480 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



Name of Variety. 



Yield 



per Acre. 

 1st Plot. 



Tons. lbs. 



Ontario Champion 



New White Intermediate 



Half Long White 



Iverson's Champion 



White Belgian 



Half Long Chantenay 



White Vosges, Large Short . . 

 Mammoth White Intermediate 



Green Top White Orthe 



Improved Short White 



Long Yellow Stump Roote J. . . 



Guerande or Ox-Heart 



Yellow Intermediate 



Scarlet Intermediate 



Carter's Orange Giant 



Giant White Vosges 



Early Gem 



Long Scarlet Altringham .... 



Scarlet Nantes 



Long Orange or Surrey 



12 



12 



12 



12 



12 



12 



12 



12 



11 



11 



11 



9 



9 



9 



9 



8 



7 



7 



7 



5 



1,740 



1,608 



1,344 



1,212 



816 



816 



552 



420 



1,686 



1,232 



968 



1,932 



1,932 



1,400 



1,008 



1,744 



1,312 



784 



388 



1,616 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 1st Plot. 



Bush. lbs. 



429 

 426 

 422 

 420 

 413 

 413 

 409 

 407 

 394 

 387 

 3S2 

 332 

 332 

 323 

 316 

 295 

 252 

 246 

 239 

 193 



48 

 24 

 12 

 36 

 36 

 12 



28 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Tons. lbs. Bush. 



48 

 12 

 12 

 20 

 48 

 44 

 12 

 24 

 48 

 36 



11 

 11 



6 

 10 

 LI 



8 

 10 



6 



8 



12 12 



10 

 6 

 8 

 9 

 6 

 8 

 7 

 5 

 6 

 4 



572 

 1,760 

 1,860 



592 

 1,668 

 1,688 

 1,252 

 1,728 



896 

 1,080 

 1,780 

 1,200 

 1,424 



216 

 1,728 

 1,952 



652 



448 

 1,464 

 1,504 



376 

 396 

 231 

 343 

 394 

 294 

 354 

 228 

 281 

 418 

 363 

 220 

 290 

 203 

 22S 

 299 

 244 

 174 

 224 

 158 



lbs. 

 12 



12 

 28 

 48 

 12 

 48 

 36 



24 

 36 

 48 

 12 

 12 

 8 

 24 

 24 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 



Seven varieties of sugar beets were tested, all on clay loam soil, sown by drill on 

 the flat. Two sowings were made in each case, the first on May 22, the second on May 

 29, and all were pulled on October 2. 



Sugar Beets. — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Royal Giant 



Improved Imperial. . 



Red Top Sugar 



Danish Red Top .... 

 Dan sh Improved. . . 



Wanzleben 



Vilmorin's Improved 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 1st Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



994 24 

 924 



915 12 



831 36 



629 44 



556 36 



513 24 



Yield Yield 



per Acre, per Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. Bush. Lbs. 



26 8 



20 1,844 



25 1,348 



25 1,744 



23 860 



19 1,600 



16 472 



866 4S 



697 24 



855 48 



862 24 

 781 

 660 



541 12 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Eighty-nine varieties of potatoes were planted in drills 30 inches apart, in which 

 the sets were dropped 14 inches apart. The seed potatoes were kept in bushel boxes in 

 a cool cellar during the winter. Large sets with two eyes each were used and planted 

 after being cut four days. When planted and when tops were appearing, the ground 

 was well harrowed and afterwards scruffled until the stalks were too large to permit of 

 this work. 



The yield was computed from the weight of potatoes in one row, 132 feet long. 



