REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND ACTING AGRICULTURIST. 



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PEASE — TEST OP VARIETIES — Continued. 



Name of Variety. 



66 Moore 



67 Archer 



68 Vasey 



69 Albion 



70 Mackay. , 



71 Elva.. . 



72 Trilby 



73 Prince 



74 Kingsf ord. 



75 Luther 



76 Excelsior . . 



77 Daniel O'Rourke, 



78 White Wonder. . 



79 Pride •.. 



Character 



of 



Growth. 



Strong. 



Medium 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inche3. 



48 



60 to 72 

 60 to 72 

 60 to 72 

 36 to 60 



72 



60 to 72 

 60 to 72 

 36 to 48 

 60 to 84 

 60 to 72 

 36 to 42 

 18 to 30 

 24 to 30 



The Pease, White Wonder and Pride, are both low growers and happened to be 

 eown on a rather low spot, on which weeds grew unusually rank, and hence the vines 

 were partly smothered, and the yields very small. Hitherto both these varieties have 

 given good crops. Mackay also which was near the head of the list last year has not 

 given a satisfactory return. The vines were very thin on the plot, due either to faulty 

 germination of the seed, or to the ravages of cut worms. 



The following new varieties included in the above list have been tested for the first 

 time, Oddfellow, Harrison's Glory, Elephant Blue and German White. 



FIELD CROPS OP PEASE. 



Creeper. — \ acre. Soil sandy loam of medium quality, which received a dressing 

 of barnyard manure of about 12 tons per acre in the spring of 1895. No fertilizer has 

 been applied since. The previous crop was hay. The land was ploughed in the spring 

 of 1897 about 6 inches deep, disc-harrowed once and harrowed twice with the smoothing 

 harrow before sowing. Sown 13th May ; 2 bushels per acre ; came up 22nd May, and 

 was ripe 23rd August. The time to mature was 102 days. Yield per acre, 38 bushels 

 9 pounds; weight per bushel, 63^ pounds. Growth medium and even; pods small, 

 fairly abundant. Length of straw, 46 to 52 inches. 



Agnes. — ^ acre. This plot and that of Arthur, which follows, were sown adjoining 

 Creeper ; the soil was similar and the preparation and treatment of the land the same. 

 Sown 13th May ; 2^ bushels per acre ; came up 22nd May and was ripe 25th August. 

 The time to mature was 104 days. Yield per acre, 33 bushels 24 pounds ; weight per 

 bushel, 62 pounds. Growth medium and even ; pods large. Length of straw, 41 to 52 

 inches. 



Arthur. — | acre. Sown 13th May; 2 bushels per acre; came up 22nd May, and 

 was ripe 19th August. The time to mature was 98 days. Yield per acre, 38 bushels 

 14 pounds; weight per bushel, 64 pounds. Well podded ; pods small and in clusters, 

 like the Mummy ; the straw also resembles the Mummy in thickness and in its upright 

 growth. Length of straw, 39 to 48 inches. 

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