REPORT OF TEE CEREALIST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Mangels — Test of Varieties. 



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Name of Variety. 



1 Selected Yellow G lobe 



2 Yellow Intermediate 



3iGiant Yellow Intermediate. . . . 



4 Half Sugar White 



5 Perfection Mammoth Long Red 



01 Giant Yellow Globe 



7| Prize Mammoth Long lied 



8] Gate Post 



The average yield from the first sowing was 43 tons 988 lbs. per acre. 

 The average yield from the second sowing was 56 tons 100 lbs. per acre. 



CARROTS. 



Two sowings were made of each variety, the first on May 12, and the second on 

 May 26. The seed was used at the rate of about six pounds per acre. Before sowing, 

 the land was made up in drills two feet apart and rolled with a heavy roller to make 

 a firm seed bed. When the young plants were about three inches high they were 

 thinned out, leaving them about six inches apart in the rows. The roots were pulleJ 

 October 27. 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



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Name of Variety. 



Half Long Chantenay 



Mammoth White Intermediate 



Improved Short White , 



Ontario Champion 



White Belgian 



The average yield from the first sowing was 34 tons 1,640 lbs. per acre. 

 The average yield from the second sowing was 31 tons 1,920 lbs. per acre. 



SUGAR BEETS. 



Two sowings were made of each variety, the first on May 12, and the second on 

 May 26. The seed was used at the rate of about six pounds per acre. Before sowing, 

 the land was made up in drills two feet apart and rolled with a heavy land roller to 

 make a firm seed bed. When the young plants were about three inches high they were 

 thinned out, leaving them about six inches apart in the rows. The roots were pulled 

 on October 27. 



