REPORT OF MR. 0. H. MUTTON 



499 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



CARROTS. 



Five varieties of carrots were tested during the past season. Seed was sown in 

 drills two and one-half feet apart and the young plants were thinned out to from live 

 to seven inches apart in the row. The first sowing was made May 12, and the second 

 May 26, and the roots were harvested October 11. 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



MANGELS. 



Eight varieties of mangels were tested at Lacombe in 1910. The seed was sown 

 in drills two and one-half feet apart and the young plants were thinned to from eight 

 to ten inches apart in the row. The roots were pulled on October 11. 



Mangels — Test of Varieties. 



Variety. 



1 



•> 



O 

 «> 



4 



5 



6 



7 

 8 



1st 



Plot 



Sown. 



2nd 



Plot 



Sown. 



Half Sugar White 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Giant Yellow Globe. . 



Perfection Mammoth 

 Long Red 



Yellow Intermediate. . 



Giant Yellow Inter- 

 mediate 



Prize Mammoth Long 

 Red 



Gate Post. 



1st 



Plot 



Pulled. 



Oct. 11 

 11 

 11 



11 



11 



11 



11 



11 



2nd 



Plot 



Pulled. 



Oct. 11 



„ 11 



.. 11 



„ 11 



.. 11 



„ 11 



H 11 



.. 11 



Yield 



per Acre, 

 1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



12 948 

 10 1,912 



13 928 



84 

 876 



11 1,100 



500 



876 



Yield 



per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Bush. Lbs, 



415 

 365 



448 



301 

 314 



385 



275 

 314 



48 

 12 

 48 



24 

 36 



36 



Yield 

 per Acre, 

 2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



422 

 453 

 356 



385 

 358 



264 



371 

 215 



24 

 12 

 24 



36 



48 

 36 



Sugar Beets. 



Three varieties of sugar beets were sown on land similar to that on which the 

 mangels were sown and given similar cultivation. The seed was sown in drills two 

 and one-half feet apart and from four to five inches was allowed each plant in the row. 

 The dates of sowing and harvest were the same as for mangels and carrotfe. T.he» 

 sugar-content of these roots was not high. Analyses made by Mr. Frank T. Shutt, 

 Dominion Chemist, Central Experimental Farm, showed Vihnorin's Improved to stand 

 first with 13 -4 per cent of saccharine matter. 



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