274 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
as much as 43 to 5 ounces, and have been known to weigh as much 
as 23 lbs. near Christiania. The average crops in the south may 
be estimated at 93 tons per acre. 
PEA (Pisum arvense, “ Ert”).—Is the most general field-pea 
grown in the country. In average summers it will ripen up to 
lat 64°. Many varieties of garden peas are cultivated. 
Porato (Solanum tuberosum, L. “ Potet”)—Can be grown 
further north and at a greater altitude than barley. The potato 
was imported from England about the middle of the last century, 
but was not generally cultivated in the south till the beginning 
of the present century. Strange to say, the potato disease, which 
has been very prevalent of late years in the southern districts of 
the country, has never shown itself north of lat. 64°. 
RavisH (Raphanus sativus, L. “ Reddik”),—The common 
varieties are cultivated everywhere up to the Russian frontiers on 
the Arctic Ocean. Even on the north shore of Varanger Fjord, 
East Finmark, they usually attain the size of a common coffee- 
cup. 
RaPz is not cultivated in Norway. 
RED CassacE, “ Rodkaal,” is cultivated up to the polar circle. 
RHUBARB (eum, “ Rhabarber”).—'Thrives admirably up to 
lat. 70°. 
Rye Grass (Lolium perenne, L, “ Engelsk Raigrees ”).— Grows 
wild, or as a naturalized straggler at places in the south. It 
thrives under cultivation on the western coast where the winters 
are not so cold. 
SaGE (Salvia officinalis, L. ‘‘ Salvié ”).—Is very generally cul- 
tivated up to Finmark. 
SAusaFIE (Zragopogon porrifolius, L. ‘‘ Havrerod”).—Is culti- 
vated as far north as lat. 70°. 
Savoy, ‘“ Savoikaal.’—Is cultivated up to lat. 64°, perhaps a 
little farther north. 
SpinacH (Spinacia oleracea, L. “Spinat”).—Is cultivated as 
far north as lat. 70°. 
SwepEe Turnip, “ Kaalrabi.”—Is one of the most common 
root-vegetables in Norway. In Finmark, lat. 70°, it grows to a 
rather less size than a clenched fist. Roots weighing 18 lbs. 
have been know near Christiania. Though not generally a 
remunerative crop within the polar circle, in 1860, at Bodé, lat. 
67° 17', a crop of 142 tons to the acre was obtained. And this 
