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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 

 SIX BEST YIELDING WRINKLED VARIETIES — AVERAGE FOR SIX YEARS. 



TWELVE BEST YIELDING SMOOTH VARIETIES — AVERAGE FOR SIX YEARS. 



Baltimore Prize Taker. 



Extra Early Advance 



Bond's Early Minnesota. 

 Essex Hybrid 



Brinton's Best. 



Comrade 



Early Ruby . . . 



Trophy 



Mayflower 



Autocrat 



Atlantic Prize. 

 Matchless.. . . 



4 







10 



9 

 8 



7 



15 



9 



7 



14 



11 



Medium to above medium, regular, smooth, 



purplish pink. 

 Below medium size, smooth, scarlet. 

 Medium to below medium, smooth, purplish pink. 

 Medium to above medium, regular, smooth, 



purplish pink. 

 Above medium to large, regular, smooth, scarlet. 

 Medium to below medium, smooth, scarlet. 

 Medium size, smooth to slightly wrinkled, scarlet. 

 Above medium to large, smooth, scarlet. 

 Medium to large, regular, smooth, scarlet. 

 Medium to above, smooth, purplish pink. 

 Medium size, smooth to wrinkled, scarlet. 

 Above medium size, regular, smooth, scarlet. 



For shorter periods, the following varieties have averaged well : — Bright and 

 Early (5 years), 16 lbs. 6 oz. ; Freedom (4 years), 14 lbs. 9 oz. ; Maule's Earliest (3 

 years), 14 lbs. 15 oz. ; Creekside Glory (3 years), 14 lbs. 4 oz. ; Early Bird (3 years), 

 14 lbs. 1 oz. 



PEASE— EXPERIMENTS EOR COMPARISON OF YIELDS AND QUALITY. 



For the past four years a large number of varieties of garden pease have been 

 tested in the horticultural department and notes taken on their earliness, productive- 

 ness, and quality ; the length of vines being also ascertained. In 1900, twenty-seven 

 varieties which were considered the most promising, from the standpoint of yield and 

 quality were grown on larger plots in order to learn which were the best. This ex- 

 periment was continued this year and the average results for the two years are given 

 in the following table. 



Twelve hundred selected pease of each variety were sown in drills 100 feet long 

 and 2£ feet apart on May 10. The pease germinated well and there was a good 

 stand. As each variety beca«ie ready for use, the date was recorded and the yields 

 of °Tfien pods from the several pickings also made. 



