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Quality of Swedes. 



[AUG., 



figures in each case representing the average of two or three 

 seasons : — 



Variety. 



Yield per 



Dry matter per 



1 ercentage 01 





acre. 







acre. 





dry matter. 





Tons 



. cwt. 



lb. 



Tons. cwt. 



lb. 





Magnum Bonum 



26 



I 



6 





0 



78 



11-45 



Queen 



25 



2 



38 



3 



0 



24 



11-50 



Premier 



27 



14 



I 



2 



18 



95 



y -> 



10-51 



Paragon 



25 



16 



54 



2 



18 



73 



11-44 



Stirling Castle 



24 



3 



47 





18 



69 



11-83 



Aberdeenshire Prize 



25 



6 



6 



2 



18 



63 



11-47 



Dods' Favourite 



25 



15 



51 



2 



18 



58 



1 1 18 



Conqueror ... 



2b 



2 



73 



2 



18 



49 



iro; 



Royal Crimson 



25 



12 



79 



2 



18 



38 



1 1 -38 



Best of All 



24 



17 



28 



2 



17 



83 



11-58 



Kinaldie 



24 



4 



49 



2 



IT 



52 



11-98 



Waverley 



25 



II 



43 



2 



17 



I 



10 86 



ModeP 



25 



6 



80 



2 



16 



19 



8 



10-87 



New Arctic 



24 



5 



88 





t6 



11-69 



Excelsior 



23 



19 



I 



2 



15 



III 



11-47 



Ilolborn Elephant ... 



24 



I 



87 



2 



13 



70 



10 96 



Champion 



22 



14 



88 



2 



12 



86 



II 01 



Giant King ... 



23 



4 



39 



2 



12 



39 



10-71 



Dods' Bronze Top ... 



23 



5 



66 



2 



1 1 







Kangaroo 



22 



15 



66 



2 



II 



]6 



1 1 -08 



Monarch 



23 



II 



52 



2 



10 



21 



10-13 



The varieties are arranged here according to the total weight 

 of dry matter, and it is interesting to notice how in some cases 

 a deficiency in the average percentage of dry matter in the root 

 is compensated for by a high average yield ; for instance, Premier,, 

 which gave the highest yield, but had nearly the lowest per- 

 centage of dry matter^stands third in total dry matter. Kinaldie^ 

 on the other hand, which easily takes the first place for absolute 

 quality, is, owing to a comparatively low yield, reduced to the 

 eleventh place as regards total dry matter. 



As is well known, the turnip crop depends largely on the 

 character of the season, and seasonal influence on the quantity 

 or bulk of the crop is often only too evident. It seems, how- 

 ever, from these experiments that the quality of the root may 

 be even more adversely affected by unfavourable weather than 

 the quantity, and that the difference in the feeding value of a 

 crop in a good compared with a bad year may be very much 

 greater' than is indicated by the additional yield alone. 



One point which has been abundantly proved by these 

 experiments is that the medium-sized root is almost invariably 



