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Fall Turnips. 



Althoug-h fall turnips, soft turnips, or, as they are sometimes 

 called, yellow and white flesh turnips, yield heavily per acre, they are 

 not g-rown very extensively throughout Ontario, owing, no doubt, to 

 the fact that they do not keep very late into the winter, but are more 

 specially suited for feeding in the autumn of the year. 



Varieties. Sixteen varieties were under test in 1904, and the re- 

 sults show that the highest yields per acre were produced by the Red 

 Top White Globe, 44 tons ; White Egg, 38 tons ; Early American Red 

 Top, 37 tons; Sutton's Imperial Green Globe, 37 tons; Sutton's Pur- 

 ple Top Mammoth, -- tons; Carter's Commonwealth, 35 tons; and 

 Carter's Purple King, 35 tons. 



In some seasons, this class of turnips is considerably damaged 

 by what is commonly called the "turnip rot." This disease attacks 

 the turnips during the growing season, and sometimes causes the root 

 to become either partially or wholly decayed before they have been 

 harvested. We have counted the number of sound roots, and also the 

 number of decayed roots of each of the varieties grown in our experi- 

 mental grounds for several years in succession. The crops grown in 

 1899, 1900, 1902, and 1903 were almost free from rot; while those 

 grown in 1S97 had 51 per cent; in 1898, 30 per cent; in 1901, 15 per 

 cent ; and in 1904, 2 per cent of rot. We submit herewith a table giv- 

 ing the names of the varieties and the percentage of the crop which was 

 diseased in each of the years 1897, 1898, and 1901, with the average 

 percentage of diseased roots for the three years. 



Varieties. 



1. Cow Horn 



2. Early American Purple Top . . . 

 3 Yellow Stone 



4. White Egg 



5. Jersey Navet 



6. Red Top Strap Leaf 



7. Yellow Montgomery 



8. Jersey Lily •. 



9. Piirple Top Mammoth 



10. Milk Globe , 



11. Greystone Improved 



12. White Lily 



13. Green barrel 



14. White Six-weeks 



15 Red Top White Globe 



16. White Stone 



17. Sutton's Imperial Green Globe . 



18. Early White Model 



19. Large White Norfolk 



20. Early La Crosse 



21. Purple Top Hybrid 



22. Red Globe Norfolk . 



23. Jarman's Selected Green Globe 



Per cent, of crop diseased. 



1S97 



1898. 



1901. 



Average 

 3 vears. 



2 



8 



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16 



2S 



■29 



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27 

 23 



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 37 

 32 



19 

 62 

 o-j 

 35 

 42 

 84 

 59 

 81 

 47 



