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Specimen No. 88. — White Swede. 



From Mr. Arkell. 



[Soil, clay; subsoil, clay and stone; geological fonnation, the forest 

 marble; not drained. Previous crop wheat. Manured for the Swedes 

 with 10 one-horse cartloads of tolerably rotten yard manure ; li cwt. 

 Fothergill's superphosphate and 18 bushels of ashes, drilled with the 

 seed, June 27, 1846, at 21 inches on the flat. Crop looked fair. 

 Collected in November.] 



Estimated produce, in bulbs, 12 tons. 



„ in tops, 1 ton 19 cwt. 



Per centage of water and ash: — 



Wafer. 



Bulbs . . . 87-0 

 Tops . . . 8i-0 



Mineral matter on an acre : — 

 Bulbs . . 

 To])s . 



317 



^^jj Ash calculated 



on drv substance. 



0- 94 . . '7-20 



1- 49 . . 9*3 



252 lbs. 



65 



Specimen No. 89. — -Green-topped Swede. 



Fro?n Mr. Arhell. 



[Soil, stone; subsoil, ditto; geological /orw2«^{o7?, forest marble ; un- 

 drained. After wheat; manured for the turnips with 12 one-horse 

 cart-loads of tolerably rotten yard-manure, and li cwt. Fothergill's 

 superphosphate and 18 bushels of ashes drilled with the seed on ridges 

 at 28 inches, June 26, 1846. Crop looked thin. Collected in 

 November.] 



Estimated produce, in bulbs, 10 tons. 

 „ ,, in tops, 17^ cwt. 



Per centage of water and ash : — 



Water. Asli. 



Ash calculated 

 on drv substance. 



Bulbs . . . 90-0 . . 0-53 . . .T-30 

 Tops ... 82-0 . . 1-51 . . 8 -40 



Mineral matter on an acre : — 



Bulbs ....... 119 lb5. 



Tops 30 



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