DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SPINACH. 

 Broad Thick Leaved, sown May 6; in use June 1. 



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SQUASH AND MARROWS. 



Four hills of each of the following-, sown May 8„ planted 6 feet apart each way: 

 Mammoth Whale, average weight at the end of August, 16 pounds; Summer Crook- 

 neck, average weight at the end of August, 2 pounds; English Vegetable Marrow, 

 average weight at the end of August, 6 pounds; Hubbard, average weight at the end of 

 August, 4 pounds; Boston, fit for use July 25, average weight when picked August 

 31, 5 pounds. White Bush Scallop, very small when picked. White Congo, seeds of 

 this did not germinate. 



TURNIP, TABLE. 



Extra Early White Milan, sown May 21, fit for use June 19; from plot of one- 

 sixtieth acre the yield was 720 pounds when pulled September 11; very large turnips. 



TOMATO. 



One small package each of following varieties sown under glass April 23 ; trans- 

 planted to the open ground May 29: — Sparks Earliana, C. E. F. strain, 1911; Most 

 productive and early strain, 7-21; Atlantic Prize. Of these different kinds, 135 plants 

 were transplanted and these were doing very well up to July 14, when there was a 

 severe frost and they were cut right down. There were just a very few small ones, 

 and very green, on September 1. 



Potatoes. — Test of Varieties. 



No. 



Name of Variety. 



Irish Cobbler. . 



Gold Coin 



Carman No. 1 . 

 Early Rose. 

 Rochester Rose 



1st Plot 

 Sown. 



May 1 



.. 1 



.. 2 



.. 4 



June 6 



1st Plot 

 Pulled. 



Sept. 20 

 u 20 

 „ 20 

 .. 18 

 .. 21 



Yield 

 per acre 

 1st Plot. 



Bush. Lb. 



96 .. 



168 .. 



2SS . . 



220 .. 



Description of Variety. 



Round, white, very small. 



White, small. 



Oval, white, medium. 



Pink, medium. 



Pink, medium. 



* From 5 pounds ; yield, when dug on September 21, 60 pounds. 



Indian Corn. — Test of Varieties. 



The plot of one-sixtieth of an acre of a dwarf semi-sweet corn seed sent me by 

 Mr. B. C. Phipps from Colorado. This variety was in tassel August 6, in silk, 

 August 26, Corn was formed but very green until cut. 



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