152 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The varieties planted are, Argenteuil, Barr's Mammoth, Conover's 

 Mammoth, Moore's Cross-bred, and Palmetto. 



RHUBARB, Rheum Rhaponticum. 



Of this, six varieties have been planted during the present year, for 

 purposes of comparison, as follows: 



Early Crimson, Early Scarlet, Magnum Bonum, Myatt's Linnaeus, Prince 

 Albert, and Victoria. 



The practice, among originators, of allowing new fruits to go out 

 unnamed, and under numbers only, or with numbers appended to the name 

 of the originators, is obviously an increasing one, as appears from ref)orts 

 already published; and such indications will be found to be much more 

 pronounced, in the list of varieties recently planted. The American Pomo- 

 logical society, in its "Rules of Pomology" (by imi^lication at least), 

 forbids such x^ractice. The inappropriateness of such names is, no doubt, 

 obnoxious to all, while thereby the liability to errors of nomenclature is 

 considerably increased. Under the circumstances, therefore, I venture 

 the suggestion, that a combination of fruit-testing stations, as well as of 

 societies and individuals, be effected, pledged to refuse recognition or 

 publication of new varieties, excejat under names not open to this or similar 

 objections. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



T. T. Lyon, 

 South Haven, Mich., \ Agent in charge. 



October 13, 1890. 



VEGETABLES— VARIETIES AND METHODS. 



By L. R. Taft. Bulletin No. 70, Horticultural Department. 



Page. Page. 



1. Beans 153 



2. Beets 156 



3. Cabbages 157 



4. Corn (sweet) 159 



5. Cucumbers 161 



6. Lettuce 162 



7. Peas 163 



8. Peppers 165 



9. Potatoes 166 



10. Radishes 178 



11. Squashes 180 



12. Tomatoes 181 



During the past summer we have grown in the garden, forcing-house, oi 

 hotbeds, many of the new varieties of vegetable that are being offered 

 to the public, together with many of the standard sorts, for purposes of 

 comparison. 



In this bulletin will be found in tabular form a considerable amount of 

 data that has been collected, regarding some of the more important 

 vegetables, together with brief notes and a summary of the results 

 obtained. 



So far as was possible under the circumstances, we have made tests of 

 various methods of planting, cultivating, and training the different plants, 

 and have tested the effects of different fertilizers. The results will be 

 found in connection with the plants used in the experiments. 



