884 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



oil July 3. The Early Giant, Quite Content, and Telephone were the best varieties 

 for a main crop. Owing to a severe attack of mildew a number of the later varieties 

 did not do so well. 



Experiments were carried out with four sowings of Thomas Laxton peas, each 

 sowing seven days apart. The following are the yields of green peas from a SO-foot 

 row in each case. The peas were sown 1 inch apart in the row. 



1st sowing April 20 45 pounds. 



2nd sowing April 27 58 



3rd sowing- May 4 51 



4th sowing May 11 35 " 



PumpJcins. — The Jumbo, Large Field, and Sweet As Sugar, were the varieties 

 tested. All varieties developed well, but only a few of the fruits matured. Three 

 plants of each variety were started in a hotbed in pots, being planted out in the 

 garden on June 15, and three hills of each variety were sown in the open on May 31. 

 Those started in the hotbed were first .in ripening. The following yields will give 

 the comparison: Jumbo, plants started in a hotbed, 243 pounds, 131 pounds ripening; 

 from seed sown in the open, 256 pounds, Y4 pounds ripening; Large field, plants 

 started in hotbed, 260 pounds, 167 pounds ripening; from seed sown in open 269 

 pounds, 58 pounds ripening; Sweet as Sugar, plants started in hotbed 118 pounds, 

 78 pounds ripening; from seed sown in oi>en 115 pounds, 18 pounds ripening. It 

 may be worthy of note that Sweet as Sugar, although not so large as the other varieties, 

 are good keepers. 



Radish. — Scarlet Turnip Wliite Tipped, and Forcing Turnip Scarlet were the 

 varieties under test. Both produced a good crop. Seed sown on April 16 were ready 

 for use May 22. The seed should be sown rather thickly so as to keep the roots small 

 and ensure a continuous supply. If sown thin they are usually all ready at the same 

 time, getting too large before they can be used. 



Squash. — Eight varieties were under test. Three plants of each variety were 

 started in pots in the hotbed, being reported when large enough and hardened off in 

 cold frames. Those started in the hotbed were the first to be ready for use. Among 

 the best varieties are Golden Hubbard, Delicious, Long White or Vegetable Marrow, 

 and English Marrow. The following are the results obtained from the plants started 

 in pots in the hotbed compared to those sown in the open. 



Golden Hubbard — Started in hotbed 114 pounds, 86 pounds ripening. 



Sown in open 87 



Delicious — Started in hotbed 100 



Sown in open 62 



Long White — Started in hotbed 207 



Sown in open , . . 192 



English Vegetable Marrow — Started in hotbed 278 



Sown in open . . 128 



63 

 63 



28 

 134 



75 

 168 



72 



Tomatoes. — None of the eight varieties under test ripened many tomatoes owing 

 to the cool wet summer. The plants were started in a hotbed and transplanted into 

 2i-inch pots and again into 4^-inch and finally into 6-inch pots. On May 15 they 

 were turned out of the pots and planted, care being taken not to disturb the roots. 

 This method ensured the plant having no check in its growth and giving it a good start. 

 Five plants of each variety were set out. The following varieties can be recommended 

 for earliness and yield: — 



Northern Adirondack Earliana 2 pounds ripened, 54 pounds green. 



Alacrity 3j " " 39 " <• 



Earliana (Sunnybrook strain) 13 " " 37' " •• 



Bonny Best :. " " .32 " 



Kennies XXX (early round scarlet skin). . i " •< 32" •• «■ 



Letiibridge. 



