April, 1910.] 



The average results are given in the 

 following table :— 



Rye. Barley. 



311 



Edible Products' 



co p. 



If 8 



a, Ordinary Culti- 

 vation 



6. Transplanted 



e, Earthed-up 



d. Thinned out and 

 earthed-up 



49 6 

 32-1 



524 



34-6 56-3 27-6 

 22-7 6 6 10 7 

 342 70 5 35-5 



Owing to the distance of the plants 

 apart on plot (d) the yield, though 

 excellent individually, was only equal 

 for the whole area to that obtained 

 on plot (a) by ordinary cultivation. On 

 plot (c), however, where the rows were 

 earthed-up, a high yield was obtained, 

 which exceeded the yield on plot (a) 

 by 14 bushels of grain and nearly 8 cwt. 

 of straw, a return which would amply 

 justify the extra labour involved. 



35-2 25-8 56-4 28-5 



It will be seen that the transplanted 

 rye gaye the smallest yield, which was 

 attributable to the widest planting in 

 the first instance, and was further 

 reduced by the thinning-out caused by 

 the unfavourable winter. The same 

 reason accounts for the poor yield on 

 <d) The yield, however, of the earthed- 

 up' plants' on plots (c) diffeis very little 

 from plot (a) and could not be regarded 

 as remunerative. 



In the case of barley, the arrange- 

 ment of the plots was the same, but 

 the distance between the plots aud rows 

 was somewhat different. In plot (a) 

 the rows were 12"5 cm. (nearly 5 inches) 

 apart ; in plot (&) the transplanting was 

 done in four rows 7 cm. (2| inches) 

 apart ; with an interval of 30 cm. 

 ( nearly 12 inches) between each set of 

 rows, the plants being 10 cm. (nearly 

 4 inches) apart; in plot (c) five rows 

 were drilled about 8 inches apart with 

 an interval of 12 inches between each 

 set of five rows ; on plot (d) the rows 

 were drilled in the same way, and the 

 plants were thinned out to 4 inches 

 apart. 



Sowing was done on 8th April, trans- 

 planting on the 4th May, thinning-out and 

 earthing-up on the llth May. The trans- 

 planted seedlings suffered very much 

 from unusual drought in May, and only 

 a small proportion survived. The crop 

 on plants (c) and (d) grew somewhat 

 more slowly than that on plot (a), but 

 a thoroughly good stand was secured. 

 The tillering was greatest on plot (d), 

 where the plants were thinned-out and 

 earthed-up, an average of 12 stalks per 

 plant with 10 full ears being obtained, 

 while plot (c), which was earthed-up, 

 gave 10 stalks per plant with 9 full ears. 



The results as regards yield are in- 

 cluded in the table above. As has been 

 ted, olot (b) was a failure, and Her r 

 Kruger in reporting on the experiments 

 ves that in his opinion the trans- 

 plantation of spring-sown cereals would 

 only be successful in exceptional cases 

 in Germany, where the weather in 

 May and June is usually dry. 



THE MANGO.* 



By H. H. Cousins, 



(Prom the Philippine Agricultural 

 Review, Vol. II, December 12, 1909.) 

 Some two years ago, the late Capt. 

 L. D. Baker, the founder of the banana 

 trade in Jamaica, came to Hope Gardens 

 aud stated his opinion that the depart- 

 ment would be wise to devote a large 

 part of its energies for some years to 

 come to furthering an export in mangoes. 



"You grow the mangoes," said Capt. 

 Baker, "aud I will build the ships to 

 carry them." 



Further attention to the possibilities 

 of the mango as an article of export 

 from Jamaica has resulted from the 

 remarkable returns recently obtained 

 by Mr. Aston W. Gardner of Kingston 

 in shipping high-class mangoes to 

 Loudon. Some years ago Mr. Gardner 

 obtained through the kindness of Sir 

 Henry Blake, the Governor at the time, 

 some newly-received plants of grafted 

 mangoes from India. One of these has 

 now grown into a fine tree and produces 

 large crops of a very choice mango that 

 is not in the collection of mangoes grown 

 by the department. During the past 

 season Mr, Gardner shipped these fruits 

 to England and received £70 for the 

 produce of this one tree. The prices 

 varied from l.s. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per fruit. 

 During the past season we have sent 

 from Hope to various expert horticul- 

 turists in America samples of all the 

 ordinary varieties of mangoes grown in 

 Jamaica. 



The common mangoes, kidney man- 

 goes, and black mangoes carried badly 

 and were not appreciated, while "No. 

 11 " was considered a superior fruit. 

 The best results both in keeping and in 

 edible properties were invariably ob- 

 tained with the " Bombay " mangot in- 



*From "The Porto Rico Horticultural News," 

 July, 1909. 



f Retail prices in New York on the new Bom- 

 bay Governeur mango, weighing from a pound 

 to a pound and a quarter, range from $1 to $P50 

 each. Ordinary Bombay mangoes are quoted 

 at 50 cents each. 



