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Of the early varieties, Reynolds' Earliest is by far the best, being as 

 early as any, and nearly one half larger. Salzer's Lightning was much 

 like Landreth's Earliest, while the Earliest from Salzer differed but 

 slightly in the form of the heads. The weights given as the average of 

 each variety must not be too much relied on, as in each of the last three 

 varieties the seed was not pure and several of the heads were off type; 

 they are, however, approximately correct. 



Days required Av. weight 



after transplanting, of heads, lbs. 



Reynolds' Earliest 71-74 4.85 



Landreth's Earliest 71-74 , 3.16 



Salzer's Earliest 71-77 3.62 



Salzer's Lightning 72-77 3.91 



The Etampes and Express, which are practically the same, followed in 

 about a week, but were nearly a pound lighter than the average of the 

 others. 



Early Wakefield, from Everitt, was very badly mixed. 



Early Jersey Wakefield, March, matured with Etampes and gave heads 

 considerably larger. Attention is called to the high per cent, of vegeta- 

 tion, and the vigor of the plants. 



For some reason Early Summer and Fottler were rather light and failed 

 to make their usual showing. 



Of the sorts maturing with Fottler, All Seasons, All Head, and Vander- 

 gaw, made the following showing: 



Days. Weight. 



All Seasons— Vaughan 86-91 ■ 5.03 



All Head— Burpee 79-81 5.20 



Vandergaw — Gardiner 81-86 4.45 



Deep Head and Hard Head were very firm and solid, and of good size; 

 they may have their place. 



Of the late sorts Premium Flat Dutch surpassed all others, with Hyde 

 Park, Louisville, Autumn King, and Marblehead following closely. 



Days. Weight. 



Premium Flat Dutch 76-94 8.94 



Hyee Park 84-124 8.31 



LoudsviUe 86-125 8.22 



AutuimnKing 91-151 8.52 



Marblehead 105-142 8.22 



In this as in other tables, the number of days given in the first col- 

 umn, are the number from the date of transplanting to the field, to the 

 edible maturity, and in the second to market maturity. For comparative 

 purposes the last one should be used. 



The weight was taken after the loose leaves had been removed. 



From this year's trial, our list of four varieties for a succession would be, 

 Reynolds, Early Summer, All Head or All Seasons, Premium Flat Dutch. 

 Market Gardener, Hard Head, and Deep Head, are also good sorts to fol- 

 low Early Summer. 



Diamond does not make a very worthy showing. 



Marvin Savoy is the best of its class, and Red Drumhead is also desir- 

 able. 



