EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



165 



Of the twelve varieties ripening in 44 to 47 days from the date of plant- 

 ing there is little choice, and although some of them can be distinguished by 

 slight differences of color or markings, most of them are near enough alike 

 to be considered indentical. The Summit and Fleetwing were low in 

 vegetation, but have shown themselves to be valuable varieties. The First 

 and Best, Ferry, and First in the Market, Liv. also made a good showing, 

 as did Rural New Yorker, which ripened a few days later. 



With differences so slight as existed betwen the sorts in this extra early 

 class, more depends on the character of the strain than on the name of the 

 variety under which it is obtained. 



The Quantity and Advance were most productive among the second early 

 sorts, while Quality, Profusion, Pride of the Market, Midsummer, Hors- 

 ford's Market, and Satisfaction follow closely. 



As the varieties in this group are more productive, and generally of bet- 

 ter quality than those of the extra early sorts, it is only advisable to 

 plant enough, of the early kinds, to bridge over the week or ten days before 

 the Advancer and others of its class are ripe. 



Among eighteen late kinds, the Everbearing was very productive, fol- 

 lowed by Strategem, Abundance, Forty-fold, Yorkshire, and John Bull. 



Nos. 48 to 59 in the table refer to an experiment to test the effect of 

 planting seeds from the first pods to ripen (lower), as compared with 

 those from the later pods (upper). We also tried to see if there was any- 

 thing gained in size and weight of the pods by using seeds from selected, 

 well-filled pods. Seeds of three varieties were used, and the time of ripen- 

 ing and the weight and number of pods can be found in the table. With 

 two varieties there was no effect on the time of ripening, but the other 

 indicates a slight gain by selection. The results are not definite as to the 

 effect of selecting the large pods. 



PEPPERS. 



The peppers were sown in flats in the forcing-house on the 12th of 

 March, pricked out April 4, and transplanted out doors June 4. 



Table VIII. 



Variety. 



■Cardinal 



Cayenne 



Celestial 



Golden Dawn._ 

 Golden Upright 



Large Bell 



Procopp 



Red Cluster 



Red Etna 



Red Upright ... 



Squash 



Ruby King 



Seedsman. 



Ferry 



Henderson 



Vaughan 



Johnson & Stokes 



Vaughan 



Burpee 



Landreth 



Vaughan _.. 



Qo bo 



IE ; 

 ■a ] 



^^ 



142 

 148 

 171 



155 



158 

 152 

 152 



171 

 157 



* 



142 

 155 



* Did not ripen before frost. 



