DIYTF^TOY OF HORTICULTFRF! 789 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The five highest yielders, for an average of five years are: — 



Bush. 



Money Maker 248 



Irisli Cobbler 234 



Table Talk 22G 



Late Puritan 221 



Gold Coin 218 



GARDEN BEANS. 



Particular attention was paid to garden beans and no less than 33 varieties and 

 strains have been tried since 1911. The " limas " were dropped because the season is 

 rather short for them; of the "kidneys/' the pole varieties were left asi"de because 

 staking is a costly proposition and also because they are not so hardy as the " bush " 

 sorts and must be sown a little later. Amongst the " dwarfs," the " wax " or " butter " 

 beans are in much greater demand, though some of the " green-podded " are really 

 of better quality. Everything has now been discarded with the exception of the six 

 following varieties : Challenge Black Wax, Hodson Long Pod, Wardwell Kidney Wax, 

 Davis Green Pod, Eefugee or 1000 to 1, Stringless Green Pod. In 1915, the heaviest 

 yielder was Hodson Long Pod, at the rate of 4Y0 bushels per acre, which is 30 pounds 

 and 13 ounces for a row of 30 feet. This is quite exceptional, though, as the seven 

 leading varieties only yielded at the rate of 193 bushels per acre, during the last five 

 years. The earliest variety, as usual, was Challenge Black Wax which was the lowest 

 yielder. Its precocity makes it valuable, as prices always rule higher at the beginning 

 of the season. It took sixty-four days after sowing the seed to have it ready for 

 market, whilst Hodson Long Pod took seventy-eight and the average for the seven 

 leading varieties was seventy-two. 



GARDEN BEETS. 



There are different shapes in garden beets, long, intermediate, top, globe, ovoid, 

 turnip. The first two are generally grown to be kept through winter, but the others, 

 especially the globe, are fast taking the place of all others. At one time, it was 

 taken as granted that the longer shaped a garden beet was, the later it was, and vice 

 versa, which placed the turnip-shaped kinds at the head of the list for earliness. But 

 of late, the round or globe-shaped varieties have been much improved and seem to 

 be superseding all others. For a discriminating market a beet more than two inches 

 in diameter is not considered at its best and it is well to grow varieties which will 

 reach this size as soon as possible. Of the twenty varieties and strains tried at this 

 Station since 1911, Eclipse has been found the most satisfactory, both for earliness 

 and for yield. It has the distinction of being thoroughly bred and there is less chance 

 with it than with other varieties of getting strains totally differing from each other 

 when buying seed from several sources. 



CABBAGE. 



Red and Savoy varieties are not much grown in this district though the latter 

 are of the highest quality for home use. Amongst the early varieties, Early Jersey 

 Wakefield and Copenhagen Market are certainly the best, the first being conical or 

 pointed and the latter round. The Wakefield is a few days earlier than Copenhagen 

 Market but not nearly as good a yielder. Succession is a good variety to follow these 

 early kinds, and any good strain of the Danish Ballhead group is the best for winter 

 use on account of its invariably good keeping qualities. 



Cap Rouge. 



