DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 407 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



VEGETABLES. 



Early Rose potatoes were sown May 18 and dug September 26. The field of three- 

 acres yielded 600 bushels, or about one-third of the return from a field of the same 

 size in 1911. 



Two varieties eacb of carrot3, beets, onions and celery gave good returns. Cab- 

 bage, garden peas, beans, tomatoes, lettuce, radish, turnips, pumpkins and squashes, 

 without exception, gave very satisfactory crops of properly-matured vegetables. 



The culture of the latter being specially under my charge, I will give the details 

 of the results obtained this year. 



Potatoes. — Early Rose. Three acres were planted in rows 3 feet apart. They 

 were planted May 18 and dug September 26, the crop being 600 bushels, just one- 

 third of the previous year. 



Carrots. — Ox-heart and Chantenay, sown in garden April 26; good crop. 



Beets. — Half-long and Eclipse, sown April 30. 



Onions. — Yellow Danvers and Red Wethersfield, sown in the autumn, October 

 21. Both varieties yielded well. 



Celery. — Paris Golden Yellow and White Plume. Set out in garden, May 28. 

 Both varieties did well. 



CABBAGE. 



Lenormand, Paris Semi-hard, Snowball, Express, Etampes, Spring, Succession, 

 Quintol; transplanted in garden end of May. All did well. 



PEA«. 



Alaska, sown April 29; ready for use July 4; good quality. Nott's Excelsior, 

 sown May 7; very good quality. Thomas Laxton, sown May 7; very good quality. 



BEANS. 



Wardwell Kidney Wax, sown June 1; very good quality. 



TOMATOES. 



Sparks Earliana, Trophy, Dominion Day; sown in greenhouse March 14, like 

 the other varieties, and transplanted in garden June 5: first gathering August 15. 



LETTUCE. 



May King, a good quality: Boston, a good quality; Nonpareil, the best tested. 



RADISH. 



Round Scarlet, sown first week in May; a good variety. Scarlet Half Long 

 White Tipped, the best tested. 



TURNIPS. 



Field. — Mammoth Clyde; very poor crop this year. 

 Table Turnips. — Round White; good crop. 



