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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



~7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



ONIONS — CULTURE TEST. 



An experiment was made this season with foxir varieties of onions. In one case, 

 the seed was sown outside in the open and in the other the seed was sown in the hot- 

 bed and plants were transplanted into the open bed. The results show that the seed 

 sown outside gave a much better yield than that sown in the hotbed and the plants 

 transplanted, the transplanting apparently not suiting the nature of the onions. The 

 dry season may have affected the transplanted onions as there was a lack of moisture 

 for a long time after the transplanting took place. Each variety occupied one row 

 60 feet long, the rows being Ih feet apart. 



Variety. 



Sown Outside. 



Date 

 Sown. 



Yield per plot 

 Sept. 11. 



Sown in Hotbed and 

 Transplanted Outside. 



pl 



Date 

 "ited out 



Yield per plot 

 Sept. 2. 



Large Red Wethersfield 



Giant Prizetaker 



Extra Early Red 



Yellow Globe Danvers. 



April 21. 

 " 21 

 " 21 ' 

 " 21. 



lb. 



27 

 26 

 15 

 25 



oz. 

 4 

 8 

 

 4 



May 20. 



" 20. 



" 20. 



" 20. 



lb. 

 10 



9 



8 

 16 



08. 



8 

 



8 

 



CORX. 



The heaviest yielder of the fifteen varieties of corn planted was Stowell Ever- 

 green. This yielded 98 pounds from the plot or nearly 24 tons per acre. Pocahontas 

 was a good second with 94 pounds from the plot or nearly 23 tons per acre. 



Stowell Evergreen, Henderson Metropolitan and! Country Gentleman are all good 

 croppers and of good flavour. Golden Bantam is without doubt much the best corn 

 in point of flavour though as its name implies it is of shorter growth than the heavy 

 cropping varieties and the cobs are smaller. Its colour even when unripe is a rich 

 golden yellow. Black Mexican is of good flavour and a fair yielder and being some- 

 what of a curiosity is popular. Each variety of corn occupied 144 square feet, 12 

 hills. 3 by 4 leet apart. 



Agassiz. 



