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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



FIELD PEAS. 



Eifty-one varieties of field peas were sown in the regular test plots on May 12. 

 The seed was used at the rate of about two bushels per acre in the case of small peas, 

 and three bushels when the peas were large. The very wet weather in August materially 

 lowered both the yield and quality of the seed harvested. The highest yield obtained 

 was at the rate of 50 bushels to the acre, and the lowest yield was 20-5 bushels. 



Only the named sorts are mentioned in the table. 



Peas. — ^^Test of Varieties. 



r, 



s 



9 

 10 



Name of Variety. 



Solo 



Arthur, Ottawa 18. 



Mackay 



Prince 



Picton 



Prussian Blue 



White Marrowfat. . 



English Grey 



Golden Vine 



Chancellor 



Size of Pea. 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Large 



Medium.. . 

 Large 



Medium. . . 

 It 



Large 



Small 



17 

 25 

 25 

 21 

 21 

 26 

 17 

 15 

 14 



C 3 



97 



97 



105 



105 



101 



101 



106 



97 



95 



94 



Average 

 length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 

 72 

 63 

 80 

 72 

 74 

 68 

 74 

 48 

 65 

 54 



Average 

 length 



of 

 Pod. 



Inches. 

 2-5 

 2' 

 1' 

 2- 

 2 

 2 

 2' 

 2 



20 



Yield 



of 

 grain 



per 

 acre. 



Lb. 



2,520 

 2,497 

 2,400 

 2,400 

 2,130 

 2,040 

 1,890 

 1,770 

 1,470 

 1,260 



Yield 



of 

 grain 



per 

 acre. 



Bu. 

 42 

 41 

 40 

 40 

 35 

 34 

 31 

 29 

 24 

 21 



lb, 

 37 



30 



30 

 30 

 30 



Weight 



per 

 measur- 

 ed 

 bushel 

 after 

 cleanin!^ 



Lb. 

 61 

 02 -5 

 63 -S 

 64-0 



64' 

 63' 

 03' 

 60- 

 03- 

 03- 



RECOMMEKDED V.4RIETIES OF FIELD PEAS. 



Among the best sorts which are available to the public may be mentioned Arthur, 

 Golden Vine, and Prussian Blue. Arthur is a yellow pea, of medium or above medium 

 size, and is a little earlier in ripening than most other sorts. Golden Vine is a small 

 yellow pea. 



land. 



, FIELD BEANS. 

 No regular plots of beans could be sown, last season, owing to the lack of suitable 



Ottawa. 



