RETORT OF THE CEREALIST 



153 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 1S 



PEAS. 



The plots of peas were sown April 27, the seed being used at the rate of two 

 or three bushels to the acre, according to the size of the pea. 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in ' bushels ' of sixty pound?. 



Varieties under numbers are new cross-bred sorts produced by the Dominion 

 Cerealist. 



* Named varieties and selected strains produced at the Central Experimental Farm 

 are marked with an asterisk. 



Peas — Test of Varieties. 



- 



a. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 '6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 



2;h 



24 



25 

 2G 



27 

 28 



Name of Variety. 



Prussian Blue 



Wisconsin Blue 



Prince* 



White Marrowfat 



English Grey 



Picton* 



Golden Vine 



37 D 



22 E 



Zulu 



31 C 



Daniel O'Rourke 



Paragon* 



Chancellor 



20 E 



35D 



36 A 



19 V 



Mackay* 



37 B.. - . 



Canadian Beauty 



30K 2 



Arthur Selected* 



19 Bl 



37 E 



Black-Eye Marrowfat 



•-'3 11 



23 R 1 



Size 



of 



Pea. 



Date 

 of 



Sowing. 



.Medium April, 

 Large . 

 Medium 



Small . 

 Mediur 



ii 

 Large . 

 Medium 

 Small 

 Mediu 

 Small 

 Media 



in 



Large . 

 Mediui 



Large . 

 Medium 



Weight 

 per mea- 

 sured 

 bushel 

 alter 

 cleaning 



Lbs. 



61 



64 



01 



64 



62 



61 



645 



61 



62 



60 



64 



63 5 



63 



6i 



64 



62 



63 



64 



64 



63 2 



G35 



61 5 



o;> 



61 

 GO 

 63 o 

 HI 

 64 



The average yield of the 28 plots was 1,445 lbs. (24 bushels 5 lbs.) per acre. 



RECOMMENDED VARIETIES OF PEAS. 



Prussian Blue, Arthur and Chancellor are among the most productive sorts, and 

 are also early in ripening. The Marrowfat varieties and Golden Vine are somewhat 

 later in maturing. Most of these varieties can be obtained from seedsmen in Canada. 



