DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



827 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



LETTUCE. 



The lettuce did well this year. Ten varieties were tested for yield, earliness, length 

 of season and quality. The results are as follows: — 



ONIONS. 



The crop of onions was good. Besides the test of varieties, several cultural tests 

 were carried out, the results of which are tabulated below. In the variety tests, the 

 " Globe " varieties were the best yielders. 



Variety Test. — Onions. 



Name of variety. 



Yellow Globe 



Red Globe 



White Globe 



White Queen 



Danvers Yellow Globe 



Extra Early Red 



Red Wethersfield 



Very White Pearl 



Early White Barletta... 

 Ailsa Craig 



Date of 

 Sowing. 



April 21. 



" 21. 



" 21. 



" 21 



" 2L 



" 21. 



" 21. 



" 21. 



" 21. 



" 21. 



Date of 

 Pulling. 



Sept. 



7. 



7. 

 7. 

 7. 

 7. 

 7. 

 7. 

 7. 

 7. 

 7. 



Size. 



Large 



Large 



Large 



Large 



Medium. . . . 



Large 



Large 



Large 



Medium. . . . 



Medium to 



small 



Shape. 



Globular.... 



Globular 



Globular 



Flat 



Globular 



Flat 



Flat 



Flat (thick) 

 Flat 



Globular 



Colour. 



Yellow 



Red 



White 



White 



Yellow 



Red 



Red 



White 



White 



Light yellow 



Yield from 

 30 foot Row. 



Lb. 

 25 

 24 

 23 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 18 

 15 



11 



oz. 

 8 



8 

 8 

 8 

 8 



(a) Cultural Tests. — To test relative merit of starting onions in hotbeds as com- 

 pared with sowing in open. The seed sown in hotbeds was sown on March 29 aoid 

 the plants were set out May 25. The outside seeding was done on April 21. The 

 results with three different varieties were as follows: — 



Variety, 



Danvers Yellow Globe. 



Extra Early Red 



Large Red Wethersfield 



Yield from 30 foot 



Row. Sown in 

 hot-bed and trans- 

 planted. 



Yield from 30-foot 

 Row sown outside. 



lb. 

 '21 

 20 

 19 



oz. 



8 

 8 



In addition to yielding better, the outside sowing required much less work. 



Brandon. 



