DITISIOY OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



were stored away in the root cellar. The total, including seed and rent of land, 

 amounted to $84.15. The yield of marketable potatoes was 401 bushels which brought 

 the cost practically 21 cents per bushel. A walking plough was used for opening up the 

 drills, and also for ploughing out the crop. By the use of modern potato machinery 

 which would be employed in planting large areas, the cost could be considerably reduced. 



VARIETY TESTS WITH VEGETABLES. 



Asparagus. — Owing to the dry weather early in the season this crop was almost a 

 failure. Several small pickings were obtained from Barr Mammoth and Conover 

 Colossal. The quality was very poor, the stalks being tough and stringy. 



Beans. — Thirteen varieties were sown in the garden on the 8th of May. Frost on 

 September 11 destroyed all the vines and no seed ripened. Below is given a list of the 

 varieties under test. 



Variety. 



New White Seeded Green Pod 



Bountiful Green Bush 



Grennell Rustless Wax 



Refugee or 1000 to 1 .^ 



Keeney Golden Wax f 



Stringless Green Pod 



Valentino Wax 



Ward well Kidney Wax 



Extra Early Valentine 



Extra Early Refugee 



Michigan White Wax 



Keeney Rustless Wax (I.H. Seed).. 

 Ward well Kidney Wax (I.H. Seed) 



Date of 

 Blooming. 



July 



18. 

 22. 

 23. 

 26. 

 26. 

 24. 

 22. 

 20. 

 30. 

 26. 

 30. 

 26. 

 26. 



Ready 

 for use. 



Aug. 11.. 

 " 14.. 



6.. 

 " 24. . 

 " 16.. 

 " 14. . 

 " ■ 12.. 



9.. 

 " 16.. 

 " 18 . 

 " 20. . 

 " 16.. 

 " 16. . 



Remarks on crop. 



Good crop of green pods. 



Fair 

 Good 



Very poor crop. 



Good crop of green pods. 



Extra good crop of green pods 

 '< ti 11 



Beets. — Seven varieties were sown in the garden on May 6. The roots were taken 

 up on October 7 and yielded a satisfactory crop. The rows were 2 feet apart, and plants 

 were thinned to 3 inches apart in the row. 



A test was also made in thinning plants 2, 3, 4 inches apart in the rows. Those 

 thinned to 2 inches gave the largest yield but roots were undersized. Those thinned 

 to 3 inches yielded less but roots were of good size and quality. Those thinned to 4 

 inches gave the smallest yield, while roots were oversized and coarse in quality. 



Variety. 



Eclipse ' 



Ruby Dulcet 



Early Model 



Crosby Egyptian 



Rennie Cardinal Globe 



New Meteor 



New Early Black Red Ball 



Yield per acre. 



Bush. 



556 

 544 

 538 

 484 

 459 

 447 

 423 



lb. 

 36 

 30 

 27 



48 

 22 

 30 



Remarks. 



Quality excellent. 



11 



medium. 



good. 



11 



IC 



medium. 



Brussels Sprouts. — One variety, Dwarf Improved, was sown in the hot-house on 

 March 28, and transplanted into the garden on June 2. The plants made a strong 

 growth but failed to form sprouts. 



Indian Head. 



