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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Wvi. Hurst. — An early variety, of excellent flavour and very productive. This should 

 rank as a first-class early pea. 



French Canner. — A very productive variety, and, as its name implies, is a typical 

 canner. The pods are long and gracefully formed and well filled. A fine sort for the 

 market gardener. 



Improved Forty-Fold. — One of the best main crop pease tested. Very productive 

 and of excellent flavour. 



Sander's Marrow. — The finest flavoured pea grown this season. Individual pease 

 exceptionally large and sweet. A high class variety. ' 



BEANS. 



Forty-seven varieties of beans were sown on 20th May, and all germinated well. On 

 the morning of June 4th the thermometer registered several degrees of frost, and in 

 consequence this sowing was completely eradicated. A second sowing was made on 7th 

 June, and, as in some instances all the seed had been sown on the first occasion, the list of 

 available varieties was reduced to 43. Notwithstanding this drawback, all varieties did 

 fairly well, and many of them ripened their seed. Below is given, in tabular form, the 

 result of this test, coupled with some short notes on those kinds deemed worthy of 

 special mention. Sown with Planet Junr. hand drill in rows 30 inches apart, and 

 afterwards thinned to 6 inches apart in the row. 



BEANS. 



Name of Variety. 



Yellow fi weeks 



Detroit Wax 



Boston Favorite 



Refugee, or 10(10 to 1 



New Stringless Green Pod 



Cylinder Ivory Pod 



Wilson's Golden Eye 



Dwarf Triumph 



Marvel of Paris 



Ne Plus Ultra 



Defiance 



Pink Eyed Wax 



Speckled Wax 



Blue Podded Butter 



Dwarf Lyonaise 



Early Giant Wax 



Davis' Wax 



Scarlet Flageolet Wn\ . . . . 



Golden Eyed Wax 



Improved Navy 



Best of All 



California Pea 



Early China 



White Field 



Canadian Wonder . . . 



Early Golden Wax 



Mohawk 



Saddleback Wax. 



Black Eyed Wax 



Dwarf Horticultural 



Giant Yosemite Wax 



Mexican Prolific Tree . . . . 



Ready. 



Aug. 



18. 

 11. 

 22. 

 30. 



7, 



,. 20, 



,. 12, 



.. 17. 



9, 



,. 10. 



., 12. 



.. 20. 



„ 20. 



„ 23. 



u 17. 



,. 20. 



1. 13. 



,, 14. 



.. 20 



.. 15. 



M 25. 



.. 10. 



.. 15. 



.. 10. 



,. 11. 



9. 



.. 12. 



„ 12. 



11 10. 



-I 12. 



Did not 



■ 0-1 



Productiveness. 



Fairly productive 



If II 



Very n 



Fairly n 



Very n 



M II 



Fairly h 



Very n 



Fairly ,i 



Very « 

 Not 



Fairly n 



II II . 



Very n 



Fairly 



Very 



Fairly 



Very 



Fairly 



ti 

 Very 



Fairly 



Very 



Fairly 



It 

 Very 



produce fruit. 



•73 

 O 



bo 



C 



In. 



5^ 

 4i 

 6 

 6 



5i 

 5 



3i 



4i 



5 



6 



5 



4i 



5 



5 



6 



6i 



4i 



Ih 



4! 



5 



5i 



4 



5i 



4| 



7 



4i 



5| 

 5 



4V 



Colour. 



Light green. . . 

 Dark yellow. . 



Dark green 



Light green. . . 



II . . 



Dark yellow. . 



Green 



II 



M 



II 



II 



Light yellow . . 

 Dark u 



Blue 



Dark green.. . . 

 Dark yellow. . 



Green 



Dark yellow. . 

 Light II 

 Green 



ti 



II 



II ........ 



It 



Dark yellow. . 

 It . . 



Green 



Light yellow . . 



II . . 



Dark green. . . . 



Light yellow. . 



Flavour. 



Fair. 

 Good. 

 Very good. 

 Fair. 

 Good. 



It 

 Poor. 

 Good. 



It 

 Very good. 

 Good. 

 Fair. 

 Good. 



Very good 



Fair. 



Very good. 



Good. 



Fair. 



Good. 



Poor. 



Good. 



Fair. 



Very good. 



Fair. 

 Very good. 



