REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE. 



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CARROTS. 



Nine varieties of carrots were sown on land that had been in pease the year 

 previous, and in fodder corn in 1891, and had never had any manure. This, with 

 the unfavourable year and late sowing, accounts for the light yield. 



Name of Variety. 



Improved Short White, 1st sowing 



do do 2nd sowing 



Early Gem, 1st sowing 



do 2nd sowing 



Mammoth White Intermediate, 1st sowing . 



do do 2nd sowing . 



Carter's Orange Giant, 1st sowing 



do do 2nd sowing 



Chantenay \ long Scarlet, 1st sowing 



do do 2nd sowing 



White Belgian, 1st sowing. . : 



do 2nd sowing 



White Vosges, 1st sowing 



do 2nd sowing 



Long Red Coreless, 1st sowing 



do 2nd sowing 



Danvers Orange, 1st sowing . 



do 2nd sowing 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 15. 

 do' 22. 



Up. 



May 25 

 June 7 

 May 26 

 June 8 

 May 25 

 June 8 

 May 25 

 June 7 

 May 24 

 June 7 

 do 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



2. 

 13. 



1. 

 13. 



2. 

 13. 



2. 

 13. 



Pulled. 



Oct. 31. 



do 31. 



do 31. 



do 31. 



do 31. 



do 31. 



do 31 . 



do 31. 



do 

 do 



31. 

 31. 



do 31. 



do 31. 



do 31. 



do 31. 



do 31. 



do 31. 



do 31. 



do 31. 



Yield 



per 



Plot. 



Lbs. 



171 



80 

 101 



74 

 130 

 132 

 120 

 103 

 114 



82 

 124 

 102 

 134 



88 

 106 



78 

 140 



90 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



12 

 5 

 7 

 5 

 9 

 9 

 8 

 7 

 8 

 6 

 9 

 7 

 9 

 6 

 7 

 5 



10 

 6 



1,080 

 1,733 



813 



852 

 1,067 

 1,353 

 1,600 

 1,105 



720 

 27 



186 



960 

 1,653 



907 

 1,573 

 1,388 



533 

 1,200 



SUGAR BEETS. 



Four varieties of sugar beets were sown. Two sowings of each variety were 

 made in rows 30 inches apart and the plants thinned to about 6 inches in the rows. 

 Three rows 66 feet long were weighed and the yield per acre computed. 



The following is the yield per plot and per acre : — 



Name of Variety. 



Klein Wanzleben, 1st sowing 



do 2nd sowing 



White Improved (Vilraorin's), 1st sowing, 

 do do 2nd sowing 



Greentop Brabant, 1st sowing 



do do 2nd sowing , 



French (very rich), 1st sowing 



do do 2nd sowing 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 24., 

 June 7 . . 

 May 24.. 

 June 7 . . 

 May 24.. 

 June 7 . . 

 May 24.. 

 June 7.. 



Up. 



Pulled. 



Nov. 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



Yield 



per 



Plot. 



Lbs. 



102 

 72 

 124 

 102 

 98 

 74 

 98 

 64 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



4 

 3 



5 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 2 



976 

 336 

 912 

 976 

 624 

 522 

 624 

 1,642 



