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EXPERIMENTS WITH CABBAQB. 



Variety. 



Marblehead Mammoth (Steele) . . . 

 do (Robinson) 



Trotter's Early Drumhead 



Henderson Early Summer 



Vandergaw 



Late Drumhead 



Hendersons' Succession 



Quintal Drumhead 



Large Flat Dutch 



St. Denis 



Premium Flat Dutch . . 



Early Jersey Wakefield 



All seasons 



Filderkraut 



Early Winningstadt .. 



Savoy Drumhead 



Early Sugar 



Early Etamps . . 



Early Deep Red 



Early Oxheart 



Large Red Drumhead 



Savoy Improved American 



Savoy Green Globe ■ 



Savoy Early Dwarf Ulnin 



Early York 



Savoy Early Dwarf 



Scotch Kale 



Brussels Sprouts 



When 



ready for 



use. 



10. 



1. 



15. 



Sept. .. 



do .. 

 Aug. 20 



do 5 

 Sept. .. 



do 



Aug. 7 

 Sept. . 



do .. 



do 

 Aug. 



do 



do 

 Sept. . . 

 Aug. 5 

 Sept. . , 

 Aug. 20 

 July 26 

 Se))t. 10 

 July 26 

 Sept. . . 



do .. 



do . . 

 Aug. 10 

 July 26 

 Aug. 25 



Per- 

 centage 

 headed. 



Per cent. 



90 



90 



100 



100 



90 



100 



100 



100 



90 



100 



100 



90 



90 



60 



70 



60 



60 



90 



60 



90 



90 



90 



50 



90 



100 



90 



Average 

 weight. 



Lbs. 



14 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 12 



Hi 

 11 



9i 



9| 



9 



9 



9 



9 



6 



6 



6 



5 



5 



5 



4i 



t 



4i 



3 

 3 

 3 

 4 



2 sprouts, 



Remarks. 



Large ; firm. 



do 

 Very good ; 

 Firm head. 

 Open head. 

 Firm head. 



do 



Open head. 

 Firm head. 

 Open head. 

 Firm head. 



do 



do 

 Open head. 

 Firm head. 



do 

 Open head. 

 Head soft. 

 Firm. 

 Firm head. 

 Soft head. 

 Open Viead. 

 Firm head. 



do 



do 



do 

 Good quality 

 Open. 



firnu 



GARDEN PEASE. 



Eesults of tests with garden varieties of pease. All varieties were sown on the 

 same day, 8th April, side by side, in single rows, 3 feet apart; all had germinated 

 and were growing by 20th April. No trellis or sticks were used : — 



Varieties. 



Kentish Invicta 



Blue Peter 



Extra Early 



Little Gem 



Stratagem 



Pride of the Market. . . . 

 Horsford's Market Garden, 



Yorkshire Hero 



Mummy Pea 



Telephone 



Champion of England 



Emperor 



Laxton's Omega 



Grey Pease 



Ready 

 for 

 Use. 



July 13. 



do 13. 



do 16 



do 16 



do 20 



do 20 



do 21 



do 22 



do 22 



do 24. 



do 28.. 



do 28.. 



Aug. 1. . 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Late. 



Short. ... 



20 inches. 



24 do . 

 Short. ... 

 24 inches. 

 20 do . 

 20 do . 

 24 do . 

 4 feet . . . 



3 do . . . 



33 inches . 

 .30 do . 



'24 do . 



Long 



Pods. 



Medium length 

 and full 



Medium length 

 and full 



Medimn 



Short and full 



Large and full . . . 

 do .... 



Medium length . . . 

 do .... 



Medium length 

 and full 



Large \yoAs but not 



well filled 



Laige jiods 



Large and full . . 

 Long do 



Did not form . . . 



Remarks. 



Yielded well. 



Yield heavy. 

 Yield fair. 



do 



Good yield. 

 Heavy yield. 

 Good yield. 



do 

 Very heavy yield ; ripened 20th 



Aug. ; made very strong growth 



during spring season. 

 Good yield. 



do 



do 

 Good yield ; an excellent late var- 

 iety, keeping green and sweet. 

 A novelty, but of no value here. 



