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give an abundance of peas through the season. The Blue Peter men- 

 tioned in the report had "petered out" with him and he had discarded it. 



Mr. Dieterich thought the list of peas might be shortened and the 

 Blue Imperial added, it being an excellent field pea. Cucumbers, he 

 thought, should be planted five or six feet apart, so as to have plenty of 

 running room. 



Prof. Standish said that he had named the thirteen varieties of peas 

 in the report to suit all tastes, but thought the report might be simplified 

 by striking out from the list of early peas the Early Extra Premium Gem, 

 McLean's Blue Peter, Laxton's Long Pod, and from the late varieties the 

 British Queen. 



Col. Carr had raised the Blue Peter with success and found it an 

 excellent pea. 



After a thorough discussion the report was adopted, as follows : 



Your committee, appointed to revise the list of vegetable seeds, would beg leave 

 to submit the following repoit : 



Asparagus. — Conover's Colossal. Culture — Select the richest, driest soil ; enrich 

 highly with compost; cultivate deeply; plant fifteen inches apart. 



Beans. — Dwarf, snap or bush : early Fejee, early Valentine, dwarf German wax. 

 Pole or running: Giant wax. large Lima. Culture — Select clayey soil; plant in drills 

 from two to four inches apart, two feet between the rows. 



Beets. — Egyptian, Dewing's improved blood turnip, Henderson's ])ine-apple. 

 Culture — A rich, deep soil, well manured the previous season; sow in dri'ls, fifteen 

 inches between the rows, one inch deep. 



Cabbage. — Early Wyman, Fottler's improved, Winnigstadt, for family use; improved 

 American Savoy, best of all. Culture — Cultivate deeply, manure liberally; plant 

 eighteen inches by twenty-four inches. 



Caulijiower. — Early Erfurt. Culture — Same as cabbige. 



Celery. — White solid, Seymour's superb white, Sandringham, Turner's incompar- 

 able, Crawford's half-dwarf. Pink varieties — Carter's crims m, Sutton's Sulham prize, 

 best of all. Culture — Plant in trenches or not, in the richest and best of soils, six 

 inches in the row, three feet to four feet between the rows. Shade until the plants are 

 well established ; water freely. To blanch, draw earth around each plant. 



Corn. — Early Minnesota, Moore's early Concord, Crosby's, Stowell's evergreen, 

 Washington market, for trial. Culture — Plant in hills, tvvoand-a-half feet apart in the 

 row, rows three feet apart. 



Cucumber. — Early Frame, early Russian, early white spine, improved early white 

 spine, long green. Culture — Plant in warm, moist, rich soil ; in hills four feet apart. 



Lettuce. — Hanson, early curled Silesia, Simpson, Boston curled. Culture — Sow in 

 rich, moist soil, twelve inches between the rows. 



Mtiskntelon. — Christiana, Sill's Hybrid, Cassaba, Hackensack, Ward's Nectar. 

 Culture — .\ light, dry soil is the best, well manured; hills five or six feet apart. 



Water->nelon. — Mountain sweet, mountain sprout. Culture — Same as for musk- 

 melon. 



Onion. — Weathersfield red, Danver's yellow. Culture — A deep, rich soil, abundant 

 compost. Sow evenly in rows, twelve inches apart. 



Peas. — Extra early, Bliss' American wonder, Carter's first crop, Waite's Carac- 

 tacus; early, McLean's little gem, Mcl^ean's advancer; general crop. Champion of 

 England, Laxton's supreme. Culture — Plant in dry, rich soil, from four to five inches 

 deep ; rows fifteen inches to two feet apart. 



Pepper. — Squash pepper for pickles. Culture — Set plants in warm, rich soil, rows 

 eighteen inches apart, plants one foot apart in the row. 



Radisk. — Early scarlet turnip, French breakfast, long scarlet, Russian for winter. 

 Culture — Sow in rich, light soil, in rows a foot apart. Cover the seed very lightly. 



