SUMMARY OF VEGETABLES GROWN AT UNI. FARM 277 



wage continual warefare in order to keep them under control. Spraying 

 with a tobacco decoction gave the best results. 



The root crops, namely the beets, carrots and parsnips, all did 

 well. 



Because of late planting, the yield on the varieties of onions tested 

 could not be ascertained owing to th fact that warm weather came on 

 before they made much of a growth, and they were couseouently 

 injured. 



Of the eighty varieties of tomatoes that were tested at the 

 Station the Livingstone Beauty, Livingstone Globe, Acme, Ponderosa, 

 Canadian Canning, Canadian Baltimore gave the highest yields. Two 

 strains out of the ten of Earliana grown at the Station gave promise 

 of superiority. There was more or less variation among these strains 

 in the yielding quantity. Outside of this, however, the general growth ot 

 the plants was similar. The Peach tomato borQ very proliflcly, altho 

 the fruit was rather small. The Stone gave a very fair yield. 



Owing to the poor stand of sweet potatoes, the records are more 

 or less uncertain. As a whole from the thirteen varieties that were 

 grown the Red Jersey, Yellow Jersey, Vineless, South Queen, Black 

 Spanish averaged approximately one pound per hill. The Early Golden, 

 Nancy Hall, Red Bermuda and Porto Rican averaged between two and 

 one-half to three pounds to the hill. The later varieties are the large 

 types and some of the individual potatoes reached three pounds apiece. 



There was a great variation in the yield of the Irish potatoes. 

 The Early Ohio ranks first, followed by the Irish Cobbler, Triumph, 

 Algoma and Empire State. The other varieties varied in yield from 

 one bushel to five bushel per row with equal quantity of seed, one-half 

 "bushel being planted for each variety. However, definite results cannot 

 be based upon one year's trial, and three or four year tests are necessary 

 before recommending any variety. 



C.IBBAGE GROWING. 



Cabbage growing, of recent years has been a partial or total fail- 

 ure in many gardens owing to destruction from worms and unfavorable 

 weather conditions. 



In grooving early cabbage the seed should be planted in the hot- 

 bed late in February or early in March and as soon as plants have 

 grown their true leaves it is well to transplant them to the cold frame 

 giving each plant plenty of space to grow. This will produce stocky 

 and well rooted plants for setting in the field or garden. To those not 

 having hotbeds, the seed may be planted in a box in the house. Care 

 must be taken that it is kept where sufficient heat will insure germina- 

 tion and enough sunlight to keep the little plants growing. In grow- 

 ing plants in the house the young plants may be thinned out and trans- 

 planted into other boxes thus giving all the plants plenty of room. 



The plants may be transplanted into the field as soon as danger 

 of freezing weather is past and ground works well in the spring. 



