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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



made of each sort — the first on 8th May ; the second on 21st May ; and the roots from 

 both were pulled on the 11th October. After the drills were made, they were rolled 

 with a heavy hand roller at the time of the first sowing, and before the second set of 

 plots was sown, the surface of the drills was worked with a hand wheel hoe to destroy 

 any weeds which had germinated. The yield per acre has been calculated from the 

 weight of roots gathered from two rows each 99 feet long. 



CARROTS — TEST OP VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



1 Mammoth White Intermediate 



2 Green Top White Orthe . . , 



3 Giant White Vosges , 



4 Iverson's Champion , 



5 Improved Short White 



6 Half Long White 



7 Half Long Chantenay .... 



8 Guerande or Oxheart , 



9 Early Gem 



10 White Belgian , 



11 Yellow Intermediate 



12 Cooper's Yellow Intermediate. 



13 Carter's Orange Giant 



14 Long Orange or Surrey . . , 



15 Scarlet Intermediate 



16 Long Scarlet Altringham . 



Yield 

 per acre, 

 1st plot. 



^ 

 24 

 23 

 23 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 14 

 13 

 11 

 9 

 8 



n 



180 

 1850 



200 

 1230 



570 



1305 



1270 



5 



1345 



740 

 45 



490 



400 

 1595 

 1140 

 1490 



Yield 

 'per acre, 

 2nd plot 



.a 

 1-3 



•s 



3 



pq 

 640 45 

 668 15 

 649 

 550 

 704 

 583 

 496 50 

 407 55 

 495 55 

 528 

 503 15 

 890 30 

 358 25 

 343 45 

 258 30 

 289 40 



As in the case of the turnips a part of the carrot crop was allowed to remain in 

 the ground until the 3rd November, to ascertain what advantage would accrue to the 

 weight of the crop by adopting such a course. 



YIELD OP ROOTS PER ACRE PROM EARLY AND LATE PULLING. 



Name of Variety. 



Mammoth White Intermediate 



Green Top White Orthe 



Giant White Vosges 



Iverson's Champion 



Imijroved Short White. 



Half Long White 



Half Long Chantenay 



Guerande or Ox-heart 



Karly Gem 



Wliite Belgian 



Yellow Intermediate 



Carter's Orange Giant 



hong Orange or Surrey 



.Scarlet Intermediate 



Long Scarlet Altringham 



2nd Pulling 



3rd Nov. 



from 



2nd Sowing 

 21st May. 



Tons. Lbs. 



25 490 



22 605 



23 530 

 21 570 

 20 1580 

 20 1635 

 17 600 

 19 280 

 19 1765 



14 1370 



15 1405 



13 1720 



14 1260 

 8 60 

 7 1015 



