REPORT or MR. R. ROBLRTl^ON 3U1 



SESSIONAL PAPER N'o. 16 



LIST OF THE BEST VEGETABLES TO GKOW. 



REPEATED FROM REPORT OF 1905. 



From several years' experience in testing many of the different varieties of vege- 

 tables now advertised by seed merchants in Canada and the United States, the follow- 

 ing may be recommended as equal to any of those so far tested here : — 



Asparagus. — Conovcr's Colossal and Argenteuil. 



Beans. — Green Pod. Early: Bountiful and Lightning. Late: Eefugee or 1,000 

 to 1. — Golden Pod : Market Wax and Valentine Wax. 



Beets. — Extra Early: Egyptian Turnip. Early: Eclipse. 



Brussels Sprouts. — Improved Dwarf. 



Cahhage. — Extra Early: Paris Market. Early: Jersey Wakefield. Medium: 

 Early Spring and Succession. Late: Late Flat Dutch. Red: Mammoth Rock Red. 



Carrots. — Chantenay. 



Cauliflower. — Early Erfurt. 



Celery. — Paris Golden Yellow Self-blanching, Improved White Plume and Per- 

 fection Heartswell. 



Corn. — Extra Early: Extra Early Beverly. Early: Extra Early Cory and 

 Premo. Medium : Crosby's Early. 



Cucumbers. — White Spine. 



Egg Plant. — New York Improved Purple. 



Kale. — Dwarf Green Curled. 



Lettuce. — Curled: Black Seeded Simpson. Cabbage: Improved Salamander. 



Citron Melon. — Colorado Mammoth. 



Water Melon. — Cole's Early. 



Onions. — Prizetaker and Australian Brown. 



. Parsley. — Double Curled. 



Parsnips. — Hollow Crown and Improved Half Long. 



Pease, Tall. — Extra early: Surprise. Early: Thomas Laxton. Medium: Admiral 

 Dewey. Late: Telephone. Dwarf. — Extra Early: Early Excelsior. Early: Xott's 

 Excelsior. Medium: Rivenhall Wonder. Late: Juno. 



Radishes. — French Breakfast and Icicle. Winter: Scarlet China. 



Rhuharh. — Linna?us and Victoria. 



Salsify. — Sandwich Island. 



Spinach. — 'Victoria. 



Squash. — Autumn: Boston Marrow and Golden Hubbard. Late: Hubbard. 



Tomatoes. — Spark's Earliana. 



Turnips. — Golden Ball and Selected Purple Top Swede. 



