DlVISIOy OF HORTICULTURE 



929 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TOMATOES 



Twelve varieties were grown this season. These were all sown in the hotbed on 

 March 18, with the exception of one variety which was sown on March 24. From 

 the hotbed they were transplanted to pots and from these to the open abont the 

 second week in May. 



Victoria Whole Salad is without exception the best all round variety tried. Its 

 shape and flavour leaves nothing to be improved on and further it is a heavy cropper. 

 It is also earlier to ripen than any other variety and is not so subject to rot in wet 

 weather as so many other varieties are. 



Sunnybrook Earliana, Florida Special, Chalk Early Jewel and Prosperity have 

 no results recorded for this year as the labels in the hotbed got mixed and it was 

 impossible to separate these varieties. These four varieties are very suitable to the 

 locality and of good quality. 



In computing the weights of the tomato crop the green as well as the ripened 

 fruit is taken account of as there is a good demand for it for preserves, piekles, etc.. 

 Also it is not every year in this locality that all tomatoes ripen. The tomato crop this 

 year ripened exceedingly well and the percentage of green fruit left at the end of 

 the season was small. The rot which was troublesome last season was practically nil 

 this year. 



Variety. 



Bonny Best 



I. X. L. Extremely Early 



Eennie XXX Earliest 



Alacrity 



North Adirondack Earliana 



Victoria Whole Salad 



Johnson Jack Rose 



Scarlet Dewdrop ■ 



Sparks Sunnybrook Earliana 



Florida Special 



Chalk Early Jewel tt 



Prosperity 



Annual 



average for 



3 years. 



lb. 



43 



43 



42 



39 



39 



'64 



»55 



32 

 30 

 33 

 35 



oz. 

 6 

 1 



8 

 7 

 4 

 5 



14 

 4 



11 

 6 



BEETS. 



Cardinal Globe was for the second season the best beet grown both for quality 

 and yield though so far as yield was concerned Early Model was nearly as good. 

 Early Model attains a large size and keeps its shape well. New Early Black Eed Ball 

 is the best beet for flavour and colour but its yield is comparatively small. Eclipse 

 was first in the three-year average and is a heavy cropper but is coarse and stringy. 

 Each variety of beet occupied one row' 30 feet in length, the rows being li feet apart. 



Variety. 



Cnr linal Globe 



Meteor 



Ruby Dulcet 



New Early Black Red Ball 



Eclip.se _. 



Crosby Egyptian 



Early Model 



lAnnual average yi Id for two years only 



Date 

 Sown. 



May 



Date 



ready 



for use. 



July 16 



21 

 7 

 16 

 21 

 30 



June 



Yield 



per 



plot. 



lb. 

 64 

 39 

 47 

 12 

 21 

 54 

 64 



oz. 

 12 



Yield 



per 



acre. 



tons. 



18 



11 



13 

 3 

 6 



15 



18 



lb. 

 19 



659 

 1597 

 1262 



491 

 1374 

 1184 



Annual aver- 

 age yield per 

 plot for 

 3 years. 



lb. 



^8 



48 

 47 

 31 

 54 



oz. 

 4 



13 



13 

 5 

 4 



Agassiz. 



