360 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



These were weighed as they were pulled, a number of the outside leaves being 

 left on. The difference in the average weight per head between the large and the 

 small would show still greater if the cabbage had been stripped of all the loose leaves, 

 because the small heads had a larger number of loose leaves than the large heads, 

 some of the largest heads in fact being almost stripped enough to use. 



CAULIFLOWERS. 



Erfurt Dwarf . . 

 Danish Giant . 

 Early Snowball 



No. of 

 Heads. 



14 

 23 

 14 



Weight. 



Lb. 



32| 



38 



18i 



Average 



Weight per 



Head. 



Lb. 



23 

 1-6 

 13 



CARROTS. 



The following weights are, in each case, for a row thirty feet long: — 



Half Long Chantenay 51^ lb. 



Improved Nantes . . 46 ■< 



French Horn 44 ■■ 



PARSNIPS. 

 Hollow Crown , 714 lb. 



ONIONS. 



Large Red Wethersfield 27 



Danver's Yellow Globe 22 



Salzer's Wethersfield 16 



Johnson's Dark Red Beauty 9 



lb. 



SALSIFY. 



Long White (Oyster Plant) 131 lb. 



BEETS. 



Meteor 21^ lb. 



Early Blood Red Turnip 17 „ 



Ruby Dulcet 15 u 



Egyptian Dark Red Turnip .... 11 



Black Red Ball '. 



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POTATOES. 



The yields are the largest obtained in four years' experience at this Station. 

 The seed cut to two eyes and, in the case of the varieties, was planted 12 inches apart 

 in the row with rows 30 inches apart. They were planted with a plough to a depth 

 of 4 inches. The yields given are for both 1911 and 1912. The discrepancy in the 

 order of the yields is one of those unexplainable things that are the bane of experi- 

 mental work. For instance, in last year's yield Empire State was the highest and 

 Morgan's Seedling sixth. This year Empire State comes eleventh and Morgan Seed- 

 ling first. This explains why the yield from an experiment should not be taken as very 

 reliable until it has been repeated for at least five years. The yields are computed in 

 each case from the weight of one average row of potatoes 78 feet long. The total 



