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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



VEGETABLES. 



farmers' list of best vegetables. 



The results of variety tests of vegetables for the past eighteen years are sura- 

 tnarized in the following table, where a list is given of the varieties of each kind of 

 vegetable which are considered the best to plant: 



Asparagus. — Conover's Colossal is the best all round variety, but this is more 

 subject to rust than Palmetto or Argenteuil. 



Beans. — Kesney's Rustless Golden Wax or Wardwell's Kidney Wax, for early 

 crop; Early Refugee, for medium; and Refugee or 1,000 to 1, for late crop, are the 

 most satisfactory dwarf varieties. Asparagus, Lazy Wife and Old Homestead are 

 three of the best pole varieties. 



Beets. — Egyptian Turnip, Meteor and Eclipse are three of the best. 

 Borecole or Kale. — Dwarf Green Curled Scotch is the best. 

 Broccoli. — ^White Cape. 

 Brussels Sproids. — Improved Dwarf is the most satisfactory. 



Cahhage. — Early Jersey Wakefield (early). Succession (medium), Late Flat 

 Dutch, Houser, Drumhead Savoy (late). Red Dutch (red), is a select list of the best 

 varieties of cabbage. For extra early use, Paris Market is desirable, being a week 

 earlier than Early Jersey Wakefield. 



Cauliflowers. — Early Dwarf Erfurt and Early Snowball. 



Carrots. — 'Chantenay is one of the best, but if a good extra early sort is required 

 the Early Scarlet Horn can be planted with advantage. It is a small variety. 



Celery. — Golden Self-Blanching (Paris Golden Yellow), Improved White Plume 

 (early), Perfection Heartwell, White Triumph, London Red (late) are among the 

 best. 



Corn. — Early Fordhook, Early Cory (early), Crosby's Early, Golden Bantam, 

 Henderson's Metropolitan (second early). Perry's Hybrid, Stabler's Early, Early 

 Evergreen, and Black Mexican (medium), Stowel's Evergreen, Counti-y Gentleman 

 (late). In planting, the Country Gentleman should not be omitted, as it lengthens 

 the season very considerably and is of fine quality. 



Cucurnbers. — Peerless White Spine or White Spine, Cool and Crisp, and Giant 

 Pera are three of the most satisfactory slicing varieties. Boston Pickling is a good 

 pickling sort. 



Egg Plant. — New York improved and Long Purple succeed best. 



ie^fuce.— Black Seeded Simpson, The Morse, (early curled); New York, Giant 

 Crystal Head, Crisp as Ice, and Improved Hanson (curled cabbage) ; Improved Sala- 

 mandar. Tennis Ball (cabbage); Trianon and Paris (Cos lettuce). 



Melons, Mush. — Long Island Beauty, Hackensack and Montreal Market, of the 

 Nutmeg type; Surprise, Christiana and Emerald Gem, of the yellow fleshed types, are 

 all good. 



Melons, Water. — Cole's Early, Salzer's Earliest, Ice Cream, Phinney's Early are 

 good early water melons. 



Onions. — Yellow Globe Dan vers and Large Red Wethersfield are two of the best 

 onions in cultivation. 



Parsnips. — Hollow Crown and Debbie's Selected are both good sorts. 



Parsley. — ^Doubled Curled is as good as any. 



Peppers. — Cayenne, Chili and Cardinal, are three of the best 



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