REPORT OF TEE HORTICULTURIST 113 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Egg Plants. — New York Improved and Long Purple succeed best. 



Lettuce. — Black Seeded Simpson, New York (curled), Tennis Ball, Salamander 

 and Golden Queen (cabbage) ; Trianon and Paris Cos lettuce make a good list. 



Melons, Mush. — Long Island Beauty, Hackensack and Montreal Market, of the 

 Nutmeg type, and Surprise, Cbristiana and Emerald Gem, of the Other types, are all 

 good. 



Melons, Water. — Cole's Early, Imperial, Ice Cream, and Phinney's Early are early 

 water melons of excellent quality. 



Onions. — Yellow Globe Danvers and Large Red Wethersfield are two of the best 

 onions in cultivation. 



Parsnips. — Hollow Crown and Dobbie's Selected are both good sorts. 



Parsley. — Double Curled is as good as any. 



Peppers. — Cayenne, Cardinal, Chili and Golden Dawn are four of the best. 



Pease. — Gregory's Surprise, Gradus, Nott's Elcelsior and Premium Gem 

 (early) ; McLean's Advancer, Nott's New Perfection, Improved Stratagem and 

 Heroine (medium). None of these are tall growing varieties. Juno (dwarf), Tele- 

 phone, Startler (tall), (late). Excelsior is a promising second early sort 



Potatoes. — Extra Early : Early Ohio and Early Andes (pink), Bovee and Bur- 

 pee's Extra Early (pink and white). Early : Everett and Rochester Rose (pink), 

 Early Puritan (white). Medium : Carman No. 1 (white), Empire State (white). 

 Late : Late Puritan (white), American Wonder (white), Rural Blush (pink). 



Radishes. — Early : Rosy Gem, French Breakfast, Red Rocket (red) and Icicle 

 (white). Late : White Strasburg, Long White Vienna. Winter : Long Black Span- 

 ish, Chinese Rose-coloured. 



Rhubarb. — Linnseus and Victoria are the most satisfactory. 



Salsify. — Long White is the best. 



Spinach. — Victoria and Thick-leaved are the best. 



Squash. — Early : White Bush Scalloped and Summer Crook Neck. Late : Hub- 

 bard. 



Tomatoes. — Early : Sparks' Earliana, Canada Victor, Early Ruby and Dwarf 

 Champion. Main Crop : Brinton's Best, Trophy, Matchless, and Baltimore Prize 

 Taker. 



There are many varieties of tomatoes which are almost equal in excellence and 

 productiveness. 



Turnips. — Early : Extra Early Milan and Red Top Strap Leaf. Swedes : Cham- 

 pion Purple Top, Skirving's Improved. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



The potato crop was light in the Ottawa Valley this year, owing to dry weather 

 during the month of July, and to rot in the autumn. While the yields at the Experi- 

 mental Earm are not as large as last year, they are good and there was little injury 

 either from dry weather or from rot. The rot is seldom troublesome when the pota- 

 toes are planted in well drained, sandy loam soil, as they were here, and owing to 

 thorough cultivation the crop was not reduced much by the dry weather. 



There were 133 varieties tested in uniform plots this year, of which the Burnaby 

 Mammoth produced the best crop, the yield being at the rate of 530 bushels 12 lbs. 

 per acre. The poorest yield was 173 bushels 48 lbs. per acre, the difference in yield 



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