HE TOUT OF MR. W. 8. BLAIR 



383 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



other sorts tested. For general croppers the following are recommended : — Extra Early 

 Edible podded, Early Long Yellow Six Weeks, Extra Early Red Valentine and Re- 

 fugee, for green sorts, and Dwarf German Black Wax, Wardwell's Kidney Wax, De- 

 troit Wax and Keeney's Rustless Wax for golden podded sorts. These come in the 

 order named for market. 



Beans — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Chime's Rust-proof Golden Wax 



Extra Early Edible Podded 



Flageolet Scarlet Wax 



Early Mohawk 



Early Golden Wax 



Early Black Dwarf Wax 



Wardwell's Dwarf Kidney Wax, 



Cylinder Ivory Podded Wax 



Rust-proof Golden Wax 



Early Long Yellow Six Weeks. , 



Emperor of Russia 



Black Eyed Wax 



New Golden Eyed Wax 



Yosemite VVax 



Dun Colour 



California Pea 



Speckled Wax 



Fame of Vitry 



Early China 



New Triumph 



New Stringless 



Extra Early Red Valentine 



Early Large White Marrowfat. . 



Royal Dwarf Kidney 



Keeney's Rustless Wax 



Faber's I. X. L 



Canadian Wonder 



Black Speckled Wax 



Detroit Wax 



Rogers Lima Wax.. . 

 Early White Seeded 

 Refugee 



Dates when 

 Pulled. 



bo 



Lbs. 



35 

 294 



26" 



26} 



24 



23 



22} 



22 



22 



221 



161 



14 



14 



12 

 10} 



6} 



rib 



Lbs. 



14} 

 10 



14^ 



8| 



14| 



14 



13i 

 30} 

 28§ 

 28| 

 27 

 26 

 24} 

 22 

 22} 

 22} 

 16} 

 16 

 16 

 83 

 8i 



o 



Lbs. 



9 



9 



lOf 



8 

 15 



6 

 18| 

 24 

 25 



4 

 18 



61 



22} 



12 



234 



15 



14 



28 



28} 



14} 



45 



32i 



36} 



Total 



Yield 



per 



Plot. 



Lbs. 



58} 



48.1 



52f 



55} 



52} 



41| 



401 



501 



451 



43* 



36§ 



39 



304 



41| 



294 



43 



432 



55} 



323 



46i 



33| 



48} 



36} 



Ait 



36} 



44} 



44} 



30} 



531 



41 



36} 



Colour 



of 

 Pod. 



Yellow 

 Green . 

 Yellow 

 Green . 

 Yellow 



G reen . . 



ti . . 

 Yellow . 



ii . . 



ii . 

 Green . . 



Yellow . 

 Green . . 



Yellow 

 Green . 



Yellow 



ii 

 Green . , 



Quality 



for 

 String 

 Beans. 



Fair.. 

 G ood . 

 Fair . . 



ti 

 Good. 

 Fair . . 



Good! 



Fair .. 



Good ; 



Poor . 

 Good . 

 Poor . 

 Fair .. 



Poor . 

 Good. 

 Fair.. 



Good. 

 Fair.. 



Length 



of 



Pod. 



Inches. 



31 to 44 

 3 i, 4" 



4i 



Proportion 

 Rusted. 



44 



34 



31 



4 



31 



3} 



44 



4} 



31 



34 



4| 



44 



34 



44 



6" 



4 



41 



4" 



3| 



3} 



5 



3} 



41 



4i 



54 



3i 



34 



3 



44 



- 54 

 , 5| 

 , 4" 



> 44 

 1 5 



- 44 

 1 4} 

 , 54 

 , 5" 

 • 45 

 , 4* 

 , 54 

 ,5} 

 , 4 



, 54 

 , 6§ 



5 I 



41 



44 



4" 



64 



Slight . . . 

 Very slight 



Slight . 

 Badly.. 



Slight , 



None.. 

 Very slight 

 Badlv 



Slight 



0) 



a 



2 "3 



None 



Slight 



None 



Very slight 



None 



Slight ..... 

 Very slight 



6 



4! 

 4 



3} 

 5 



None 



Very slight 

 None 



Slight 



None 



Very slight 

 None 



Lbs. 



9 



8 



91 



84 



101 



6 



71 



8 i 



G§ 



10} 

 6 

 6 



64 

 54 

 7} 

 81 

 9 



? 



10 

 10 



10} 

 10 



101 



91 



11} 

 8 

 8 

 9 

 7h 

 5 



BEANS FERTILIZED AND NOT FERTILIZED. 



To gain information as to the value of an application of complete fertilizer to 

 hasten the bean crop for early market, three varieties of beans were sown in duplicate 

 rows, one row of which was fertilized at the rate of 200 pounds per acre scattered along 

 the row covering a space of 6 inches wide which was raked in before seeding. The 

 other row received no fertilizer. Drills were made 14 inches dee]), and the seed placed 

 2 inches apart and covered. The seed was sown June 3. The land was similar to that 

 on which the other beans were grown. The weights as given below were obtained in 

 each case from 1 row 66 feet long. There were also duplicate plots which were allowed 

 to ripen their seed. There is apparently a marked difference in favour of using fer- 

 tilizer to hasten the crop for early market. 



