692 EXPERIMENrAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 

 SEED DISTELBUTION. 



In the plant-breeding work there is necessarily produced a quantity of seed of 

 first-class quality, for which there is no room for sowing, owing to the limited area 

 available for this work. It was, therefore, considered advisable to distribute this seed 

 to individuals who might be interested and desirous of trying any new products that 

 were being put out. The seed sent out has been very favourably received and, as a 

 consequence, demands for samples have considerably increased in number. 



Two of the most important varieties of seed sent out have been an early table 

 corn, known as Early. Malcolm, and an exceptionally early-cropping tomato named 

 Alacrity. These varieties have been so favourably received that a number of the 

 largest Canadian seed houses are now cataloguing them for sale under very favourable 

 comments. Dupuy & Ferguson, seedsmen, Jacques Cartier Square, Montreal, describe 

 the Early Malcolm as "A distinct and valuable addition to the earliest sweet corns. 

 It is very sweet, juicy and tender. It is extremely early and is ready to use from six 

 to ten days sooner than an other sweet corn grown, and is larger than any of the 

 earliest or medium early varieties. Early Malcolm sweet corn is especially adapted for 

 planting in our northern latitudes." The McKenzie Company, seedsmen, of Brandon, 

 Manitoba, offer Early Malcolm as a new novelty, its chief recommendation being its 

 extreme earliness. The Normal School, Brandon, reports it as " ten days earlier than 

 any other variety tested by them." 



The Alacrity tomato is equally favourably commented upon by these firms, the 

 McKenzie Company advertising it as " A genuine Canadiaai introduction," and em- 

 phasizes its chief points as earliness, productiveness and quality, whereas Dupuy & 

 Ferguson advertise it as " the earliest red tomato, ten days earlier than any other 

 strain." The prices asked for the seed are a flattering criterion of its estimated 

 worth, the noted strain of tomato known as Langdon's Northern Adirondack being 

 quoted at 80 cents an ounce and that of Alacrity at $1.50. 



The following is a tabulated record of the resnlts from reports received from 

 experimesnters throughout the Dominion, who have grown, during the past year, seed 

 distributed by the Horticultural Division of the Central Experimental Farm. 



Ottawa. 



