BELFAST EXPERIMENTAL AREA.
SILVER-BEET VARIETY TEST, 1912-13.
A. Macpherson
I have to report that preparatory to being fed off by sheep the foliage from_an area of the four varieties grown was cut and weighed on the 19th March, 1913, the following being the results ,
The land on which the first three varieties were sown was in mangels last year, and that on which the fourth variety was sown was in Buda kale. Prior to sowing the seed each plot received a dressing of Belfast rape and mangel manure at the rate of 2 cwt. per acre.
Plot. Variety.Date sown. - First Stripping: . Yield. 1 Montgomery and Co.’s— Perpetual spinach .. ■■ ■ ■ • • 16/11/12 Tons per Acre. 34-30 ' 2' Swiss chard or Silver Lucullus (curled) .. 1 1,1/12 42-80 3 Swiss chard or silver (plain), dark-green leaf 16/11/12 36-19 4 Swiss chard or silver (plain), pale-green leaf 12/11/12 . 25-52
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VI, Issue 4, 15 April 1913, Page 432
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143BELFAST EXPERIMENTAL AREA. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VI, Issue 4, 15 April 1913, Page 432
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