336 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, BRANDON, MANITOBA. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT— W. C. McKILLICAN, B.S.A, 



Horticulture has been an important part of the work of the Experimental Farm 

 at Brandon for the past twenty- three years, and during that time much useful 

 information has been published which has assisted settlers in deciding what to plant, 

 how to plant, and how to care for what they are trying to grow. In 1912 many 

 varieties of fruit trees and bushes, ornamental trees and shrubs, vegetables, and 

 herbaceous perennials and annuals were under test, and in the following report an 

 account is given of the behaviour of some of them. 



VEGETABLES. 



The season was rather an unfavourable one for the vegetable garden. June was 

 the driest in the history of the Farm, and the drought was combined with high 

 temperatures. This interfered with the germination of late-sown seeds, and made it 

 very difficult for newly transplanted plants to live. Following the drought came 

 torrential rains, which washed out some plants and buried others. Finally, a cool, 

 cloudy summer delayed the ripening of tomatoes, melons, and other crops that 

 require much heat. The results obtained are as good as could be expected under 

 the unfavourable weather conditions. 



POTATOES. 



Twenty-four varieties of potatoes were planted in uniform test rows on May 27, in 

 black loam soil. One variety, Everett, was accidentally prevented from making full 

 development, and is not included in the test. The remaining twenty-three varieties 

 were dug on September 24. The following yields are calculated from the product of a 

 66-foot row, or one-two hundred and twentieth of an acre, of each variety. 



POTATOES— TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Table Talk 



Wee McGregor 



Woodbury's White Rose. 



Empire State 



Ashleaf Kidney 



Reeve's. Rose 



Early Ohio 



American Wonder 



Irish Cobbler 



Early Bovee 



Late Puritan . 



Money Maker 



Morgan Seedling 



Peacock's Surprise 



Early White Prize 



Rochester Rose 



Manitoba Wonder 



Sabean Elephant 



Hamilton's Early 



Carman No. 1 



Factor 



Gold Coin 



Hard to Beat. 



When 

 Matured 



Late 



Medium. 

 Late 



Medium. 

 Early . . . 

 Late 

 Early . . . 

 >t . . . 

 Late. .. . 



Medium. 



Early . . 



Medium. 



i' i 



Late 



Medium. 



it 

 liato . . . . 



Average 

 Size. 



Large 

 Small. 

 Large 



Medium 



ti 

 Large . . 

 Medium 

 Large . . 

 Medium 

 Small . . 

 it ... 

 Medium 

 Large . . 

 Medium 



Small . . 



Quality. 



Good 



Medium 

 Good... 



Medium 



Good... 



it . . 



Medium 



Total 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



715 .. 



594 .. 



579 



557 



542 



506 



535 



480 



509 



498 



466 



421 



396 



440 



407 



392 



370 



330 



344 



325 



220 



231 



190 



20 

 20 

 40 



20 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



20 

 20 



40 

 20 

 40 



46 



Yield 

 per Acre 

 of Marke- 

 table . 



Bush. Lb. 



663 

 568 

 564 

 531 

 528 

 498 

 476 

 462 

 458 

 458 

 455 

 388 

 385 

 381 

 352 

 3tl 

 330 

 322 

 293 

 281 

 205 

 194 

 156 



40 

 20 

 40 

 40 



40 

 40 



20 

 20 

 40 

 40 



20 



40 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 ■K) 



« 2 



< s 



Bush. Lb. 



51 

 25 

 14 

 25 

 14 



7 

 58 

 18 

 51 

 40 

 11 

 33 

 11 

 58 

 55 

 51 

 40 



7 



51 

 44 

 14 

 36 

 34 



20 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 20 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 20 



40 



20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



40 

 40 



Form 

 and Colour. 



Long, white. 

 Oval, white. 

 Long, white. 



Pink. 



it 

 Long, white. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, pink & white 

 Long, white. 



Long, russet. 

 Long, white. 

 Long, pink. 



ti pink and white 

 Long, white. 

 Oval, white. 



ti 

 Lonsr, white. 

 Oval, white. 

 Long, white. 



