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Beans. — Kooney's Eustless Golden Wax or Wardwcll's Kidney Wax,- for early 

 crop; Early Kefugee 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 Lest 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 Sprouts. — Improved Dwarf is the most satisfactory. 



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

 Dutch, Tlouser, Drumhead Savoy (late), Eed 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.— Go\Ae\\ Self -Blanching (Paris Golden Yellow), Improved White Plume 

 (early). Perfection Hcartwell, Triumph, Winter Queen, French's Success, London 

 Red (late) are among the best. 



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

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

 Evergreen, and Black Mexican (medium), Stowell's Evergreen, Country Gentleman 

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

 the season very considerably and is of fine quality. 



Cucumbers. — Peerless White Spine or Wliite 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. 



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

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

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



Melons, Musi-. — 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 Danvers and Large Rod 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. 



Pease. — Gregory's Surprise, Thos. Laston, Gradus, American Wonder, Premium 

 Gem (early); McLean's Advancer, Nott's New Perfection, Heroine (medium). None 

 of these are tall growing varieties. Stratagem, Juno (dwarf), Telephone (late). Ex- 

 celsior (Sutton's) is a promising second early sort. 



Potatoes. — Extra early: Rochester Rose, Early Ohio, Early Andes (pink), Bovee 

 (pink and white), Burpee's Extra Early, Eureka Extra Earb', (white); early: Early 

 White Prize, Irish Cobbler (white), Vick's Extra Early (pink and white); Main 

 crop: Carman No. 1 (white). Money Maker (white), Burnaby Mammoth (pink and 

 white). Late Puritan (white). Deer's Standard (white). 



Radishes.— Early: Scarlet White-tipped Turnip, Rosy Gem, French Breakfast, 

 Red Rocket (red); Icicle (white); late: Wliite Strasburg, Long White Vienna; 

 winter: Long Black Spanish, Chinese Rose-coloured 



