DITISION OF EORTICDLTIRE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PEAS. 



Sixteen varieties of peas were tried this year; each TarietT occupying one row 30 

 feet long, rows 3-^ feet apart. Twelve were sown on March 29; and four, Thomas 

 Laxton, Quite Content, Early Giant, and English Wonder, on April 21. Juno was for 

 tlie second consecutive season the largest producer and on the three years' average was 

 also the best. 



Heroine and Quite Content were tied for second place in this season's results as 

 was Heroine also in the three years' average. Telephone was a good fourth. Gregory 

 Surprise and American Wonder were the first ready for use, June 17, closely follmved 

 by Gradus and Sutton Excelsior. Quite Content made a great improvement on last 

 season's showing, it has a very large pod- containing large peas of an excellent flavour, 

 and grows to a great height, eight feet or over. 



Variety. 



Juno 



Heroine 



McLean Advancer 



Stratagem 



Premium Gem. . . 



Teleplione 



American Wonder. 



Gradus 



Gregory Surprise. 

 Sutton Excelsior. . 

 Thomas Laxton . . . 



The Lincoln 



Dainty Duchess. . 



Quite Content 



Early Giant 



English Wonder. . . 



Date 

 Sown. 



Date 



ready 



for use. 



Mar. 29 



„ 29 



„ 29 



„ 29 



„ 29 



„ 29 



„ 29 



M 29 



,. 29 



,. 29 



April 21 



Mar. 29 



„ 29 



„ 29 



April 21 



„ 21 



July 4 



July 3 



Julv 3 



July 10 



June 26 



June 26 



June 17 



June 18 



June 17 



June 19 

 July 

 Julv 

 Julv 

 July 

 July 



I July 10. 



Height. 



3'0" 

 3 '6" 

 3 '6" 

 2 '6" 

 2'0" 

 6'0'' 

 1'6'' 

 4 '6' 

 S'O' 

 1'6' 

 3 '6' 

 S'O* 

 7 '6' 

 8'0' 

 3'0' 

 2 '6' 



Yield 

 per plot. 



3 yeans' 

 average. 



oz. 

 9 



13 

 8 

 7 

 5 



15 

 8 



15 

 7 

 7 

 2 



4 

 S 



ONIOXS. 



Variety. 



Salzer Great Red Wethersfield 



Large Red Wethersfield 



Johnson Dark Red Beauty 



Red Globe 



Danvers Yellow Globe 



Yellow Globe , 



White Globe 



Date 

 Sown. 



Mar. 29. 

 29. 

 29. 

 29 

 29. 

 29 

 29. 



Date 

 Harvested , 



»ept. 



Yield per plot 

 1915. 



lb. 



16 



14 



21 



21 



23 



21 



17 



3 years' average 

 yield. 



oz. 



9 



15 



Onions.— Oi the seven varieties tried this season, all sown on the same date, 

 ]\larch 29, Yellow Globe Danvers was the most successful; it is a good onion both 

 for flavour and keeping qualities and suitable to this locality. Red Globe and Eed 

 Wethersfield are also good varieties, being uniform in si:'e and shape and good 

 keepers. White Globe is a good onion for pickling. Yellow Globe is early but does 

 not keep well. Each variety occupied one row 60 feet long, the rows being one foot 



apart. 



Ag.\ssiz. 



