520 EXPERIMENTAL FAliAIS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



Early Stone. — Xot first-class in any respect as the flesh was tough, stringy and 

 strong. Large enough for table use July 18. 



Golden Ball. — A strong grower, forming a solid, smooth turnip, but not equal in 

 table qualities to the earlier sorts. 



Radish — Sown April 20. 



Early Scarlet Turnip. — A quick growing variety; sweet, crisp and pleasant. Fit 

 for table May 24. 



Early Scarlet Tipped. — Fit for the table May 26. A smooth, crisp, sweet sort and 

 a rapid grower. 



Long Black Spanish. — Sown August 2. A strong grower but not crisp or sweet; 

 stringy, tough and pungent. 



Lettuce — Sown in Hotbed April 1. 



Iceberg. — A rapid grower. Heads, solid, crisp and very good. Fit for the tabl* 

 May 24 and continues crisp for a long time. Sown in the open May 2. 



Simpsons Early Curled. — A rapid grower and a crisp, sweet, fine-flavoured sort. 

 Fit for the table June 4. 



Early Prize Head. — Fit for the table June 8; sweet and crisp, heads solid, and a 

 very heavy cropper. 



Garden Peas — Sown April 30. 



The peas were sown in drills thirty inches apart. 



Rennie's Queen. — Vines, twenty to twenty-four inches long; moderately produc- 

 tive. Pods, three to four inches long, containing from four to seven large peas of 

 very fine flavour and quality. Fit for the table June 20. 



Thomas Laxton. — Vines from twenty-four to thirty inches long and moderately 

 productive. Pods of medium length and containing from four to six medium large 

 peas of very fine quality. Fit for the table July 3. 



The Pilot. — Vines, twenty-four to thirty-six inches long, and productive. Pods, 

 long and well filled with large peas of very superior quality. Fit for the table July 4. 



Sutton's Earliest Marrow. — Vines, fifteen to twenty inches long and of more than 

 average productiveness. Pods of medium length and containing from three to five 

 medium sized peas, of good flavour. Season very short, as the vines were ripe August 

 1. Fit for the table July 10. 



Improved Ringleader. — Vines twenty-four to thirty inches long and very pro- 

 ductive. Pods, well filled but quite short, containing from three to five medium-sized 

 peas, of very good quality. Fit for the table July 14 and ripe August 5. 



Star of Australia. — Vines of medium length and very productive. Pods, lo:^g. con- 

 taining from five to nine large, sweet peas, of very fine quality. The vines continue 

 producing peas for the table during the whole month of August. First fit for the table 

 July 16. 



New Dwarf Telephone. — Vines fifteen to twenty inches long and very productive. 

 Pods, long and well filled with large, very sweet peas, of delicious quality. Fit for table 

 July IS, and the season continues well on into August. 



