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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



was produced. Autumr. King was the only variety which came up in the hot bed but 

 it is too late for the North-west Territories. 



Name of Variety. 



Trans- 

 planted 



to 

 Garden. 



Earliest Dwarf Erfurt 



XXX Erfurt 



Extrat Early Whitehead 



Henderson's Early Snowball . 



World's Best Snowball 



High Grade Dwarf . Erfurt. . . . 



Gilt Edge 



Autumn King 



Selected Early Erfurt — Bruce 



June 10. 

 ■1 10 



Remarks. 



13. . Very good. 



13. 



13. . ! Large and good. 



15. .jVery good. 



Good. 



Very good. 



Good. 



Cut one head. 



Extra good. 



CELERY. 



Seven varieties were sown in hod-beds on 6 th April, transplanted to cold-frame 

 6th May, transplanted to trenches 2nd July, and fit for use 10th September, and lifted 

 15th October. 



Giant Pascal— very good. 



Red Pascal — one of the best. 



White Plume — very good. 



Paris Golden Yellow — very good. 



Dwarf White Golden-heart — very good. 



Pink Plume — very good. 



New Dwarf Red — small. 



Some celery seed was also sown in the open ground but the plants did not grow to 

 any size. 



CUCUMBERS. 



Eleven varieties were sown in pots in the hotbed on 15th April, and planted out 

 in frames in garden on 20th May. 



Swan Neck — none grew. 



Peerless White Spine — in use 12th July. Very fine. 



Pride of Canada — none grew. 



Cool and Crisp — in use 12th July. Very fine. 



Giant White Perfection — none grew. 



White Wonder — In use 8th July. Small, but good crop. 



New Giant Pera — in use 12th July. Good crop. 



Livingstone's Emerald — in use 12th July. Very fine. 



White Wonder (Simmer's) — in use 8th July. Very fine. 



Paris Pickling — in use 12th July. Extra good. 



New Siberian — in use 1st July. Good. 



These varieties were again sown on 15th May in the garden, under protection of 

 small frames. They gave a fair crop, but were neither as early nor as prolific as those 

 which ware forced in the hot-bed. 



CORN. 



The following seven varieties were planted on 20th May, but on account of dry 

 weather did not germinate until after rain on 15th June : — Ford's Sugar, Early Market, 

 Early Cory, First of All, Minnesota, Mitchell's Extra Early and Squaw. AH except 

 Squaw, which did not grow, were fit to use on Ist September. No corn of any variety 

 ripened during 1897. 



