REl'OR? OF MR. JAMES MURRAY 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PARSNIPS. 



Four varieties of parsnips were sown March 17, but little was gained by such early 

 sowing, as the weather was so unfavourable afterwards. The roots were of fair size 

 and of excellent quality. 



Following are the estimated yields per acre, calculated from 66 feet of one row : — 



Variety , 



Manitoba Prize Intermediate 

 Manitoba Prize Guernsey. . . . 



Elcombe's Giant 



Hollow Crown 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



337 

 278 

 242 

 198 



20 

 40 



OXIO.NS. 



Ten varieties of onions for general use and two for pickling purposes were grown. 



The onion maggot has been very troublesome here for several years, but it did 

 very little damage last year. The young plants were watered several times with a 

 solution of nitrate of soda, and as this stimulated the growth it probably helped in 

 reducing the injury. An excellent crop of well-shaped onions was harvested. 



Variety. 



Large Red Wethersfield 



Improved Red Globe 



Giant Prizetaker 



Sutton's Ailsa Craig 



Large Red Wethersfield (Commercial) 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Danver's Yellow Globe 



Superior Golden Globe 



Perfection Globe 



Australian Brown 



Description. 



Flat, red. 

 Red, globe. 

 White, globular. 

 White, globular. 

 Red, flat. 

 Yellow, globular. 

 Yellow, some flatfish. 

 Yellow, globe. 

 White, globe. 

 Round, brown. 



Earliest White Barletta and Paris Silverskin were grown for pickling purposes, 

 and the former proved the better variety. 



BEETS. 



Seven varieties of beets were grown and produced an excellent crop. 



Variety. 



Egyptian Flat Extra Early 



Nutting's Dwarf Seed 



Early Blood Red Turnip. . . 



Egyptian Extra Early 



Early Flat Egyptian 



New Danish Blood 



Sutton's Pineapple 



Description. 



Very coarse and not true to typp. 

 Not uniform, fair quality. 

 Uniform and good quality and size 

 Fair size and quality. 

 Some turnip shaped and rather 



quality 

 Very badly mixed and poor quality. 

 Medium size and good quality. 



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