REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Pease — Test of Varieties. 



123 



Name of Variety. 



Early. 



Gregory's Surprise 



Cleveland 'a First and Best 



Alaska 



Station 



Premium Gem 



Chelsea 



Nott's Excelsior 



Child's Morning Star. .. 



Exonian 



American Wonder 



Second Early. 



Nott's New Perfection.. 



Gradus 



English Wonder 



Medium. 



McLean's Little Gem. 

 McLean's Advancer... 



Burpee's Quantity 



Heroine 



Late. 



Dwarf Telephone 



Startler 



McLean's Prolific 



Yorkshire Hero 



New Victory 



Champion of England 



Boston Wrinkled 



Eugenie. 



Juno 



Stratagem, Improved. 

 Veitch's Perfection. .. . 



Ready 



for Use, 

 1900. 



June 20 

 July 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 K 



12 

 14 

 17 



July 



19 



lit 

 21 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 21 

 31 



o 



so 





3 



3 



Y 



4 



3 

 3 

 2 

 3 



3 



4 

 4 

 4 



6 

 6 

 3 

 3 



2 

 4 

 4 

 4 



4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 



O m 



-a 



SOS 



Qts. 



20 

 26 

 24 

 22 

 36 

 31 

 23 

 19 

 20 

 22 



33 

 29 

 26 



36 

 38 

 47 



40 

 41 

 62 

 36 

 52 

 60 

 54 

 50 

 44 

 36 

 38 



•9 



CD" 



H 



2 « 



©Tj 



J* ° 



c 



0j 





Qts. 



31 

 31 



29' 



34 



30 



20 



25 



29 



31 



33 

 29 

 31 



42 

 35 

 38 

 18 



16 

 32 

 24 

 27 



39 

 45 

 29 

 18 

 14 

 23 



© 



6c £ 



> O 

 < 



Qts. 



254 

 28i 



254 



35 



304 



2l| 



22 



244 



26i 



33 

 29 



28* 



39 

 364 



424 



28 

 364 

 43 

 314 



1) 



n 



bo© 

 1,1-1 



Inches. 



Quality. 



18 to 22 Very good. 

 20 ,. 22 Medium. 



28j „ 



21 Very good. 



28 



22 

 38 

 36 

 30 

 38 

 GO 

 48 

 48 

 30 

 28 

 60 



16 

 15 

 34 

 26 Good. 



15 ii 20, Very good. 



22 .. 26 Very good. 

 2iS ti o2\ it 

 16 ,, 20 Good. 



34 ii 40, Very good. 



30 ,. 341 



34 .. 38 Good. 



2G 

 42 

 40 

 34 

 42 

 66 

 52 

 54 

 34 

 32 

 66 



Very good. 



Good. 

 Very good. 

 Good. 

 Very good. 

 Good. 



Very good. 

 Good. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CORN. 



Eor the past three years a large number of varieties of garden corn have been 

 tested. In the reports for 1899 and 1900 full lists were published of the varieties 

 with notes regarding them. Owing to the lack of space, the results this year are 

 given of only twenty-four kinds, these being the varieties which have given the best 

 average yields for three years in the several classes into which the varieties were 

 divided, namely, early, second early, medium, and late. The soil in which the corn 

 was planted was a light sandy loam on which squash, melons, and tobacco had grown 

 in 1900. It received a good dressing of barn-yard manure in the spring of 1901, and 

 was then ploughed and thoroughly harrowed. The corn was planted on May 31 in 

 hills three feet apart each way, the places having been previously marked by a corn 

 planter. About six kernels were planted in a hill. After germination had taken 

 place and danger from cut-worms was over, the number of plants in a hill was re- 

 duced to four. Twenty-four hills of each variety were planted, but twelve average 

 hills of each were used for comparison. The corn was kept thoroughly cultivated 



