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EXPERIMENTAL FIRMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



VEGETABLES. 



Kiad and Variety. 



Carrots — 



Half Long Chantenay . . 



Ontario Champion 



Turnips: 



Extra Ey. White Milan. 



Early Snowball 



Robertson Golden Ball. 

 Parsnip: 



Hollow Crown 



Beet: 



Witham Fireball 



Peas: 



Sutton Excelsior 



Thos. Laxton 



Grad-js 



Stratagem 



Cabbage: 



Premium Flat Dutch... 



Early Winningstadt . . . 



Early Market 



Celery: 



Unnamed 



Lettuce: 



Extra Ey. Paris Market 

 Potatoes: 



Rochester Rose 



Vick Extra Early 



Reeves Rose 



Early Rose 



Quantity 

 sown. 



h pkt... 



1 " 



I " 



1 " 



1 " 



25 1b.... 

 25 lb.... 

 25 1b.... 

 60 bags. 



Date o[ 



sowing. 



May 



-May 



19. 

 19. 



20. 

 20. 

 19. 



19. 



19. 



19. 

 19. 

 19. 

 20. 



20. 

 20, 



27. 



Date of 

 germin- 

 ation. 



Date 



when ready 



for use. 



May «9.. 

 " 29.. 



May 27 . . 

 " 27 . . 

 " 29.. 



Did not 

 germinate 



May 31.. 



.June 



3. 

 3. 

 4. 

 4. 



19.... 



27.... 



23.... 

 23 ... . 

 23 ... . 

 21-25. 



May 29. 



" 29. 



June 5 . 



June 6 . 



" 30. 



" 30. 



" 30. 



" 28. 



Aug. 10. 



" 10. 



.July 10. 



" 10. 



" 20. 



Aug. 10. 



Aug. 



1. 



1. 



1. 



10. 



Sept. 15. 



Aug. 20. 



" 20. 



July 8. 



Sept. 1., 



Date of 

 harvesting. 



Sept. 20.... 

 " 20... 



Sept. 18... 

 " 18.., 

 " 24.. 



Sept. 20 



Sept. 24. 



" 24. 



" 24: 



" 24. 



Oct. 15. 



Sept. 25. 



" 25. 



24. 



Sept. 21, 



" 21 



" 21 



" 18-22. 



Quantity 

 harvested . 



iOOlb. 

 125 lb. 



1 bag. 

 I5 bags. 

 3 bags. , 



95 lb. 



8 lb. 



8 lb. 



9 1b. 

 7 1b. 



40 heads. 

 45 heads. 

 30 heads. 



20 lb. 



1 bag. 

 1 bag. 

 1 bag. 

 3.50 bags. 



FLOWERS. 



Kind and Variety. 



Date of sowing. 



Asters (mixed). 



Stock 



Pansy 



Snapdragon 



Verbena 



Sweet Peas 



Sweet William.. 



Poppies 



Gaillardia 



Sweet Alyssum. 



Mignonette 



Balsam 



March 18 (hotbeds).. 

 18 

 " 18 



April 20 



March 18 



May 19 (in open).. . 



Self sown 



May 18 (in open). 

 Self sown 



Date of 

 germination. 



Date when 

 transplanted. 



April 15. 

 " 15, 

 " 15. 



April 15. 

 May 30. 



May 15. 



May 18. 

 " 18. 

 " 18. 



May 18. 

 May 18 ' 



Growth and date 

 of flowering. 



Flowered 

 Flowered 

 Flowered 

 Flowered 

 Flowered 

 Flowered 

 Flowered 

 Flowered 

 Flowered 

 Flowered 

 Flowered 

 Flowered 



in Sept. 

 in Aug. 

 in Aug 

 in Sept. 

 in Sept. 

 in Aug, 

 in Aug. 

 all summer, 

 in Aug. 

 all summer, 

 in Aug. 

 in Aug, 



FRUITS. 



Cherries planted May, 1913, are i feet in height. Apple trees planted May. 19.13, 

 are 4 feet in height. Plum trees planted May, 1913, are 4 feet in height. Strawberries, 

 twenty-five plants, set May, 1914, yielded 2 gallons fruit. Woodland strawberries, 30 

 plants, set May, 1911, yielded 2 gallons fruit. 



Trees from maple seed planted May, 1912, are 9 feet high, and Lilacs transplanted 

 May lY, 1915, are 1 foot in height. 



Fort Resolution. 



