24 PEAS AND PEA CULTURE 



first and Oakshott Field last, there being a difference 

 of 24 days in the ripening period of the two varie- 

 ties. The best average yields for seven years ranged 

 from 2^ to 38 bushels per acre and were produced 

 by White Wonder, Early Briton, Mummy, Brown 

 and Blue. All, excepting Early Briton and Mummy, 

 are New Zealand varieties. In another trial with 

 New Canada Beauty and Common Globe Vine, 

 yields varied from 23 to 38 bushels to the acre, and 

 the average weight per bushel was 59.4 pounds for 

 whole peas. Weevil peas varied in weight from 38 

 to 52 pounds and usually the smaller the peas the 

 greater amount of injury was done by weevils. The 

 best yielding varieties for the whole province of 

 Ontario averaged upwards of 25 bushels to the acre, 

 and were Egyptian Mummy, Chancellor, Prussian 

 Blue, Striped Briton, Canadian Beauty, and Canada 

 Cluster. 



Chapman^^ reports yields on light sandy soil rang- 

 ing from 8 to 13 bushels to the acre in 1896. In 

 1898, on bottom land, underlaid with clay, the yield 

 was 15 to 28 bushels to the acre. 



Minn. Exper. Sta., Bui. 81, p. 181. 



