EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



835 



CAULIFLOWER. 



In our experiments witli this vegetable our purpose was merely to com- 

 pare some of the sorts that are now most prominently before the public. 

 The results can be seen in the table. 



In one or two cases, the plants were irregular in maturing heads, but as 

 a rule very good results were obtained from all varieties,with the exception 

 of Autumn Giant which failed to germinate. It was difficult to detect 

 any difference between Puritan, Gilt Edge, Denmark, Prize Earliest, Best 

 Early, Snowball, and Erfiirt, as they showed less variation than appeared 

 between the same sorts from different seedsmen. 



We received for trial from H. A. March, Fidalgo, Washington, packets 

 of American grown Snowball and Erfurt seed. They were large and 

 plump, gave strong, vigoroiis plants, and furnished us results as good or 

 better than is usually obtained from imported seed. The heads were large, 

 solid, and as perfect as could be desired. We understand that this seed can 

 be furnished at a price much below that of European seed. 



Cauliflower. 



Varieties. 



Autumn Giant _ 



Burpee's Best Early 



Denmark 



Earliest Dwarf Erfurt. 

 Erfurt Earliest Dwarf . 



Germination. 



In tester. In Earth 



Ely 



Burpee 



Vaughan 



Maule 



H. A. March 



■a 



:3 



May 15 



Early Snowball i Henderson 



Early Puritan ! Ferry 



Gilt Edge Thorburn.. 



Maule's Prize Earliest.. 

 Snowball. 



Maule 



H. A. March 





76 



Mar. 13 



g 





May 14 



n 

 a 

 En 



11 



=8 S 

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IC CD 



Small; even 

 Good; even. 

 Good; even.. 

 Small; even. 



C3 

 g 



■3 

 1^ 



Aug. 

 July 

 Aug. 



■§ 



Aug. 



Sept. 

 lOiAug. 



be 



•a 





10 i"o 



101 ^"* 



Very weak ; uneven 

 Small; even__ 

 Weak; uneven _ July 



Small; some- I 



what uneven ) 

 Good; even 



5 



7 



26 



24 j 



241 



14 



27 



lo! 



13; 



67 

 92 



100 

 92 

 93 



83 

 TOO 



CORN. 



Our collection of sweet corn numbered thirty-eight kinds and it only 

 needs a glance at the dates of planting and vegetating to learn the reason 

 for the test being a partial failure. 



When the season is such that corn is from twenty to twenty-seven days 

 in "coming up," a perfect stand cannot be expected. 



Any attempt to determine the comparative value of the different varieties 

 would be likely to prove misleading. Among the earliest sorts are Amber 

 Cream Ehj (Cory?), Burbank's Early, Chicago Market, Early Cory, 

 Durkee, Early Marblehead, Early White Cory, New Queen, Northern Ped- 



