DIYISION OF EOfftTlCXJLTURE 



715 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



VEOETABLES. 



Variety tests of the varioiis vegetables were made as in previous years, but tbe 

 lateness of the season and unfavourable nature of the ground spoiled these experiments 

 to a large extent. The following were the varieties tested and the yields obtained. 



SQUASH. 



Five varieties were planted in hills on the lYth of June. The hills were sufficient 

 distances apart to prevent the intermingling of the vines. The yields were as follows : — 



No. 



Name. 



342 Golden Hubbard 



343 Hubbard 



341 Long Vegetable Marrow 



345 Delicious 



340 Delicata 



344 Crookneck 



Fit for use. 



Nov. 17 

 " 17 

 " 29 



17 

 " 30 



17 



No. of 

 squash. 



8 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 8 



Average. 



lb. 

 9 



8-5 

 4 

 4 



n 



Total 

 v.'eight. 



lb. 

 72 

 68 

 32 

 32 

 18 



CABBAGE. 



Twelve varieties of cabbage were sown in hotbeds on the 13th of April and were 

 transplanted to the open on June 16 in rows 33^ feet long and 36 inches apart, the 

 plants being 18 inches apart in the rows. Twenty average heads of each variety were 

 weighed and recorded as follows : — 



No. 



265 

 264 

 266 

 267 

 370 

 268 

 262 

 261 

 260 

 347 

 346 

 263 



Name. 



Flat Swedish 



Danish Summer Ballhead 



Extra Amager Danish Roundhead 



Improved Amager Danish Roundhead 



Extra Amager Danish Ballhead 



Fottlers Improved Brunswick 



Paris Market, Very Early 



Early Jersey Wakefield 



Nofalt 



Danish Stonehead (Red) 



Danish Delicatesse (Red) 



Copenhagen Market 



Quality. 



Good.... 

 Good.... 

 Medium . 

 Medium . 



Poor 



Good.... 

 Good.... 

 Good.... 



Poor 



Good.... 

 Medium . 

 Good.... 



Date of 

 Harvest- 

 ing. 



October 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 



No. of 

 Head. 



20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 25 

 25 

 20 



Average 



weight 



per head. 



lb. 



7-5 



4-5 



3 ■75 



3-65 



2-8 



315 



2-8 



2-35 



2 



3 



2-4 



1-75 



Total 

 weight. 



lb. 

 1.50 

 90 

 75 

 73 

 56 

 63 

 56 

 47 

 40 

 75 

 60 

 35 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Three different varieties of cauliflower were sown in hotbeds on the 16th of April 

 and transplanted to the open on June 16 in rows 33^ feet long and 36 inches apart, 

 the plants being 14 inches apart in the rows. The results were as follows : — 



No 



269 

 270 

 271 



Name. 



Early Snowball 



Extra Selected Early Dwarf Erfurt 

 Danish Giant Dryweather 



Fit for 

 use. 



Sept. 



Quality. 



Good.. . 

 Good.. . 

 Medium 



No. of 

 Head. 



24 

 24 

 24 



Yields. 



Average. 



lb. 

 1-54 

 1-7 

 1-71 



Total. 



lb. 

 37 



40-8 

 4M 



NaPPAJs. 



