410 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



7 th. — Drumhead Savoy. — Heads medium large, very firm and compact. 

 8th. — Late Drumhead. — A few very fine heads formed but many plants did not 

 head. 



9th. — Marblehead Mammoth. — Did not head well ; heads small and soft. 

 10th. — Autumn King. — No heads of value formed on this variety. 

 11th. — Stanley. — Heads very small and inferior. 

 12th. — Louderbach. — Only a few small heads formed. 



Cauliflower. 



Six varieties of cauliflower were sown in a hot bed on April 22nd and planted in 

 the open ground, as soon in May as they were sufficiently grown. But they were 

 injured in June by water, and failed to head. 



TESTS OP DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF GARDEN PEASE. 



Name of Variety. 



Sunol . 



Bliss' American Wonder . 



Burpee's Profusion. 



Kentish Invicta . 



Juno. 



Horsford's Market Garden . 



Daniel's Matchless Marrow . 



Duke of Albany 



Prince of Wales . 



Sown. 



May 2 



April 30 



30 



30 



30 



Up. 



May 17 



20 

 20 

 18 

 13 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 20 



Fit for 

 Table. 



Ju 



ly 4 



' 16 



' 24 



' 18 



' 26 



' 16 



' 20 



' 20 



' 30 



Remarks. 



Pease medium size, pods short and not well 



filled, medium in quality, not productive ; 



vines 1^ to 2 feet long. 

 Pease large and fine in quality, pods long and 



well filled, vines 1 to 1^ feet long, not pro- 

 ductive. 

 Vines 2 to 3 feet long and well loaded with long 



pod^, well filled with large pease of good 



quality. 

 Pods long and well filled, pease medium sized 



and rather poor in quality, vines 2 to 2^ feet 



long, not productive. 

 Vines 1^ to 2 feet long and very productive, 



pods long and well filled with large pease 



of very good quality. 

 Vines 2 to 2| feet long and productive, pods 



long and well filled with large pease of 



very good quality. 

 Vines 2£ to 3 feet long, productive, long well 



filled pods, pease very large and of excel- 

 lent quality. 

 Vines 2^ to 3 feet, and fairly productive, pods 



long and well filled, pease large and of best 



quality. 

 Vines 2 to 3 feet long, and productive, pods of 



medium length and well filled, pease large 



and cf very fine quality. 



TESTS OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF BEANS. 



Name of Variety. 



Burpee's Bush Lima 



Early Black Pole Lima 



Burpee's New String Green Pod. 



Thorburn's Extra Refugee Wax. 



Emperor William 



Remarks. 



Did not germinate. 

 u 



id not germinate well, and made a feeble 

 growth, pods small and poor in quality. 



Not a vigorous grower, pods small but very fine 

 in quality. 



Crisp and very fine for table use. 



Asparagus. 

 50 plants each of the following varieties of asparagus were received, and planted, 



and made a fair growth. 



Barr's Mammoth, Argenteuil, and Columbian. 



