EXPERIMENTS IN THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES.— XII. 



Potatoes — Cabtleton Gardens. 



Name of Potatoes 



Date of Planting in April, 1893. 



First appearance above ground. 



Days from Planting 



Date when tops were dead and 

 Potatoes ready for digging. 



Days from Planting 



Number of sets planted. 



Number of sets lifted. 



Number of Saleable Potatoes 

 per set. 



Weight of Saleable Potatoes 

 per set. 



Gross weight of Potatoes 

 per set. 



Total weight of Potatoes 

 lifted. 



Max. temp, during time 

 Potatoes were in growing. 



1 



Min. temp. 



Rainfall. 



Number of days rain fell. 























ozs. 



lbs. 



« 



O 



in. 





Sutton's Satisfaction 



12.4 



22,4 



10 



8.7 



87 



24 



14 







2.8 



2.8 



73.0 



63.5 



42.64 



49 



Sutton's White Kidney — 



12.4 



22.4 



10 



4.7 



83 



24 



19 







2.5 



3.0 



74.5 



62.4 



39.88 



47 



Sutton's Nonsuch 



12 4 



22.4 



10 



9.7 



88 



24 



12 







5.3 



4.0 



72.2 



63.5 



42.64 



50 



Sutton's Supreme 



12.4 



20.4 



8 



9.7 



88 



20 



15 







3.2 



3.0 



72.2 



63.5 



42.64 



50 



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12.4 



20.4 



8 



8,7 



87 



20 



15 







4.2 



4.0 



73.0 



63.5 



42.64 



49 



Sutton's Triumph 



12 4 



19.4 



7 



8,7 



87 



21 



19 



o 

 a 



d 

 a 



1.6 



2.0 



73.0 



63.5 



42.64 



49 



Sutton's Reading Hero 



12.4 



20.4 



8 



10.7 



89 



24 



19 



o 



o 

 !zi 



1.6 



2.0 



72.3 



63.4 



43.69 



51 



Sutton's Abundance 



12.4 



21.4 



9 



9.7 



88 



21 



15 







2.6 



2.8 



72.2 



63.5 



42.64 



50 



Sutton's Magnum Bonum 



12.4 



22.4 



10 



8,7 



87 



22 



18 







3.7 



4.4 



73.0 



63.5 



42.64 



49 



Sutton's Perfection 



12.4 



21.4 



9 



9.7 



88 



19 



10 







4.4 



2.12 



72.2 



63.5 



42.64 



50 



Sutton's Seedling 



12.4 



20.4 



8 



4.7 



83 



20 



18 







4.2 



4.12 



74.5 



62.4 



39.88 



47 



Sutton's Reading Russet 



12,4 



20,4 



8 



10.7 



89 



19 



17 







3,7 



4.0 



72.3 



63.4 



43.69 



51 



HAVANA TOBACCO SEED. 



During the last 3 or 4 years large quantitiea of Tobacco Seed raised by the best growers in the 

 Temple Hall District have been distributed free by the Department of Public Gardens and Planta- 

 tions. This seed is yielded by plants grown originally from seed from Havana ; but of late Tobacco 

 Merchants have been unable to get seed from Cuba. 



It was important that an effort should be made to obtain the best seed from a reliable s)urce, for 

 the seed from plants grown year after year on the same spot tends to deteriorate, and the high quality 

 of Jamaica cigars could not in consequence be maintained. 



The cultivation of this important article of trade is extending, and efforts are being made by the 

 Department to substitute seed of Havana Tobacco for the use of settlers instead of that of their own 

 native plants and to induce them to follow Cuban methods of cultivation and manufacture. 



At the suggestion of the Director, a Despatch requesting seed was sent by His Excellency the 

 Governor to the British Consul-General at Havana, and a parcel is daily expected containing 251b3. of 

 Vuelta-Abajo Tobacco seed, which the Consul-General states to be quite fresh and of the very best 

 quality. 



It is rather late to sow this year, but those who wish for seed should apply to the Director of 

 Public Gardens and Plantations, Gordon Town P. 0., stating how much land they have prepared for 

 planting, 



Bulletia, No. 13, for May, 1889, contains a short treatise on the cultivation and curing of Tobacco 

 by the late Mr. J. C. Espin, a practical grower and cigar-maker. This Bulletin will be sent free to 

 those who apply for it. 



SISAL HEMP IN THE BAHAMAS. 



A correspondent writes concerning Sisal Hemp in the Bahamas as follows 



"Our fibre industry continues to advance rapidly. A new Company with very large capital haa 

 commenced operations on Little Abaco, and employs 300 men. J. S. Johnson has turned his business 

 into a Limited Company with £80,000, capital. They have about 3,000 acres already planted. Cham- 

 berlain has 2,000 and commences cleaning next year. Monroe has about 2,500 and has just put up a 

 Todd machine, and is only waiting to finish his railway to bring the leaves to it to commence steady 

 cleaning. Albee Smith has 2 machines in the Colony now, but the only one I have heard from (at 

 Rum Cay) is a failure, as the second grip (gutta percha over chain) gave out after very little work, 

 Menendez in this Island is cleaning steadily now, using Van Buren's machine, until he can find a bet- 

 ter, I think we ahall have a large export in 1895 and a very fair one in 1894." 



