REPORT OF MR. W. S. BLAIR 



381 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The laud on which these pease were grown was a clay loam, and was in potatoes 

 the previous season. Xo barn-yard manure was used for the crop, but complete fer- 

 tilizer at the rate of 100 pounds per acre was scattered along the rows before planting, 

 and was worked in when covering the seed. The pea aphis did not trouble the crop 

 this season. . 



Two new varieties were included in the test, namely, Kins Edward VII. and Pros- 

 perity. The former is an English variety and a large pea of excellent quality. It is a 

 little earlier than American Wonder and Xott's Excelsior. Prosperity has a large 

 pod and should prove a valuable market sort. The variety Gradus has not been a 

 heavy cropper, but its quality is of the best. The varieties we would recommend, and 

 which came in the order named for earliness are : Tom Thumb, Xott's Excelsior, 

 American Wonder, Dwarf Telephone and Sutton's Dwarf Defiance, all dwarf varieties. 

 Of half high sorts, Alaska, Ameer, Gradus, Carter's Up-to-Date, Duke of York, Pro- 

 fusion and Telegraph. 



PEASE — TEST OF VARIETIES 



Name of Variety, 



( ; regory's Surprise 



Station 



Alaska 



Extra Early 



Thorburn's Extra Early 



Simmers' First of All 



Cleveland's First and Best 



Tom Thumb 



Extra Karly Daniel 0\Rourke. 



Mills' First of All 



Rural New Yorker 



Early May Improved 



Ameer 



Bergen Fleetwing 



Exonian 



Sunol 



Early Frame Improved 



Philadelphia , 



Premium Gem 



S. B. & M. Co.'s Extra Early. 



< rradus 



King Edward VII 



Prosperity 



Chelsea 



Extra Early Pioneer 



Nott's Excelsior 



American Wonder 



Extra Early Kent 



New Maud S 



Early Dexter 



Early Star 



Ringleader 



Hancock 



Blue Beauty 



Blue Peter 



Evergreen . 



J Kvarf Wrinkled Sugar 



Kentish Invicta 



King of the Dwarfs 



Carter's Up to Date 



Alpha 



Admiral 



Pride 



French Cauner 



Season 



of 

 Green Peas. 



Julyl2to20... 



i. 12 to 20... 



„ 12 to 20... 



ii 12 to 20.... 



ii 12 to 20.... 



„ 12 to 20.... 



,i 13 to 22.... 



„ 13 to 22.... 



.. 13 to 22.... 



„ 13 to 22... 



„ 13 to 22.... 



ii 13 to 22.... 



„ 13 to 22.... 



„ 13 to 22.. . 



„ 13 to 22 ... 



„ 13 to 22.... 



.. 13 to 24.... 



,i 13 to 24.... 



.. 15 to 24 ... 



-. 15 to 24.... 



.. 15 to 24.... 



ii 15 to 24 



.. 15 to 24 ... 



„ 15 to 24.... 



.. 15 to 24.... 



■i 16 to 25. ... 



„ 16 to 25 



., 16 to 25.... 



n 16 to 25.... 



ii 16 to 25 ... . 



.. 17 to 25 ... 



.1 17 to 25 ... . 



„ 17 to 25 



ii 17 to 26.. . 



•• 17 to 26.... 



ii 18 to 26 



.i 18 to 26 



.. 20 to 29.... 



„ 22 to 29.... 



ii 22 to 29 . 



,. 22 to 29.... 



ii 24 to Aug. 1 



.. 24 .. 1 



ii 24 " 1 



Weight 



of 



Green 



Peas. 



Height 

 of 



Vine. 



Lbs. 



Inches. 



Length 



of 



Pod. 



Size 

 of Pea. 



Inches. 



2i to 2f 

 2i to 2 : i 

 2| to 2* 

 2j to 2| 

 21 to 2| 

 2 to 2h 

 2* to 2i 

 2\ to 2% 



2 to 2| 

 2\ to 2| 

 2h to 2| 

 2h to 2£ 

 2h to 3 

 2| to 23 

 2i to 2| 

 24; to 25 

 2i to 2| 

 2£ to 23 

 2| to 22 

 2k to 2i 



3 to U 

 3 to 3l 

 2A to 3i 

 2.V to 3 

 21 to 24 

 2? to 2| 

 2\ to 2* 

 2; to 2^ 

 21 to 3 

 2$ to 2* 



2 to 2-i 

 2\ to 2| 

 2i to 2§ 

 2| to 23. 

 2| to 2S 

 2} to 25 

 2.7 to 3" 

 2j to 2h 

 2£ to 23 



3 to 33 

 2 to 2.', 

 2 to 2l 

 2.', to 2; 

 2| to 3 



Medium 



Large . . . 

 Medium . 



Large 



Medium 



Large . . . 

 Medium . 

 Small .. 

 Large . . . 

 Small . . . 



Yield of 

 Ripe 

 Seed. 



Lbs, 



4} 



H 



7 



% 



71 



54 



1 



4 

 101 



H 



<; 



n 



6i 



8 

 94 



7 

 7 



61 



4 



7 

 8 

 7 



H 



% 



? 



8 

 5h 



91 



9 



9 



9 



8 

 12 

 10 

 101 



