Fertilisers for Market Garden Crops. 479 



and myself to try some experiments with nitrogenous manure 

 on ordinary garden beans and peas. 



Divarf French Beans. 



Our experiments with these have now extended over three 

 years. The results are shown in the following table :— 





Weight per acre, of Green Eeans 

 for Market. 



as picked 



Annual Manuring. 













1900. 



1901. 



1902. 



Average. 





Tons Cwt. 



Tons Cwt. 



Tons Cwt. 



Tons Cwt. 



Light Dung, Phosphates and 

 Potash Salts (without Nitrate 











of Soda) 



2 13 



2 I7| 



3 17 



3 2* 



Light Dung, Phosphates and 

 Potash Salts, with 2 cwt. 











Nitrate of Soda per acre ... 



4 6 



3 15J 



5 10 



4 ioJ- 



It will be seen that in every year a substantial advantage was 

 gained by the use of 2 cwt. of nitrate of soda per acre. 



Scarlet Runners. 

 We tried last year a similar experiment with scarlet runners, 

 but in this case no appreciable effect was produced by the nitro- 

 genous manure. 



Green Peas. 



This also has been practically the case, as regards mere yield, 

 with green peas. Our results with these were as follow : — 



Annual Manuring. 



Weight per acre of Green Peas 



in pod. 



1900. 



1901. 



1902. 



Average. 





Tons Cwt. 



Tons Cwt. 



Tons Cwt. 



Tons Cwt. 



Light Dung, Phosphates and 











Potash Salts (without Nitrate 











of Soda) 



2 16 



1 si 



4 2 



2 13! 



Light Dung, Phosphates and 











Potash Salts, with 2 cwt. 











Nitrate of Soda per acre 



2 14 



1 8 



4 2j 



2 14I 



The peas, however, grown with nitrate of soda appear to form 

 more quickly, and careful observation last season showed that 

 their colour, texture and taste were much better than those of 

 the peas which received no nitrogenous manure. 



