Identifier: p6ontariosession51ontauoft (find matches)
Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1919, No.26-41
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries

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se seed crops in which thePacific Coast States stood second for acreage, namely radish and tomato, we findthat Michigan stood first on radish seed acreage with 50 per cent, of the total 6tt THE KEPOKT OF THE No. 34 and had an estimated average yieUl ol 300 pounds per acre. Ci)ni)).i:e this withCalifornias :)H per cent, of acreage an^l an estimated yield cf M)0 lb., per aere,we lind that California would produce over douhh- the quantity of radish seed duringthe season of li)18 that would he produced in the State of ^lichigan, and woulddo this on 7(J per cent, of the acreage of its eastern competitors. If we look up the tomato acreage we find New Jersey 11r>t with :!) p.r cent.com))ared with California with 18 per cent, or onu-half the acreage of New .lersev.But New Jerseys average reported yield is GO lbs. per acre, compared withCalifornias 200 lbs. per acre or in other words California with ont-half theacreage produces one and two-third times as much tomato seed as does Xew Jersey.
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Vacant Lot Gardening. These localities have come to the front after years of experiment spent insearch of ideal, economic, producing centres. They have been built up chieflybecause of climatic conditions governing them. Xext in importance to climaticconditions T would place freedom from disease and-insect pests._ Of course soilconditions and the labor situation have also to be taken into consideration. The growing of field crops on an extensive scale has its luicertainties and seedgrowing is even more influenced by the freaks of fortune. From season to seasona wide range in yields is seen. The price also fluctuates. California authoritiesgive a range from $150 to $300 per acre, as the average money return, seasonto season, for the growing of vegetable seeds. Garden seeds have been grown for more than forty years in the San JuanBaptista and Santa Clara valleys of the coast range mountains, south of S:inFrancisco. The more recent developments have been in the delta district of the 1919

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