DIVISION OF HORTICULTUnE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Mtiskmelon. — Four varieties were under test. The seed was sown in the hot-house 

 on ]\[arch 24. The plants were set out in cold frames on June ll. The frames were 

 covered on cool nights, and opened up during the day time. A splendid crop of large, 

 well-flavoured fruit was thus obtained. It is interesting to note that the seed saved 

 from fruit grown at this Farm gave the largest crop and also the largest melons. The 

 following table will give a list of the varieties under test: — 



Onions. — Fifteen varieties were under test. The seed was sown in the garden 

 on April 15 and the crop taken up on September 29. The early part of the season 

 was dry and windy and, consequently, the young plants got a very poor start. The 

 crop obtained was only medium in yield and quality. A test was made of fall versus 

 spring sowing. Seed of Red Wethersfield was sown on October 3, 1914, and again on 

 April 15 following. That sown in the fall came up early and had a good start on the 

 spring-sown seed. The final results, however, were only slightly in favour of fall 

 sowing. Plants started in the hot-house and transplanted in the garden gave slightly 

 heavier yields than seed sown in the open. 



The onion maggot, which was troublesome in past years, was net in evidence 

 this season. Consequently, no data were obtained from the work carried on for its 

 control by the use of different poison solutions applied to the roots of tlie young 

 plants. Below is given a list of the varieties under test. 



Variety. 



Very White Pearl 



Johnson Dark Red Beauty 



Salzer Great Red Wethersfield 



Red Globe • 



White Globe 



Yellow Globe 



Dan vers Yellow Globe 



Large Red Wethersfield 



Ohio Yellow Globe v 



Rennie XXX Connecticut Yellow Globe 



Extra Early Red 



Australian Brown 



Early Flat Red 



White Early Barletta 



White Queen: 



Remarks. 



Quality very poor. 

 Quality medium. 

 Quality medium. 

 Quality medium. 

 Quality medium. 

 Quality poor. 

 Quality poor. 

 Quality medium. 

 Quality medium. 

 Quality poor. 

 Quality medium. 

 Crop and quality pKJor. 

 Quality very poor. 

 Quality poor. 

 Quality medium. 



Indian Head. 



