DITISIOy OF HORTICULTrRE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



OKIOXS. 



Onions were thinned to 1 inch, 2 inches, and 3 inches in the row. The average yield 

 per acre of the three varieties when thinned to 1 inch was 8,538 pounds per acre; when 

 thinned to 2 inches, 9,060 pounds per acre, and when thimied to 3 inches, 7,492 pounds 

 per acre. 



The method of planting was compared as follows : Three varieties were sown in the 

 open on May 18, and thinned to three inches apart. The average yield per acre was 

 7,492 pounds. The same varieties were sown in the hotbeds on April 15, and trans- 

 planted to a distance of 3 inches apart. They gave an average yield of 6,622 pounds 

 per acre. Yellow onion sets were planted May 24, 3 inches apart. They gave a yield 

 at the rate of 8,190 pounds per acre. 



Onion sets were grown from three varieties by sowing -the seed at the rate of not 

 less than 200 seeds per inch. This crowded the plants so that the sets matured well 

 when one-half to one-quarter inch in diameter. 



FLOWERS. 



ANNUALS. 



The season of 1915 was favourable for most of the annual flowers. The moist season 

 tended to produce large magnificent flowers of the different sorts. The seed obtained in 

 the spring of 1915 was not so good as we have had in former years and quite a number 

 of sorts are omitted from the list of annual flowers as the seed failed to germinate. The 

 aster disease, which turns the leaves and flowers yellow, was not so bad as in former 

 years. The sweet peas were given new ground and rivalled the best we have ever had. 

 A list of the twelve varieties recommended by this Station is here given: — 



Sweet Peas — Tw^elve Best Varieties. 



Variety. 



King White 



Rosabelle 



Wedgewood 



Thos. Stevenson 



Mrs. Townsend 



Maud Holmes 



Mrs. C. W. Breadmore. 



Margaret Atlee 



R. F. Felton 



King Manoel 



Clara Curtiss 



John Ingrnan 



Colour. 



White 



Rose 



Blue 



Orange scarlet 



White and blue 



Crimson 



Cream with buff edge. 



Cream pink 



Lavender 



Maroon 



Cream 



Carmine 



Began to Bloom. 



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The above varieties continued blooming until killed by the heavy frosts in October. 



Charlottetown. 



