120 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



Name of Variety. 



Swiss Snowflake 



Burnaby Mammoth 

 American Wonder . , 

 General Gordon . . . . 



Ea.rly Norther 



Rose No. 9 



Early Harvest 



Lee's Favorite 



Plants 



dead where 



sprayed. 



Plants 

 dead where 

 unsprayed. 



Oct. 4, not 



dead iSept. 28.. 



30.. „ 21.. 



30.. „ 21.. 



30.. „ 19.. 



2.. „ 20.. 



30.. „ 21.. 



28.. ,. 16.. 



30.. „ 16.. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Sept. 



Total 



yield per 



acre, sound 



potatoes, 



sprayed. 



Bush. lbs. 



342 

 464 

 377 

 313 

 322 

 497 

 426 

 272 



6 

 12 

 18 

 30 

 18 

 12 

 48 

 48 



Total 

 yield per 



acre, sound 

 potatoes, 



unsprayed. 



Bush. lbs. 



229 

 292 

 222 

 270 

 306 

 376 

 310 

 246 



54 

 36 

 12 

 36 

 54 

 12 

 12 

 24 



Difference 



in yield 



per acre, 



sprayed and 



unsprayed. 



Yield 



of rotten 



'potatoes per 



acre, 

 unsprayed. 



Bush. lbs. 



112 



171 



155 



42 



15 



121 



116 



26 



12 

 36 

 6 

 54 

 24 



36 

 24 



Bush. lbs. 



26 

 47 

 77 

 19 

 8 

 2 

 27 

 20 



24 

 18 



48 

 48 

 12 

 30 

 54 



There was a very light crop of potatoes this season owing to dry weather at a 

 critical period in the growth of the plants, followed later on by blight and rot, and 

 thus the results obtained by spraying with Bordeaux mixture show the great im- 

 portance of this work. It will be observed that the sprayed plants grew from 6 to 14 

 days longer than the unsprayed, during which time the small potatoes were getting 

 larger and the crop greater. There were no rotten potatoes in the sprayed lot. 



EXPEKIMEXTS WITH TOMATOES. 



After five years' test a large number of varieties of tomatoes were discontinued 

 this year, but with the new kinds added there were 100 varieties still under test this 

 geason, but more will be discarded before planting next year. 



The yields of the twenty-live best yielding varieties, only, are published, as space 

 will not permit of giving a full table. In addition to this list, however, will be found 

 the names of the six earliest varieties for this year, also the six wrinkled and twelve 

 smooth kinds which have averaged the highest yields for six years. It will be noticed 

 that the Canada Victor has been put in the table of wrinkled varieties this year, as the 

 proportion of wrinkled tomatoes produced by it is greater than smooth. 



The seed of the tomatoes grown this year was sown in hot-beds on April 6 ; the 

 young plants were pricked out into strawberry boxes on April 29, and planted in the 

 open ground on June 3. They were placed four feet apart each way, and five plants 

 of each variety were used. The soil was a light sandy loam in which tomatoes had been 

 grown the previous season. It was heavily manured for tobacco in 1899, but none was 

 applied in 1900. Eye was sown in the autumn of 1900 and ploughed under on May 30, 

 and the land prepared for tomatoes without any additional fertilizer. The soil was 

 kept cultivated until the growth of the plants prevented it. The vines were not 

 trained in any way, but were allowed to lie on the ground. This was a favourable 

 Beason for tomatoes and there was little green fruit left on the vines when frost came. 

 There was considerable rot this year, but notwithstanding that fact the crop of good 

 tomatoes was large. 



