Image: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1917, No.58-59 (1917) (14762162344)

Description: Identifier: n11ontariosessional49ontauoft (find matches) Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1917, No.58-59 Year: 1917 (1910s) Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Subjects: Publisher: Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: strains by selection but if possibleto determine the best means of selection for the desired result. 70 REPOET OF THE Xo. S3 (2) The work is also carried beyond the field of production and selection inthat the various varieties are tested for canning purposes under the division ofby-products. (3) At the request of Mr. ^^. A. McCubbiu, some data was collected on thecomparative yields of healthy and Mosaic disease afEected plants. It was foundthat not only did the disease reduce the total yield per plant from an average of13.6 lbs. per plant to T.9 lbs. per plant, but that the number of fruits per vine andthe size of each was reduced also. Vegetable Seed Pkodlxtiox. Four varieties of onions, mostly Yellow Globe Danvers and Denia, with a fewEed Weathersfield and Ailsa Craig, were planted in the spring of 1915. Thesewere some distance from each other to prevent cross pollination. In addition tothis, Detroit Dark Eed beet and Chantenay carrot roots were planted for the pro-duction of seed. Text Appearing After Image: Celery irrigated and non-irrigated. From these were selected some good individual t^pes from which to productseed the following year. The seed was harvested during the latter end ofSeptember and first of October. The period of ripening was lengthened by thelate season. The seed was clipped oif by shears and placed in baskets or spreadout on the packing house floor to dry. It was considered advisable to take tbeonion seed under cover to dry out, but the beet and carrot seed was hung outsideon small racks, where it ripened and dried. Threshing was done by means of hand flails and rubbing. A small mill witha complete set of screens was purchased to clean the seed. It was carefully weighedand stored for winter. Threshing was not completed until January. On a largescale, more complete and efficient means for threshing would be necessary to reducethe cost of production. 1917 HOETICULTUEAL EXPERIMENT STATIOX It was necessary also to wash the oniou seed in order to separate the lighterand poo Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1917, No.58-59 (1917) (14762162344)
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