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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



CORN. 



Eight varieties of sweet corn were tested with results as tabulated below. The 

 weights were .taken from an average of ten hills. Stowell's Evergreen which is 

 reported as a failure, was so on account of poor seed and non-germination of same; 

 what'few plants did grow were weakly and sick. All corn was harvested in the roast- 

 ing stage or fit for table use. 



Variety. 



Early Evergreen 



Fordhook Early 



Henderson's Metropolitan. 



Country Gentleman 



Black Mexican 



Malakoff 



Golden Bantam 



Stowell's Evergreen 



Planted. 



April 25, 

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 ., 29, 

 n 25, 

 May 5, 

 April 29, 

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 1912 

 1912 

 1912 

 1912 

 1912 

 1912 



Weight. 



lbs. 



42 H 

 39 



36 H 



341 .. 

 30 



214 .1 

 Failure. 



SQUASH. 



Seven varieties of squash were grown and all were harvested while in the growing 

 stage. The weights given are taken from three average hills. The long 

 Vegetable Marrow has proven the most prolific this season, but all the others had a 

 good quality of vegetable. 



Variety. 



Long Vegetable Marrow 



Delicata 



Hubbard 



Custard Marrow White Bush Scallop 



Mammoth White 



Long White Bush Marrow 



Summer Crookneck 



CABBAGE. 



These varieties of cabbages came through after having been planted several 

 tunes and having had several different treatments for cabbage maggot, therefore the 

 results are not considered at all comparable. The weights were taken from average 

 hills. 



Variety. 



Flat Swedish 



Large Late Flat Drumhead .... 



Lubeck 



Extra Amager Danish Billhead 



Red Danish Stonehead 



Copenhagen Market 



Fottler's Improved Brunswick. 

 Improved Amager Roundhead . 



Danish Delicatesse Red 



Danish Summer Ballhead 



Extra Early Midsummer Savoy 



Winningstadt 



Small Erfurt 



Early Jersey Wakefield 



M agdeburg 



Early Paris Market 



Weights. 



82 pounds. 

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