DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



701 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PEPPERS. 



The season was short for peppers which were sown in hotbeda on April 15, but by 

 leaving them in flats and putting them back in the hotbeds in the autumn, we ripened 

 quite a few New Neapolitan, Eed Chili, and Long Red Cayenne. 



PEAS. 



Fifteen varieties of peas were planted May 20, in rows thirty feet long. The rows 

 were three feet apart and the seed was planted one inch apart in the row. One half of 

 each row was picked for green peas and the other half allowed to ripen. 



The following table gives the records of each variety when ready for use and in 

 pounds per acre and bushels of seed per acre: — 



Name. 



Ready for use. 

 Green. 



Yield per acre. 

 Green Pods. 



Yield per acre. 



Ripe shelled 



peas. 



Advancer 



Heroine 



Dainty Duchess. . 



Telephone .. . ^ 



Quite Content 



Stratagem 



Premium Gem 



Juno 



The Lincoln 



Thomas Laxton 



Early Giant 



American Wonder. 

 Gregory Surprise.. 

 Sutton Excelsior. . 

 Gradus 



August 



5. 

 15. 



5. 

 15. 



5. 

 20. 

 17. 

 12. 

 12. 

 22. 

 27. 



1. 



July 30... 

 August 2. 

 July 30... 



Lb. 



14,520 



14,036 



13,552 



13,552 



13,552 



12,584 



9,680 



13,552 



13,068 



9,680 



8,712 



7,744 



7,744 



9,680 



4,596 



Bush. 

 96 

 96 

 96 

 80 

 80 

 56 

 52 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 32 

 32 



Lb. 



48 

 48 

 48 

 40 

 40 

 28 

 28 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 16 

 16 



RADISH. 



The Turnip Early Scarlet White Tipped was ready for use iai one month and ten 

 days from seeding. It produced at the rate of 8,131 bunches per acre. 



SQUASH. 



Only four varieties of squash were planted on the 27th of April. The Golden 

 HuT^bard was ready for use August 17, the Long Vegetable Marrow August 28, and 

 the Delicious and Crookneck September 17. The Golden Hubbard and the Delicious 

 were superior to the others in quality, for cooking. 



TURNIPS. 



Eight varieties of table turnips were grown, 

 roots harvested the 13th of November. 



The seed was sown May 21, and the 



POTATOES. 



Twenty-three varieties of potatoes were grown in rows 30 inches apart, with the 

 plants 14 liiohes apart in the row. The seed planted was all from hill selected stock, 

 and it was treated by soaking the uncut tubers for three hours in a solution of one 

 part to two thousand of bichloride of mercury. The potatoes were sprayed regularly 

 with poisoned Bordeaux throughout the season from July 13 to September 11, eight 

 sprayings in all. The potatoes were planted June 5, and were dug October 5. Plot, 



•K:c4 of an acre. 



Charlottetown. 



