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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



CABBAGE — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



1-2 EDWARD VI!., A.- 1902 



Name of Variety. 



St. John's Day 



Paris Market 



Flat Parisian 



Jersey Wakefield .... 



Express 



Early Spring 



Etampes 



Earliest of All 



Imp. Early Summer. . 



Early Hummer 



Early Flat Dutch 



Earliest White Giant . 



Winningstadt 



Vandergaw 



Burpee's All Head. 



All Seasons 



Succession 



Dwarf Savoy , 



Green Globe Savoy 

 Fottler's Brunswick . . . 



Snrehead Improved 



Premium Flat Dutch . . 

 Marblehead Mammoth 



Aug. 18. 



Number 



of 



heads 



pulled 



12 



8 



12 



10 



11 



11 



9 



9 



8 



7 



rr 

 I 



7 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 



Weight 



of 

 heads. 



Lbs. 



2ii 



19! 

 3l| 

 29* 

 23§ 

 25! 

 25| 

 21 

 244 

 175 

 21 

 19i 

 luf 

 18! 

 17 

 12 

 9? 



105 



7 

 7 

 6 



Gi 



Aug. 29. 



Number 



of 



heads 



pulled 



4 



8 



4 



6 



5 



5 



7 



7 



8 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



10 



12 



12 



12 



13 



14 



14 



14 



14 



Weight 



of 

 heads. 



Lbs. 



7| 

 23l 

 11 

 18! 

 13| 

 104 

 17| 



ui 



22 



19| 



27! 



26 



23! 



23! 



29! 



33| 



27! 



23 



25 



44£ 



40! 



43 



39! 



Total 



Number 



of 



heads 



pulled 



16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 1G 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 



Total 

 Weight 



of 

 heads. 



Lbs. 



29 



42| 



42j 



48 



47 



46 



43 



37f 



46! 



37 



48 



45 



39| 



42 



46! 



45! 



36! 



33! 



32 



51! 



46! 



49! 



45J 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Eight varieties of cauliflower were tested on land similar to and receiving the same 

 preparation as that on which the cabbages were grown. The seed was sown in the hot- 

 bed April 9, and transplanted to another hot-bed April 25 in rows 3 inches apart, and 

 2 inches apart in the rows. They were planted in the open ground May 15, in rows 30 

 inches apart, and 20 inches apart in the rows. The yield given in the following table 

 was from one row 33 feet long, there being 20 plants in that length of row. Twenty- 

 five plants were set of each variety. 



The first heads of the early varieties were very good, especially the Early Snow- 

 ball and Extra Early Whitehead, but the season becoming very dry the remainder of 

 the heads were not well formed. The Nonpareil, formerly tested here, and considered 

 a good sort was poor this season, forming but few good compact heads. This was pro- 

 bably due to the dry weather. The Half Early Paris was very poor. The Large Late 

 Algiers gave some good heads later in the season. 



The cauliflower plant requires a good, deep, rich loam, retentive of moisture, as 

 the heads do not fill out well and compact unless well supplied with water. 



The root maggot did not trouble any of the plants. Nitrate of soda applied at the 

 same time and in similar manner to that used on the cabbages proved valuable in giv- 

 ing a quick vigorous early growth to the cauliflowers. 



