REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



MUSK MELONS. 



125 



Name of Variety. 







S-rf 



.5 o 



3S I 



Sept. 13. Sept. 



Rocky Ford Aug. 29. 



Extra Early Prize .. 29. 



Earliest Ripe Sept. 8. 



Emerald Gem ; ■■ 2. 





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O 



— 



O DO 



Qj O 



Aug. 30. 



10. Sept. 4. 



Aug. 



3. 



8. 

 29. 

 The Captain n 13. Sept. 5. 



8. 

 18. 



Earliest of All 



Early Bristol 



Early Green Nutmeg. . 



White Japan 



Cosmopolitan 



Golden Jenny 



Long Yellow 



Pine Apple 



Hackensack 



Early Burlington 



Princess 



Banana 



Improved Cantaloupe. 



Early Cassaba 



Missouri 



Christiana 



Bay View 



Surprise 



New Triumph 



.. 19. 



.. 13. 



., 8. 



« 19. 



.. 8. 



» 19. 



Aug. 26. 

 Sept. 13. 



,. 19. 



. 23. 



» 19. 



.. 23. 



.. 2. 



,. 8. 



., 29. 



„ 13. 



.. 25. 



n 19. 



.. 29. 





1 o 



•2T3 



z — 



13. 

 10. 



8. 

 17. 



8. 



3. 

 19. 

 10. 

 18. 

 25. 

 18. 

 18. 

 10. 



8. 

 17. 

 17. 



Aug. 24. 



,. 22. 



„ 28. 



.. 30. 



.. 24. 



,, 30. 

 Sept. 4. 



., 3. 

 Aug. 28. 



.. 28. 



.. 22. 



,. 31. 



.. 24. 



, 31. 



H 31. 

 Sept. 7. 

 Aug. 26. 

 Sept. 4. 



.. 7 

 Aug. 31 

 Sept. 4 



., 4 



h 4. Aug. 26. 



8 



25 



32 



23 



14 



21 



5 



1 



6 



11 



11 



7 



9 



6 



7 



10 

 4 

 5 

 7 



13 

 1 

 5 

 5 

 3 

 1 



3 D 



3S 



45 

 37 

 45 

 37 

 39 

 28 

 15 

 30 

 8 

 6 



16 

 5 

 2 

 7 

 1 



16 



15 



12 



4 



2 



15 



6 



4 



2 



3 



*j GO 



O fi 



. o 





88 



54 



27 



46 



37 



42 



41 



26 



39 



36 



25 



40 



37 



34 



39 



21 



27 



27 



28 



25 



24 



26 



23 



29 



30 



47 

 39 



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X o 

 be"*- 1 



'5 a 



CpkH 

 > C.H 



Lbs. oz. 



1 \\ Small 



Size and Quality. 



14* 



12 



14 



101 



1\ 



2i 



15J 



9* 



lOf 



11 

 164 



oh 

 l* 



12J 



green flesh, good 

 quality. 



It H 



Small, green flesh, pooi 



quality. 

 Above medium, yellow 



flesh, medium quality. 

 Small, yellow flesh, very 



good quality. 

 Small, green flesh, me- 

 dium quality. 

 Small, green flesh, good 



quality. 

 Below medium size, green 



flesh, medium quality. 

 Medium size, green flesh, 



very good quality. 

 Below medium size, green 



flesh, very good quality. 

 Medium size, green flesh, 



very good quality. 

 Small, green flesh, me- 

 dium quality. 

 Large, yellow flesh, pooi 



quality. 

 Small, green flesh, good 



quality. 

 Medium size, green flesh, 



good quality. 

 Below medium size, green 



flesh, good quality. 

 Medium size, green flesh, 



good quality. 

 Medium size, yellow flesh, 



good quality. 

 Above medium size, deep 

 yellow flesh, poor quality, 

 Below medium size, green 



flesh, good quality. 

 Below medium size, green 



flesh, good quality. 

 Below medium size, yellow 



flesh, very good quality. 

 Below medium size, green 



flesh, medium quality. 

 Medium size, yellow Hesh, 



very good quality. 

 Above medium size, deep 



yellow flesh, good qua- 

 lity. 



It will be noticed that the Montreal Market, one of the best commercial melons, 

 does not appear in this list, the reason being that it is a comparatively late variety 

 and needs to be forced under glass for a time after planting. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH TOBACCO. 



There were 46 varieties of tobacco tested this year, and nearly all of these ma- 

 tured, as the season was very favourable for the growth of this plant. The seed was 



