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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



s. 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH FIELD PEAS. 



TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Peas were sown on root land, on which twelve loads of well-rotted manure was 

 applied the fall before roots were sown. When the roots were taken off, the land was 

 ploughed five inches deep and harrowed, and before the peas were sown in the spring: 

 it was ploughed shallow. 



The peas were sown at the rate of two bushels for small, and three bushels for 

 large sorts, per acre. All varieties were sown on April 11 and 12, the earliest date 

 that peas have ever been put in here. Of all the crops grown, they suffered the least 

 from wind and frost, as far as could be seen. The yield was below former years, but all 

 ripened and were a good sample. Fourteen varieties were sown on }4o acre plots on 

 April 11. 



Peas — Test of Varieties. 



o 



S 

 ■+* 



o 

 J-l 



S 



3 



55 



1 

 2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



Name of Variety. 



Blue 



Mackay. 

 Prussian 



Paragon 



Wisconsin Blue 



Golden Vine , 



Picton 



Prince 



Gregory 



White Marrowfat 



Daniel O'Rourke 



Chancellor 



Arthur 



Black-eye Marrowfat. 

 English Grey 



Size 



of 



Pea. 



Large 

 Medium 



Small 



ii 



Medium 



Small 



Medium 



Large 



Small 



it 

 Large 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 



July 

 Aug. 



July 



ii 

 Aug. 



July 



6. 



5. 



6. 



6. 

 31. 



5. 



5. 



3. 



6 

 31. 

 29. 



I. 



3. 

 28. 



Yield of 





■r. . 





v ■ 



be 

 3 



<V x cJ 



Lbs. 



PEAS — TEST OF FIELD LOTS. 



Four varieties of peas were sown in this test on April 12. Golden Vine was also 

 sown on fallowed land, resulting in very little difference in yield. 



