 2nd do 



Carter's Prize Winner, 1st do 



do 2nd do .... 



Selected Purple Top, 1st sowing 



do 2nd do 



Jumbo, 1st sowing ...,.,.. 



do 2nd do 



Carter's Elephant, 1st sowing 



do 2nd do 



Bangholm Improved, 1st sowing.. ... 



do 2nd do 



Selected East Lothian, 1st sowing. . . . 

 do 2nd do 



Skirving's Purple Top, 1st sowing 



do 2nd do 



Monarch 1st sowing 



do 2nd do 



Date 

 of 



Sowing. 



May 13. 



do 26. 



do 13. 



do 26. 



do 13. 



do 26. 



do 13. 



do 26. 



do 13. 



do 27. 



do 13. 



do 27. 



do 13. 



do 26. 



do 13 



do 27. 



do 13. 



do 27. 



do 13. 



do 27. 



do 24. 



June 7 . 



Up. 



May 21. 



June 1. 



May 26. 



June 1 . 



May 22. 



June 3 . 



May 20. 



June 1 . 



May 21. 



June 2. 



May 21. 



June 1 . 



May 21. 



June 1 . 



May 21. 



June 1. 



May 21. 



do 31. 



do 29. 



June 12. 



May 31. 



June 12. 



Yield 

 per Plot. 



Lbs. 



420 

 197 

 325 

 272 

 267 

 237 

 308 

 227 

 339 

 252 

 291 

 202 

 390 

 252 

 400 

 251 

 305 

 188 

 340 

 242 

 320 

 212 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



616 

 288 

 478 

 398 

 391 

 347 

 485 

 339 

 497 

 369 

 426 

 296 

 572 

 374 

 586 

 368 

 447 

 275 

 498 

 354 

 469 

 310 



56 

 30 

 56 

 36 

 36 

 4 

 56 

 72 

 36 

 48 

 16 

 10 



40 

 8 

 20 

 44 

 40 

 56 

 20 

 56 



Three additional plots of turnips were sown on June 14th. 



Two new varieties were sent by Mr. Simmers, seedsman, Toronto, and for com- 

 parison Eennie's Prize Purple Top was sown alongside. As the quantity of seed 

 of the new varieties was limited, it was all sown on the same day. All of these 

 varieties would have given a heavier crop if sown a month earlier. 



