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EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



Tomatoes. — Twelve varieties were tested. They were sown April 22 and planted 

 out on June 11. The following results were obtained from one plant each of the 

 following varieties : — 



Variety. 



Sparkling Dewdrop 



Prosperity 



Extra Early Wealthy 



Florida Special 



Rennie XXX Scarlet Skin. 



Northern Adirondack. 

 Bonny Best 



Johnson Jack Rose 



Chalk Early Jewel 



Sunnyhrook Extra Earliana . 



Alacrity 12B. 

 Alacrity 14B. 



Green fruit. 



lb. 



30 



36 



30 



30 



21 



20 



(Plant failed) 

 not gathered. 



24 

 29 



24 



28 



Ripe fruit. 



lb. 



2 



6 

 10 



4 



n 



Remarks. 



Rather poor .shape. 



Fair. 



Best grown this season. 



Very fair. 



Very uneven shaped 



fruit. 

 Good but split badly. 



Uneven in size and shape 



No ripe. fruit. 



Good shape and size did 



not split. 

 Very good fruit . 

 Only one ripened. 



Squash. — Were planted in hills 9 feet apart, and were sown on May 16, on land 



prepared with a liberal application of farm manure, and produced the following average 



yield per hill : — 



Pounds. 



Delicata 18 



Delicious 38 



Crookneck Sumn^er 20 



Golden Hubbard 2G 



Long White 25 



White Bush Scallop 50 



Long White Bush 27 



Egg Plant. — The Improved Xew York Spineless was tested this year. It waa 

 sown on April 3 and planted out on June 2-!:; they flowered but did not set any fruit. 

 Two plants left in the cold frame each produced one fruit. 



Rhuhai'h.— The plants in the open did well and yielded an abundant supply in 

 their season. Roots were taken up in the late fall, packed in moss and forced in the 

 cellar. Forcing commenced on the 24:th of November, and the plants yielded their 

 first pulling on January 1. One root which was first ready for pulling on January 3, 

 continued to yield until February 26, and produced a total of 9 pounds, eleven ounces. 



SeaJcale. — Has proved most valuable, providing as it does a delicious vegetable at 

 a time when no other fresh vegetable is obtainable. Seakale is in the first place pro- 

 pagated from seed, and though it takes a little longer to mature the crop than in the 

 case of most vegetables, it more than repays the effort of those who will take the 

 trouble. The seed is contained in a husk which may be broken prior to sowing. Sow 

 the seed thinly in a drill 1 to 2 inches in depth in well-worked soil in the spring, and 

 by fall the plants will be of considerable size. It will probably be wiser to leave a 

 part of the crop in the ground for the winter (where it should be covered in localities 

 where the temperature is likely to-drop to zero) with straw manure for protection, 

 while a number, so that there may be no risk of the year's work being lost, should be 

 stored in the root cellar and set out again in the spring. At the end of the second 

 season the plants will have developed, and will be removed for the winter's forcing, 

 though some plants, protected as in the previous year, should be left in the ground 

 for early spring forcing. Those it is intended to remove should be lifted as soon as 



Inverjiere. 



