REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACKAY 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. <£ 



Cabbage — Sown in hothouse March 18; set out May 23; taken up October 11 



415 



Variety. 



Autumn King 



Chester King 



Surehead 



Early Jersey Wakefield 

 Mammoth Red Rock . . . 



World Beater 



Early Paris Market 



Remarks. 



Large and solid. 



Solid heads. 

 Large and solid. 

 Medium, solid. 



Cabbage — Sown in hothouse April 5; set out May 30; taken up October 11. 



CITRONS. 



Colorado Mammoth, and a variety received from the Central Experimental Farm, 

 were sown in the hothouse on March 19; set out in the garden on May 26; a good 

 crop, average weight, 12 lbs. 



Melons — Sown in the hothouse, March 1ft ; set out, May 26. 



Variety. 



Cole's Early 

 Table Melon 



Remarks. 



Did not ripen. 



RHUBARB. 



Old beds in use from May 20 up to August 25; made a good growth during the 

 season. The following varieties were grown: — 



Myatt Linnaeus. 

 Fottler's Improved. 

 Scarlet Nonpareil. 

 Victoria. 



Royal Linnaeus. 

 Strawberry. 

 Prince Albert, 



