DIVISION OF EUHriCULTLRE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



or late sowings. The other varieties went to seed more or less before reaching 

 maturity which accounts at least in part for the decrease in their weights. Each 

 variety of lettuce occupied one row 30 feet long, 60 plants being grown. The rows 

 were a foot apart. 



Variety. 



Date sown. 



Giant Crystal Head iMar. 



Iceberg ! " 



Grand Rapids Forcing 



Improved Hanson 



Dreer All Heart 



May Queen 



29.. 

 29.. 

 29.. 

 29.. 

 29.. 

 29.. 



Date 

 harvested. 



June 6. 



July 8. 



" 3. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



June 29. 



Yield per plot. 



lb. 

 49 

 39 

 29 

 15 

 6 

 2 



oz. 



12 



12 



4 



12 



Annual average 



Yield per plot 



for 3 years. 



lb. 

 40 

 33 

 31 

 23 

 9 



oz. 

 1.3 

 14 

 14 



• Turnips. — Swede for Table use. 



Owing to the prevalence of cabbage maggot which is particularly destructive to 

 that kind, no white turnips were sown. 



The best yielders among the ten varieties of swedes grown was Brydon Darling- 

 ton which gave 95 pounds from 30 feet of row. It is also an extra early kind. All 

 varieties did fairly well considering the dry season. An attack of lice lasting from 

 August 29 to September 13 checked them somewhat, but from this time on they 

 made rapid growth until October 4, when they were harvested. 



Variety. 



Brydon Darlington 



Hall Purple Top 



Skirving Purple Top 



Bangholme Purple Top 



Best of All 



Westbury Purple Top 



Sutton Purple Top Champion 



Carter Invicta 



Brydon Monarch 



D & F Favourite 



Date sown. 



May 11. 



" 11. 



" 11. 



" 11. 



" 11. 



" 11. 



" 11. 



" 11. 



" 11. 



" 11. 



Ready 

 for use. 



Aug. 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



Sept. 1 . 



Yield per 30 

 feet of row. 



lb. 

 95 

 90 

 74 

 72 

 72 

 70 

 64 

 61 

 52 

 44 



oz. 



PARSNIPS}. 



Improved Hollow Crown was the better of the two varieties grown this season 

 though the crop was not so large as it would have been had the season not been so 

 drv. Both varieties were of good quality. 



Ag.\ssiz. 



