340 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



Variety. 



Challenge Black Wax . . . 

 Ward well's Kidney Wax 



Valentine ... , 



Stringless Green Pod 

 Keeney's Rustless Wax. . 



Early Refugee 



Refugee or 1000 to 1 



Ready for 

 use. 



Height. 



inches . 



15 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 24 

 24 



Remarks. 



Very good quality. 

 Good quality. 

 Excellent quality. 



PEAS. 



Thirteen varieties of peas were planted. A uniform test was not obtained, as 

 the dry weather in June caused poor germination of the late sown varieties. The 

 Keliance was the variety which produced the finest quality of peas. 



CORN. 



Five varieties of table corn were planted on May 28. 



Variety. 



Extra Early Adams . . . 

 Mammoth White Cory 



Malakoff 



Fordhook's Early 



Golden Bantam 



Ready for 

 use. 



Aug. 19 

 ., 27 

 „ 31 



Sept. 3 

 5 



Cooking Test. 



Texture. 



Fairly good. . 



Good 



Good 



A little tough 

 Very good . . . 



Flavour. 



Fairly good. 



Medium, rather flat. 



Very good . 



Fair. 



Excellent. 



TOMATOES. 



Eleven varieties or strains of tomatoes were sown in a hotbed in April, and were 

 planted out in the garden on June 6. Six plants of each kind were planted, three 

 were pruned and three were left unpruned. The yield was as follows : — 



Variety. 



Spark's Earliana (C. E. F. strain No. 12-18). 

 Spark's Earliana (C. E. F. strain No. 12-23). 



Rennie's XXX Earliest 



Bonny Best 



Spark's Earliana (Burpee) 



Spark's Earliana (C. E. F. strain) 



Trophy. •••••• 



Livingston Globe 



Matchless 



Chalk's Early Jewel 



Florida Special ... 



Average of 11 kinds 



Yield of 3 plants pruned. 



Ripe. 



Lb. oz. 



14 05 

 9 00 



3 



2 

 1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



07 

 15* 

 12 

 12 

 08 

 00 

 00 

 8 



3 06 



Green. 



Lb. oz. 



23 00 



16 00 



20 00 



20 00 



25 00 



14 00 



10 08 



23 00 



3 00 



13 08 



14 00 

 16 09 



Yield of 3 plants unpruned 



Ripe. 



Lb. oz. 



1 03 

 1 03 

 1 03 



1 12 



13 



Green. 



Lb. oz. 



12 00 



27 09 



11 00 



18 00 



36 .. 



16 03 

 8 06 

 6 11 

 6 11 



17 12 

 3 09 



14 14 



