REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD 



445 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Variety. 



Date Sown. 



Forcing Turnip, Extra Early Dwarf May 7. . 



Forcing Turnip, Scarlet \ n 7 . . . 



Early Scarlet ! n 7 . . 



Early Dwarf Scarlet Olive shaped n 7.. 



Forcing Scarlet White Tip Turnip .. 7 . . 



Olive-shaped Scarlet n 7 . . 



White Short Leaf Forcing, Olive-shaped I >■ 7. . 



Scarlet White Tipped Turnip n 7. . 



Early White Small Turnip i „ 7 . 



French Breakfast. j n 7 . . 



Very Early Yellow Turnip j ■• 7 . . 



Colour. 



Shape. 



Red. 



Turnip 



Round 

 Olive. , 



Fed, white t'pd Turnip, 



Red 



White .... 



Red 



White.. .. 



Red 



L. yellow. . 



Olive. 

 H ... 

 Round 



Half long. 

 Turnip 



Flavour. 



Very good. 

 Fair. 



Very good. 

 Excellent. 

 Very good. 

 Fair. 

 Very good. 



Fair. 



Poor. 



CUCUMBERS. 



Cucumbers were again an excellent crop. Although the frost- on the evening of 

 June 6 completely destroyed the first sowing, the second sowing on June 7 made such 

 rapid progress that they were very little behind average years in point of maturity. 

 Four varieties were sown in the open, in hills 5 feet apart each way, and the germina- 

 tion was good in all instances. 



The results are given in order of earliness : — ■ 



PUMPKINS. 



Two varieties of pumpkins were sown in the open on May 21, in hills 10 feet apart, 

 This sowing was destroyed on June 6 by frost, and resown on June 7. A good crop 

 was harvested from the late sowing. 



Variety. 



Connecticut Field. 

 .Japanese Pie 



Date 



Sown. 



June 



Date 

 Ready. 



Colour 



of 

 Skin. 



Aug. 



20, Yellow 



251 



Colour 



of 

 Flesh. 



Yellow , 



Average 

 Weight. 



Lbs. 



20 

 13 



Pro- 

 ductiveness. 



Very productive 

 Fairly ,■ 



Flavc 



Fair. 

 Excellent. 



SQUASH. 



Three varieties of squash were sown the past season on May 21, in the open, in 

 hills ten feet apart. The first sowing was destroyed by frost on the evening of June 6, 

 and was resown on June 7. The late sowing produced a very satisfactory crop, in all 

 respects, and two varieties ripened. 



