REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Carrots. — Test of Varieties. 



529 



Naiiie of Variety. 



Improved Short White 



Iverson's Champion 



Giant White Vosges 



Ontario Champion 



Green Top White Orthe 



Mamm. White Intermediate. 



Carter's Orange Giant 



Yellow Intermediate 



Early Gem 



New White Intermediate. 



Half Long White 



Long Yellow Stump Rooted. 



Scarlet Intermediate 



White Vosges, Large Short.. 



Half Long Chantenay 



Long Scarlet Altringham . . . 



White Belgian 



Guerande or Ox-Heart 



Long Orange or Surrey 



Scarlet Is antes 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



30 

 30 

 28 

 2S 

 27 

 27 

 26 

 2G 

 2G 

 25 

 25 

 2.3 

 23 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 17 

 14 

 13 



1,220 



720 



1,585 



100 



1,440 



1,110 



1,130 



1,040 



800 



1,203 



490 



1,520 



1,468 



1,230 



920 



590 



1,7G5 



1,640 



1,040 



1,573 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,020 

 1,012 

 959 

 935 

 924 

 918 

 885 

 884 

 880 

 854 

 841 

 792 

 791 

 720 

 682 

 676 

 662 

 594 

 484 

 459 



20 



45 



30 

 30 

 2G 



23 

 30 



30 



30 



45 



23 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



25 

 30 

 28 

 26 

 28 

 25 

 26 

 21 

 21 

 2G 

 28 

 25 

 21 

 24 

 20 

 19 

 24 

 18 

 13 

 13 



637 



390 



740 



1,130 



1,585 



1,974 



635 



240 



1,548 



140 



1,585 



1,314 



240 



1,500 



1,580 



1,930 



1,181 



1,143 



1,720 



70 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



843 

 1,006 

 979 

 885 

 959 

 866 

 871 

 704 

 725 

 869 

 959 

 855 

 704 

 825 

 693 

 665 

 819 

 619 

 462 

 434 



57 

 30 



30 



45 

 14 



48 



45 

 14 



30 



41 



3 



30 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 



Seven varieties of sugar beets were tested alongside of the carrots and mangels 

 and under similar conditions.* Two sowings were made of each sort, the first on April 

 26 and the second on May 10, and all were pulled Xoveniber 6. The yields are not 

 heavy and they have not been as profitable to raise for feeding here as mangels or 

 carrots, because of the lighter yield and being more difficult to harvest. They are 

 often rooty and the growth is nearly all underground. Four rows of each sort were 

 sown and the yield computed from G6 feet of each of the two centre rows. 



Sugar Beets. — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Improved Imperial. . 

 Danish lied Top. . . . 



Koyal Giant 



Vilmorin's Improved 



Red Top Sugar 



1 »anish Improved 



Wanzleben 



Tons. Lbs 



16 

 16 

 16 

 13 

 13 

 11 

 9 



1,990 



1,330 



1,165 



1,060 



400 



441 



480 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



566 

 555 

 552 

 451 

 440 

 374 

 308 



30 

 30 

 45 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



13 

 17 

 17 

 14 

 15 

 12 

 9 



1,720 

 980 

 816 



1,700 



30 



420 



150 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



462 

 583 

 580 

 495 

 500 

 407 

 302 



Bush. Lbs. 



10 

 16 

 30 

 30 



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