864 EXPERIMENTAL FIRMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



and planted in the open on the 21st June. Followiaig is the weight of plants from a 

 fifteen foot row of each variety : — 



Variety. Lb. oz. 



Paris Golden Yellow 32 10 



Giant Pascal 36 3 



White Plume 17 8 



Evans Triumph 29 10 



Noll Magnificent 40 2 



French Success 28 2 



Improved Wliite Plume 27 9 



We have tried planting celery in trenches and on the level and in every case found 

 more satisfactory results from planting on the level. In both cases there was a deep, 

 rich seed-bed. 



Several methods were tried in the bleaching of celery namely : with earth, boards, 

 and felt roofing. Banking with earth involved the most labour. Banking with boards 

 and felt roofing involved about the same amount of labour, but the boards were more 

 easily kept up close to the plants. The roofing, however, is inexpensive, easy to store, 

 and with the use of long wires in the form of staples, could be made to stand up close 

 to the plants. The roofing is sold in rolls 12 inches wide. 



Onions. — Thirteen varieties of onions were sown in the open on the 5th of May, 

 germinated on the 22nd, were thinned on June 14, and ready for use by the 15th of 

 September. J'ollowing is the table showing the names of varieties, weight in a 30-foot 



row, of the good onions, and of the thick-necks : — 



Good Onions. Thick-necks. 



Variety. ■ Lb. oz. Lb. oz. 



Johnson Dark Red Beauty 5 13 3 2 



Salzer Great Red Wethersfield 8 13 2 11 



Red Globe 4 8 7 6 



White Globe 8 11 5 6 



Danver Yellow Globe 7 15 5 7 



Large Red Wethersfield . . . ._ 9 12 3 8 



Australian Brown ' 6 10 9 



Early Flat Red 9 6 2 10 



White Early Barletta 9 13 1 9 



White Queen 7 10 



Very WTiite Pearl 9 1 7 



Rer.nie Extra Early Red 8 2 1 10 



An experiment was tried in thinning onions. In all cases the rows were 33J feet 

 long. Following is the table showing the results : — 



Marketable. Thick-necks. 



Lb. oz. Lb. oz. 



apart 12 12 8 



" 5 7 1 4 



" 2 4 ' 2 5 



Tomatoes. — Five methods of ripening tomatoes were tried as follows: placing the 

 green fruit in a window in the sun; placing it in the shade; placing it in a closed box; 

 placing it in a pile covered with straw; hanging the plants in a cellar. It was found 

 that where the tomatoes were nearly ripe, those did best that hung on the plants in the 

 cellar, but where the tomatoes were quite green best results were obtained by placing 

 in a closed box, or placed in a pile covered with straw. Tomatoes ripened on the plants 

 retain their flavour better than those ripened off the plants. 



Ro.STHERN. 



