850 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



Cahhage. — Eleven varieties were sown in the hot-house on March 23 and trans- 

 planted into the garden on June 2. The crop obtained was quite satisfactory. Very 

 little damage was done by the cut-worm or cabbage butterfly during the season. In 

 order to prevent the butterfly from depositing eggs on the cabbage a number of plants 

 were covered with cheese cloth at the time of transplanting. The result was that while 

 the heads were entirely free from worms, they were small and soft and quite unfit for 

 winter keeping. 



Cabbage. — Test of Varieties. 



Variety. 



Glory of Enkhuizen 



Extra Amager Danish Roundhead 



Danish Summer Ballhead 



Extra Amager Danish Ballhead.. . 



Nofalt 



Flat Swedish 



Fottler Improved Brunswick 



Early Jersey Wakefield 



Copenhagen Market 



Rennie XXX Early Summer 



Paris Market, Very Early 



Ready 

 for use. 



Sept. 10. 

 6. 



Aug. 30. 



Sept. 8. 



Aug. 4. 



Sept. 6. 



" 10. 



July 28. 



" 30. 



" 26. 



" 22. 



Average 



weight per 



head. 



lb. 

 11 

 10 

 10 

 10 



9 



9 



8 



^ 

 4 

 4 

 3 



Remarks. 



Very fine quality. 

 Extra fine quality. 

 Good solid heads. 

 Extra fine heads. 

 Good solid heads. 

 Heads very soft. 

 Medium quality. 

 Medium quality. 

 Heads good quality. 

 Medium quality. 

 Good quality. 



Cauliflower. — Four varieties were sown in the hot-house on March 24, and trans- 

 planted into the garden on May 4. An average crop was obtained. A number of plants 

 were protected by a covering of cheese cloth during the season. As a result, while the 

 heads were free from worms, they were very small and of poor quality. 



Variety. 



Early Snowball 



Extra Selected Early Dwarf Erfurt 



Gilt Edge 



Danish Giant Dryweather 



Ready 

 for use. 



June 28. 



' 30. 



July 9 . 



' 12. 



Average 



weight per 



head. 



lb. 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 2 



Remarks. 



Quality good. 

 " mediu 



Carrots. — Four varieties were sown on April 16, and the crop taken up on Sep- 

 tember 2d. The yield was satisfactory. A test was also made in thinning the plants 

 to different distances. Those thinned to li inches gave the largest yield but the roots 

 were undersized. Those thinned to two inches, while yielding less than the first lot, 

 gave good sized carrots, while those that were thinned to three inches gave the smallest 

 yield of large smooth roots. 



Variety. 



Yield per acre. 



Remarks. 



Half Long Chantenay 



Improved Nantes 



Early Scarlet Horn 



Improved Danvers Half Long 



Bush. 

 689 

 618 

 583 



565 



lb. 

 20 



20 



Good crop and quality. 

 Good crop and quality. 

 Good crop and medium 



quality. 

 Good crop and medium 



quality. 



Indian IIe.\d. 



