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ter of gross feeding, which really obliterates the more refined 

 individuality. 



A great year for whites — The year 1895 was marked by 

 great advances among the yellows, and 1896 saw the introduction 

 of many new types of whites. Out of more than one hundred 

 varieties grown at Cornell, five of the six best were whites. 

 These five, Lenawee, Lady Esther Smith, Infatuation, Yanoma 

 and Gretchen Buettner, are all highly individual and attractive in 

 form. For the third one on this list, Mrs. W. P. Raynor would 





82. — Photograph Aug. 22. The two larger plants were potted early, — 

 the four small ones received in July. 



furnish almost an even choice. We dare not condemn it for 

 being only a few days later, for that may not be a varietal char- 

 acter and no one can know, in a single season, whether it is a 

 matter of culture or variety. Three others are strongly recom- 

 mended by growers, Autumn Bride, Mrs. H. H. Battles and 

 Mrs. R. Crawford, the first two for earliness, the last for lateness. 

 These three were of familiar types and one of them we have had 

 to condemn for other reasons. The other two we have noticed 

 merely for their seasonable characters, of which no experiment 

 station can judge as well as the large growers can. Three others 



