DIVISION OF CEREALS 



1051 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PEAS. 



Eight varieties of field peas were tested tliis year. They were sown on April 15. 

 The soil is sandy loam and was summer-fallowed the previous year. The rate of 

 seeding raried from If to 2i bushels per acre, depending on the size of the peas. The 

 following are the results obtained : — 



Test of Varieties. — Peas. 



Number of Variety 



Size of 

 Pea. 



Prince 



Prussian Blue 

 Golden Vine. 



Mackay 



Chancellor. . . 

 English Gray 



Arthur 



Solo 



Medium. 



Small..' 



Medium 



Small.. 



Medium 



Large... 



Medium 



Date Date 

 of of 



Sowing . I Ripen- 

 ing. 



April 15 



" 15 



" 15 



" 15| 



" 15 



" loj 



" 15 



" 15 



Aug. 23 

 23 

 23 

 24 

 22 

 23 

 20 

 21 



Number 



of days 



Maturing . 



130 

 130 

 130 

 131 

 129 

 130 

 127 

 128 





ts 



,, ;- aj t^.S 



Lb. 



61-0 

 62-0 

 61-0 

 61-0 

 60-5 

 610 

 61-0 

 62-0 



Eive-Yeae Averages. 



These varieties have all been grown for at least five years. The av&rage results 

 for that period are as follows : — 



Variety. 



Prince 



Mackay 



Solo 



Prussian Blue 

 English Gray 

 (chancellor. . . 

 Golden Vine.. 

 Arthur 



Prince and Mackay are practically identical; they are the heaviest yielders but are 

 somewliat late. Arthur, though the lightest yielder on the average, is desirable for 

 heavy, rich land, on account of its earliness and its short straw. 



Bh.^'don, 



