132 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Pride of the Nortb at the experimental farm for the Northwest Territories, and 

 Pride of the North, Thorobred "\^'hite Flint, and White Cap Yellow Dent at the 

 farm for British Columbia. Distance experiments with varying results are also 

 reported. 



Peaf<. — Among tlie most productive varieties grown for the past 5 years at the 

 Central Experimental Farm are Golden Vine, Victoria, Mackay, White Wonder, 

 Prince, Canadian Beauty, and Prussian Blue. Chancellor, perhaps the earliest 

 variety at the farm, ripens about 4 days before Golden Vine. Fifteen of the 29 

 varieties tested this season were produced at the farm. Mummy, the leading 

 variety at.Nappan, yielded 39 bu. 20 lbs. ; Early Britain ranked first at Brandon 

 with 51 bu. 40 lbs. ; Kent at Indian Head, yielding 70 bu., and Paragon at Agas- 

 siz with 50 bu. per acre. 



Potatoes. — Of 47 medium and late varieties of potatoes grown at Ottawa, Dal- 

 meny Beauty, Rural Blush. Ashleaf Kidney, Manistee, Norcross, Carman No. 1, 

 and Sabean Elephant, given in the decreasing order of yield, produced over 400 

 bu. per acre, Dalmeny Beauty giving a yield of 475 bu. 12 lbs. and Sabean Ele- 

 phant of 404 bu. 48 lbs. Of 32 early varieties Maule Thorobred gave the best 

 yield. The 12 best-yielding varieties during the past 5 years have given average 

 yields ranging from 418 bu. to 4-56 bu. 43 lbs. per acre. The 3 leading varieties 

 were Dr. Maercker, Late Puritan, and Carman No. 1. In a test of resistance to 

 blight Holborn Abundance ranked first and was also one of the most produ^'tive 

 sorts grown. The average increase in yield per acre of marketable potatoes, 

 apparently due to spraying with Bordeaux mixture, was 92 bu. 31 lbs. Of differ 

 ont solutions used in spraying Bordeaux mixture and Paris green were most 

 effective. 



At Brandon the yields of 49 varieties of potatoes ranged from 201 bu. to 887 bu. 

 20 lbs. per acre. Dreer Standard headed the list in productiveness. The 12 

 varieties standing next varied in yield per acre from 700 bu. to 799 bu. 20 I'os. 



At Indian Head, Seedling No. 7 and Vermont Gold Coin headed the list with 

 yields per acre of 640 bu. 48 lbs. and 625 bu. 24 lbs., respectively. At Agassiz 

 Late Puritan and Empire State stood first in yield among 44 varieties. 



Flax. — Of 7 varieties grown at Ottawa, Riga, Russian, and Novarossick 

 yielded 10 bu. 40 lbs., 9 bu. 30 lbs., and 9 bu. 10 lbs. per acre, respectively. At 

 Brandon much better yields were produced this season and the leading varieties, 

 Russian and Improved Russian, gave yields of 30 bu. 40 lbs. and 30 bu., respec- 

 tively. Sowing at the rate of 50 lbs. of seed per acre again gave the best yields 

 at Indian Head. The leading variety at this farm Avas Yellow Seeded. 



Buckwheat. — Five varieties of buckwheat were sown June 20 at Nappau and 

 harvested September 1. Siberian, or Tartarian, ranked first in yield with 43 bu. 

 16 lbs. per acre. Rye buckwheat, with 37 bu. 24 lbs., standing next. 



Root crops. — At Ottawa, turnips, mangels, carrots, and sugar beets were sown 

 on May 10 and May 23, and in each case the first sowing gave much the better 

 jields. The leading varieties and their yields per acre were as follows : Pei'- 

 fection Swede turnip 3G tons 500 lbs.. Half Long Sugar White mangel 52 tons 

 600 lbs., Manuuoth White Intermediate carrot 32 tons 500 lbs., and Danish Red 

 Top sugar beet 40 tons 1,300 lbs. These yields represent the first sowing. 



At Nappan the first sowing of root crops was made about May 25 and the 

 second about June 8. The results were also much in favor of the early sowing. 

 The leading varieties were Magnum Bonum turnip, Mammoth Yellow Interme- 

 diate mangel, Red Top sugar beet, and Improved Short AVhite carrot. The use 

 of commercial fertilizers in addition to an application of 20 tons of bai-nyard 

 manure per acre did not prove profitable for these crops. The work and results 

 with roots at Brandon, Indian Head, and Agassiz were similar to the results 

 just given. 



