REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPS. 



415 



Mangels. — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Yield pel- acre. 

 1st Plot. 



Selected Mammoth Long Red ..... 



Red Fleshed Tankard 



Golden Fleshed Tankard 



Norbiton Giant 



Canadian Giant 



Giant Yellow Intermediate (Steele). 



Gate Post 



Mammoth Long Red 



Giant Yellow half-long 



Yellow Intermediate 



Prize Mammoth Long Red 



Ward's Large Oval Shaped 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Champion Yellow Globe 



Giant Yellow Intermediate (Pearce) 



Golden Tankard 



Red Fleshed Globe 



Warden Orange Globe 



Yield per acre. 

 L?t Plot. 



Tons. 



Lbs. 



Bush. 



1,317 

 1,305 

 1,302 

 1,190 

 1,179 

 1,151 

 1,149 

 1,097 

 1,056 

 1,053 

 985 

 941 

 921 

 916 

 915 

 915 

 801 

 657 



Lbs. 



4 

 20 

 24 

 56 

 12 

 20 

 52 



4 



"4 



36 

 36 



4 

 40 

 32 

 32 

 20 



4 



Yield per acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Yield per acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Tons. 



32 

 35 

 35 

 34 

 28 

 31 

 36 

 30 

 28 

 27 

 23 

 22 

 25 

 25 

 26 

 26 

 24 

 18 



Lbs. 



240 



400 



400 



1,960 



1,200 



40 



160 



1,600 



672 



1,000 



1,960 



1,760 



600 



656 



624 



360 



400 



80 



Bush. 



1,070 



1,173 



1,173 



1,166 



953 



1,034 



1,202 



1,026 



944 



916 



799 



762 



843 



842 



877 



872 



806 



601 



Lbs. 



40 

 20 

 20 



20 



46 



40 

 32 

 40 

 20 

 40 

 20 

 36 

 4 

 40 

 40 

 20 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



sowings 



of each variety were made, 



Fifteen varieties of carrots were tested, two 

 two weeks apart, in drills one and one-half feet apart. 



The soil was a sandy loam, and was new, having only been broken up in the spring 

 of 1895, and was not yet thoroughly uniform, as shown by the heavier yields in the 

 second sowing, in one or two cases. The character of the growth, however, was strong 

 and fairly uniform. 



The yields are calculated from three rows of 66 feet each. The first sowing was 

 made on the 23rd of April, the second on the 7th of May, and the roots from both were 

 pulled on the 15th of October. 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Giant White Vosges 



Yellow Intermediate 



Improved Short White . 



Green Top White Orthe 



Carter's Orange Giant 



Half Long White ... 



Guerande or Ox-heart 



White Belgian 



Early Gem 



Iverson's Champion 



Half Long Chantenay 



Mammoth White Intermediate 



Scarlet Altringham 



Long Orange or Surrey 



Scarlet Intermediate 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



37 

 39 

 33 

 33 

 31 

 31 

 30 

 30 

 27 

 27 

 26 

 26 

 19 

 18 

 11 



1,680 

 1,200 

 1,466 



880 

 1,360 



333 

 1,600 

 1,600 



560 



120 

 1,670 



800 

 1,600 



960 



880 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,261 



1,320 



1,124 



1,114 



1,056 



1,038 



1,026 



1,026 



909 



902 



894 



880 



660 



616 



381 



20 



26 

 40 



53 

 40 

 40 

 20 



30 



20 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



46 

 27 

 30 

 26 

 23 

 22 

 29 

 24 

 20 

 36 

 24 

 16 

 17 

 21 

 13 



400 

 26G 



1,893 

 800 

 640 



1,760 



1,840 

 160 

 480 



1,060 

 693 



1,440 



1,786 

 240 



1,280 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,540 



904 

 1,031 



880 



777 



762 



997 



769 



674 

 1,217 



811 



557 



596 



704 



454 



26 

 33 



20 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 20 

 33 

 20 

 26 



40 



