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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



WATERMELON. 



Four varieties were started in the hotbed April 9, pricked out into pots, and on 

 June 15 were planted in hills in the garden. They are in order as follows: Cole 

 Early, Improved Ice Cream and Earliest Ripe. 



SQUASH. 



' Five varieties of squash were under test. The seed was sown April 14, in the hot- 

 bed, pricked out into pots and transplanted to the garden June 15, in hills of three, 

 with the hills 8 feet apart. There were three hills of each variety. 



PUMPKIN. 



Three varieties were started in the hotbed April 19, pricked out into pots and 

 planted June 15, in hills 8 feet apart with three plants to the hill. 



CORN. 



Nine varieties of table corn were under test. Some of these varieties gave better 

 results than others, although they were grown on a uniform piece of soil and received 

 the same treatment. The seed was planted May 28, in hills 3' by 3 feet apart, there 

 being ninety-nine hills of each variety. 



Variety. 



Early Dawn 



Golden Bantam 



Early Iowa 



Malakoff 



Fordhook Famous 



Adams Early 



Pocahontas 



Perkins Extra Early Market. 

 Early Evergreen 



Ready 

 for 

 use. 



Aug. 29 



" 29 



Sept. 



31 

 2 

 4 

 12 

 17 

 20 



Quality. 



Good 



Excellent. 

 Good 



Medium. 



Yield from 



99 hills in 



dozen ears. 



1-5 

 17-5 



1 

 17 



9-5 

 24-5 

 8-25 



■50 



Estimated 

 yield- per 

 acre in 

 dozen ears. 



55 



651-5 

 36-6 



623 

 348 

 899 

 302 

 18 



Lennoxviile. 



