RETORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



CARROTS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



349 



EXPEKLMENTS WITH SUGAK BEETS. 



Seven varieties of sugar beets were sown May 27, and duplicate plots two weeks 

 later, June 10. The yield per acre was calculated from the crop obtained from two 

 rows, each 66 feet long. The crop was pulled October 17. 



The soil was in a good state of fertility, and was previously in clover, the after- 

 math having been ploughed under in the fall of 1900. In the spring this was worked 

 up with the disc harrow, and 20 one-horse cart loads of stable manure applied per acre. 

 The land was then ploughed, and harrowed with the disc harrow. The smoothing har- 

 row was next used, after which 200 pounds of complete fertilizer per acre was sown 

 and worked in with the smoothing harrow. The rows were run 24 inches apart, and 

 the seed sown in holes one foot apart, made with a marker and from 3 to 6 seeds drop- 

 ped in a hole. This was covered with a garden rake. The yield per acre obtained was 

 as follows : — 



SUGAR BEETS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



1st plot 

 sown. 



Improved Imperial May 27 



Red Top Sugar ..27 



Danish Improved ■* 27 



Royal Giant .. 27 



Wanzleben >. 27 



Danish Red Top 27 



Vilmorin's Improved « . 27 



2nd plot 

 sown. 



1st plot 2nd plot 

 pulled, pulled 



Oct. 



17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 



Yield 

 per acre 

 1st plot. 



Tons lbs. 



33 



27 780 

 25 1,975 

 25 1,645 

 655 

 325 



25 

 25 



22 1,045 



Yield 

 per acre, 

 1st plot. 



Bush. lbs. 



1,100 . . 



913 . . 



86G 15 



860 45 



844 15 



838 15 



750 45 



Yield 

 pei' acre, 

 2nd plot. 



Tons lbs. 



28 1,750 



30 225 



26 1,625 



26 1,625 



21 900 



28 1,750 



20 1,250 



Yield 

 per acre. 

 2nd plot. 



Bush. lbs. 



962 30 



1,003 45 



893 45 



893 45 



715 .. 



962 30 



G87 30 



