DITISION OF HORTICULTURE 863 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Carrots. — ^Four varieties of carrots were tested. Half Long Chantenay along with 

 being the highest yielder -was one of the best in point of quality. These were sown on 

 May 4, thinned toward the end of June, and ready for use by the end of July. Follow- 

 ing is the yield from a 30-foot row: — 



Variety. Lb. oz. 



Improved Nantes 47 8 



Half Long Chantenay 55 10 



Early Scarlet Horn 31 15 



Improved Danvers Half Long 49 12 



Turnips. — ^Eight varieties of turnips were tested for the table, but swedes proved 

 to be more desirable for culinary purposes than the white turnips, especially so when 

 keeping qualities are considered. These were sown on May 5 and ready for use early 

 in August. Following is the yield from a 30-foot row : — 



Variety. Lb. oz. 



Westbury Purple Top 26 9 



Best of All 23 3 



Hall Purple Top 30 3 



Bangholm Purple Top , 2.7 4 



Favorite 20 13 



Carter Invicta 46 11 



Sutton Purple Top 24 8 



Skirving Purple Top 28 15 



Cauliflower. — The varieties tested in cauliflower in 1915 were not satisfactory 

 where yield alone is considered, because the early varieties were ready to mature when 

 the season was the driest and instead of maturing, withered. Any of the four following 

 varieties are satisfactory under general conditions. The yields are from one row 30 

 feet in length of each: — 



Variety. Lb. 



Early Snowball 22 



Extra Selected Early Dwarf Erfurt 14 



Danish Giant Dry Weather 4 



Veitch Autumn Giant 1 



Some varieties of cauliflower were sown in the open, but were affected with root 

 maggot and those that survived this trouble succumbed to the dry weather, 



Cahhage. — Cabbage has done well ever since the Station was established, although 

 the yield in dry seasons is not equal to that in normal seasons. The plants were started 

 in the hotbed at the end of March and planted in the open on the 17th of May 

 and were ready for use from the middle to the end of July. Following is the list of 

 the varieties tested with the weight of ten average heads : — 



Variety. Lb. oz. 



Nofalt 71 6 



Early Jersey Wakefield 38 



Paris Market (very early) 24 4 



Copenhagen Market 64 13 



Danish Summer Ballhead 43 14 



• Flat Swedish 51 10 



Extra Amager Danish Roundhead . . . 59 6 



Improved Amager Danish Roundhead - 40 6 



Fottler Improved Brunswick 42 13 



Celery. — Seven varieties were tested. This is one of the most difficult vegetables 

 to start, the seed being small and slow to germinate. In this case the seed was sown in 

 pots in the house and on the 1st of April when the hotbed was ready they were plunged 

 in the hotbed. They were transplanted from the pots to the hotbed on the 22nd of May 



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