198 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The crops raised during the season of 1896 were : — 



Onions (Dauvers Globe) . 

 Tomatoes (Dwai'f Champion). 

 Beans (l^warf Hortienltural). 

 Sweet Corn (Early Crosby). 



Onions. 



The seed was sown April 2^. Each plat contained fifteen 

 rows 14 inches apart ; the weeds were kept down by fre- 

 quent use of the hand cultivator ; the crop was weeded by 

 hand twice; the crop was rolled September 7. Those plats 

 (4, 5, 6) which received their potash supply in form of 

 high-grade sulphate of potash matured first, while those 

 plats (1, 2, 3) receiving muriate of potash matured some- 

 what later. The crop upon Plat 1 was the latest to mature, 

 while that upon Plat 2, receiving nitrate of soda, was the 

 most advanced j)lat in the field. The onions were pulled 

 September 7, topped October 5 and weighed October 9. 



Yield of Om'ons (Pounds). 



Toma/oes. 



It was deemed best in this experiment to procure an 

 earlier maturing variety than the one used in the preceding 

 year, to meet our market demands. The plants were started 

 at the plant house of the horticultural department. The 

 plants were set May 213 to 4 feet aj^art, two rows in each 

 plat; each plat contained 44 plants; they were cultivated 

 five times and hand-hoed three times. 



