DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



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.ESSiONAL PAPER No. 16 



Following is a record kept of the different yields: — 



Variety. 



Early Jersey Wakefield 



Early Paris Market 



Extra Early Midsummer Savoy. 



Danish Ballhead 



Large Low Flat Drumhead 



Fottler's Imp'd. Brunswick 



Small Lubeck 



Small Erfurt 



Winnings tad t 



Dates of Harvesting and Yields. 



Date. 



Lb. I Date. [ Lb. Date. Lb. Date 



Ju 



y is 

 is! 



19 

 22 



o 

 O 



10 

 14 

 14 

 22 



64 

 91 

 42 

 45 

 42 

 47 

 39 

 34 

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83 

 72 

 64 

 61 

 64 

 64 

 49 

 49 

 22 



July 30 22 

 35 



30 

 30 



35 

 11 



Aug. 1. 



Aug-. 7. 



Lb. 



18 



11 



Total. 



169 lb. 

 198 „ 

 177 .. 

 124 ., 

 117 M 

 139 .. 



99 „ 

 115 „ 



97 .. 



CAULIFLOWERS. 



Variety. 



Danish Giant 



Early Snowball 



Extra Selected Early Erfurt Dwarf. 



Total. 



63 lb. 

 78 „ 

 18 „ 



MUSK MELONS. 



Musk melons were planted in the hotbeds on the 4th March and germinated very 

 slowly. They were transplanted out in the open on the 3rd June where they grew 

 very slowly, the melons only being about half size when the frost set in. 



The following varieties were tried: — 



MUSK MELONS. 



Hackensack, 

 Hoodoo, 

 Montreal Market, 



Emerald Gem, 

 Paul Eose, 

 Earliest Ripe. 



Cole's Early 



WATER MELONS. 



Ice Cream. 



LETTUCE. 



The lettuce was planted in the open on the 3rd June, and all producing good 

 heads, with the exception of Grand Rapids which seemed to germinate slowly. 

 The following are the varieties which were planted: — 



Cos Trianon, 



Black Seeded Simpson, 



All Heart, 



Impd. Hanson, 



Red Edge Victoria, 

 Grand Rapids, 

 Giant Crystal Heart, 

 Iceberff. 



CORN. 



The corn was planted on the 5th June. It all germinated and made good growth 

 until about the 22nd July, when the wet weather set in, retarding the growth so that 

 none of the plots ripened. The following varieties are planted : 



