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EX PE RIM EX TA L FA RMS. 



Potatoes — Test of Varieties — Concluded. 



Name of Variety. 



Holborn Abundance. 



Early Ohio 



Vick's Extra Early. . 



Ohio Junior 



Prize Taker 



Orphans 



Daisy 



Lightning Express. . 

 Turner's Hall Seed- 

 ling No. 5 



Pearce'sPrizeWinner 



Honeoye Rose 



Albany No. 1 



Table King 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Fair 



Weak 



Fair 



Very weak 

 Fair 



Very weak 



Rank. 



Fail 



When 

 Matured. 



Sept. 9. 



1. 



9. 

 M 1. 



9. 



9. 

 M 10. 



9. 



9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9, 

 9. 



Average 

 Size. 



Sm'lltomed. 

 Med. to large 

 Sm'lltomed. 

 Med. to large 

 ti II 



Small 



Medium.. . . 

 Large 



Small 



Med. to large 

 II II 



Small 



Sm'lltomed. 



Quality. 



3 



P3 



Wet. . , 

 Choice, 

 Fair. , , 

 Dry. ., 

 Fair. . , 

 Wet. . , 

 Dry.., 



Wet. . , 

 Dry. . 



Fair. . , 

 Wet. . 

 Dry. . 



Yield per Acre. 



o 

 H 





CO CO 



S 2 



pq 1^ 



Form 

 and Colour. 



Roimd, white. 



II light rose. 



11 II yellow 



II II pink. 



H deep red. 

 White. 



Round oval, red. 

 Long flat, pink. 



Flat oval, white. 

 Oval, light pink. 

 Kidney. 

 Round, white. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FLAX. 



The series of experiments with flax begun in 1896, were continued during the past 

 season, the yield of straw is heavier this year but the return of seed is less. 



The soil was a rich clay loam summer-fallowed, size of plots y^ acre. One half of 

 each plot was pulled as soon as the seed pods had turned brown, the other half was left 

 until the seed had ripened, when it was cut and threshed in the usual way. 



Variety. 



Flax 

 II 

 II 

 II 

 It 

 II 





O 



a 



3 

 O 



a 



Lbs. 



40 

 80 

 40 

 80 

 40 

 80 

 40 

 80 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 26. 



II 26. 



June 2 . 



2. 



9. 



9. 



16. 



16. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 27. 



II 27. 



II 31. 



II 31. 



Sept. 3. 



3. 



6. 



6. 



Date 

 when 

 Pulled 



for 

 Fibre. 



Aug. 17. 



II 17. 



II 25. 



I, 25. 



Sept. 1. 



I. 1. 



5. 



5. 



^ g » 



*= ~ «r< 

 O 3 S 



•^ c 9 



Lbs. 



2,600 

 3,700 

 3,300 

 3,900 

 3,500 

 3,800 

 3,540 

 2,040 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



J3 



3 



pa 



9 



J2 



36 



11 44 



11 24 

 14 16 



12 28 

 12 48 



10 20 



11 44 



ft 3 



XT* 



56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 



t a 



Lbs. 



3,180 

 3,320 

 2,660 

 2,560 

 2,100 

 2,280 

 2,720 

 2,140 



The plots sown on the 2nd of June gave the best return of seed, the sowings of the 

 9th June the largest quantity of straw. In every instance the thicker sowing gave the 

 largest return of seed per acre and with one exception the largest quantity of straw 

 alsa 



