1888.] 



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of each kind were taken to the laboratory for a chemical ex- 

 amination ; three of an approximately corresponding size 

 were photographed. 



The second lot, Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, was treated in a 

 similar manner. The three sample roots selected in each 

 case, represent, as far as practicable, the smallest, medium 

 and largest of each variety raised. 



The photographs were taken with all the roots at an equal 

 distance from the camera. 



Statement of Results. 



NAME OF VARIETY. 



1. Mangel Wurzel, "Giant Long Red," 



2. Mangel Wurzel, "Yellow Ovoid," . 



3. Beet, " Eclipse," 



4. Beet, " Red Globe," • 



5. Beet, " Egyptian Turnip,". 



6. Beet, " Long Smooth Red," 



7. Sugar Beet, "Saxony," . 



8. Ruta Baga, "White Sweet German," . 



9. Turnip, " Early Yellow " or " Golden Stone 

 10. Ruta Baga, " Skirving's Purple Top," . 



lbs. 

 11.75 



9.75 



4. 



7.5 



8.75 



5. 



8.75 



4. 



5.5 



12.75 



The analyses of the different varieties of roots will be 

 reported as soon as finished. 



Miscellaneous Field Experiments with Faem and 

 Garden Crops. 



The field notes under the above heading are made for no 

 other purpose than to enter on record a series of experi- 

 ments, for various reasons, not yet fit for a general report. 

 In some instances the supply of seeds was too small to 

 entitle us to draw any particular conclusion; in others, the 

 selections of seeds were made merely for the purpose of 

 preparing the lands for a future special field experiment. 



