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Wesifield Chicago Pickle, Vaughan. — The plants are strong- growing and 

 productive. One of the most desirable sorts for general pickling purposes. 



Gianf Pera, Yaughan. — The earliest of the large-fruiting sorts to reach 

 edible maturity. The cucumbers are large, of good form, and excellent 

 quality. The flesh is very solid and but few seeds are present. A desirable 

 variety. 



Whiie Spine, Burpee. — This is perhaps the best general-purpose variety 

 for the home garden. 



Parisian Prolific, Ferry. — The plants are of strong growth and very 

 productive. The fruits are long, slender, and make excellent pickles. 



Albino, Ferry. — This is a comparatively new sort. If one desires a 

 white-skin cucumber this variety would be an excellent one to select for 

 the purpose. 



Japanese Climbing, Vaughan. — This variety climbs readily if poles or a 

 trellis is provided. The cucumbers are 5-7 inches long, 2 inches in 

 diameter, and very regular in form. The flavor of the fruit is quite distinct 

 from the ordinary cucumber. The variety is quite productive, continues 

 to produce new cucumbers until the vines are killed by frost. Should 

 regard it as an acquisition. 



As varieties to grow for pickling purposes, Siberian, Westfleld, and 

 Parisian Prolific would make an excellent selection. For table use. White 

 Spine, Green Prolific, and Long Green, with Japanese Climbing and 

 Albino as novelties, would prove satisfactory. 



• ONIONS. 



Fourteen varieties of onion were tested this year, of which descrip- 

 tions of several of the newer sorts are given. A quantity of Prizetaker 

 onions were transplanted with very satisfactory results. The method is 

 to be recommended where extensive truck-farming is carried on, or where 

 a superior quality of onion is desired. General truck-growers may find 

 the method profitable, since, at present prices, only the grower who suc- 

 ceeds in raising a very large number of bushels of first-class onions to 

 the acre can hope to grow the crop profitably. None of the new varie- 

 ties are equal to the old standard kinds, and for the main crop, Ked 

 Wethersfield, Yellow Danvers, and Southport White Globe are still to be 

 recommended. In the northern part of the state, or on a cold, mucky 

 soil. Extra Early Red succeeds best, and because of its milder flavor it 

 is sometimes preferred in other localities. 



Early California. — Bulbs oblate, spherical; outer skin brownish red, 

 second skin thin, glassy, purple; inner coats white, greenish at the neck; 

 bulbs firm; fair yielder; season early; foliage small. Differs from Ked 

 Wethersfield in being smaller, more spherical, earlier, and less productive. 



Oregon Danvers. — A strain of Yellow Danvers, which it very much 

 resembles; it is lighter in color, more spherical, and a little later. 



Salzefs King of ihe Earliest. — A type of the Eed Wethersfield; it is 

 smaller, nearer spherical, earlier, and milder in flavor; quite irregular in 

 shape. 



Souihport Early Red Globe. — A large, red, spherical onion said to be 

 earlier than Southport Eed Globe; this year it ripened with Yellow Dan- 

 vers; it is a promising variety of the Red Globe type; a good yielder. ' 



Southport White Globe. — A variety very similar to the other in shape 

 and quality; it is a pure white, said to be an enormous cropper, though that 



