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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



MANGELS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



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Name of Variety. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



Champion Yellow Globe 



Mammoth Yellow Intermediate 



Yellow Intermediate 



Giant Yellow Intermediate 



Prize. Winner Yellow Globe 



Noibiton Giant 



Half Long Sugar Rosy 



Giant Yellow Half Long 



Gate Post : 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Half Long Sugar White 



Mammoth Long Red 



Warden Orange Globe 



Golden Fleshed Tankard 



Leviathan Long Red 



Prize Mammoth Long Red , 



Lion Yellow Intermediate , 



Gate Post Yellow 



Mammoth Oval Shaped 



Selected Mammoth Long Red. . 

 Ward's Large Oval Shaped 



Red Fleshed Tankard 



Triumph Yellow Globe 



Canadian Giant 



Yellow Fleshed Tankard . . . . 



Yield 



per acre from 



2nd Sowing 



1st Pulling 



October 14. 



Yield 



per acre from 



1st Sowing 



2nd Pulling 



October 28. 



Tons. Lbs. 



33 

 33 

 30 

 29 



1,320 

 990 

 225 



1,070 



28 

 28 

 32 

 30 

 34 

 27 

 27 

 34 

 35 

 31 

 30 

 27 

 28 

 24 

 30 

 32 

 31 

 30 

 26 

 28 

 22 

 26 

 25 

 30 

 24 



430 



1,750 



350 



1,380 



1,630 



450 



450 



1,300 



290 



370 



1,380 



780 



760 



675 



1,380 



20 



1;360 



60 



1,460 



1.420 



1,540 



510 



490 



60 



1,830 



Tons. Lbs. 



47 

 47 

 51 

 39 

 55 

 34 

 40 

 41 

 38 

 36 

 48 

 41 

 43 

 33 

 46 

 39 

 41 

 34 

 44 

 47 

 .37 

 34 

 47 

 38 

 39 



1,370 

 380 



1,620 

 870 

 550 



1,300 



1,180 

 170 

 230 



1,260 

 30 



1,490 

 460 

 330 



1,720 

 210 



1,820 

 970 

 110 

 710 



1,240 

 640 



1,040 



1,550 

 210 



Yield 



per acre from 



2nd Sowing 



2nd Pulling 



October 28. 



Tons. Lbs. 



30 

 31 

 40 

 36 

 44 

 28 

 27 

 27 

 31 

 28 

 36 

 28 

 32 

 28 

 42 

 31 

 36 

 24 

 29 

 36 

 30 

 26 

 37 

 32 

 30 



1,710 

 370 



1,510 

 270 

 440 

 100 

 120 

 780 

 40 

 100 

 930 



1,420 



1,340 

 100 



1,800 



1,690 

 600 

 840 



1,400 

 270 



1,710 

 iOO 

 550 



1,670 



1,710 



Tons. lbs. 



The average from the 1st sowing, 1st pulling was 38 648 



The average from the 2nd sowing, 1st pulling was 29 405 



The average from the 1st sowing, 2nd pulling was 41 1,978 



The average from the 2nd sowing, 2nd pulling was 32 799 



Increase in Crop from Early Sowing and Late Pulling. 



The results obtained point to the advantage of early sowing. The average yield 

 of mangels from all the varieties from the first sowing and first pulling has exceeded 

 that of the second sowing by 9 tons 243 pounds per acre, and in the case of the second 

 pulling made fourteen days later, the larger weight from the earlier sowing is well 

 maintained, the difference being 9 tons 1,179 pounds per acre in favour of early sowing. 



The figures given also show that the fourteen days of additional time given to the 

 roots to grow between October 14 and 28 resulted in an average increase in weight on 

 the early sown plots of 3 tons 1,330 pounds per acre, while those later sown increased 

 in weight during the same period 3 tons 394 pounds per acre. 



In looking through the list of varieties tested it would appear that the different 

 strains of the Yellow Intermediate mangel are the most productive in this part of 

 Canada, and that the strains of the Mammoth Long Red follow these closely.. The 

 Globe mangels average next best, while most of the tankard sorts range towards the 

 bottom of the list. 



SELECT LIST OF VARIETIES OF MANGELS. 



In this list is given the average yield per acre obtained during the past three to six 

 years from the more productive varieties of mangels grown at all the experimental 

 farms, with the length of time they have been under test. Only those sorts are in- 

 cluded which have been three years or longer under trial. 



