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English Horse was not hurt then, but succumbed to a frost of 10"^ on 12th September. 

 When overtaken the beans were hardening and a very few days more would have 

 put them out of danger. All the beans were in pods, but Batter Wax and 6 Weeks 

 were more advanced by a week than any other sort. 



ROOT CROP. 



On account of the root crop being on a heavy piece of land the past season, 

 the crop was not a good one considering the year. 



Shortly after the carrots, mangels, beets and turnips were above ground a hail 

 8toi-m passed over- and almost destroyed them. Three varieties of mangels and all 

 the beets were killed and the land was resown with tui-nips near the end of June. 

 Those left partly injured never recovered from the hail and were often after this 

 put back by heavy dashes of rain which several times flooded the pieces of land on 

 which the roots were sown. 



TURNIPS. 



Bangholm, Queen of Swedes, Skirvings, Lord Derby Green Top, Highland 

 Prize, Purple Top and Elephant were the varieties sown. Bangholm, Skirvings and 

 Queen of the Swedes each gave 500 bushels per acre. Lord Derby, 300 bushels; 

 Green Top, 420 bushels; Highland Prize, 320 bushels; Purple Top, 410 bushels ; and 

 Elephant, 480 bushels per acre. 



MANGELS. 



Mammoth Long Eed, Mammoth Long Yellow, Giant Litermediate, Prize Yel- 

 low and Giant Yellow Intermediate were sown. The three latter were destroyed by 

 hail. Mammoth Long Eed returned 605 bushels and Mammoth Long Yellow, 502 

 bushels per acre. 



CARROTS. 



Orange Giant, White Belgian, Long Orange JSTantez, White Vosges and Im- 

 proved Short White were sown. Improved Short White was b}' far the best ; in 

 fact, the only one worth taking up and it only gave 200 bushels per acre. 



SUGAR BEETS. 



Three varieties were sown, but all were destroyed. 



Chicory and Amber Sugar Cane were also sown. The chicory grew to a fair 

 size, but was very rooty. 



Amber Cane did not grow over six inches high. 



The 

 Mornii 



Eosy , , . _ 



Lees Ex. Early, Early Conqueror, Genessee Seedling, Empire State, Stonewall 

 Beauty, Eichters, Brownwell's Beauty, Clai'k's Beauty, Adirondack, Alpha, Eichter's 

 Gem, Jumbo, Boston Market, Member of Parliament, Great Eastern, Eose's New 

 Giant, Harrison, Conqueror, Goodrich, St. Patrick, Thorburn, White Elephant, 

 Snow Flake, Thorburn's Paragon, Tick's Pride. Sugar, Kidney August, Tele- 

 phone, Pride of America, Eichter's Elegant, Chicago Market, Empress Bell, 

 Brownwell's Beauty, Early Puritan, Count MoUke, and 29 seedlings. Like the 

 mangels and turnips the potatoes suffered from excess of rain on the heavy soil, and 

 before the majority were matured the frost of 21st August came and stopped further 

 progress. 



tops 



Eose, - ^ , ■ - - 



Bell, Early Puritan. Late Rose, Boston Market, Harrison, Early Bird, Early Con- 

 queror and Brownell's Beauty were the best croppers. 



