DIVISIOX OF HORTICULTURE 



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'SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



RADISHES. 



Although small in importance to the truek-gardener, radishes nevertheless form 

 ■one of the smaller crops which in aggregate mean surprisingly much for the gardener 

 ■supplying the local market. 



Of the best thirty varieties tried here, the seed of which was sown on May 12th, 

 the following list gives the best with a brief description of same. 



Varieties. 



Description. 



Earliness. 



Shape. 



Colour. 



'Red Ones — 



Scarlet White Tipped . . 

 White Tip Scarlet Gem 



Rapid Red 



Earliest Scarlet 



Tip Top White Tip.... 

 Early French Breakfa^t 



Sparkler 



Red Rocket 



Earliest Red May... 

 Boston Market 



Medium. 



White Ones — 



New White Icicle. . . 

 Earliest White May. 



White Rocket 



White Lady Finger. 



Very early 



Early 



Late 



Medium early... 



Medium 



Small to medium . 

 Medium 



Large . 



Very early . . 



Early , " .... 



Very early Medium. 



Early Long and slender. 



" Large 



" Medium 



Late Long 



Roundish Scarlet-white tip. 



Light red. 



" and conical . Scarlet. 



" Light red. 



" Scarlet, white tip. 



Olive shaped 1 " 



Roundish " 



Conical Red (attractive). 



" Scarlet red . 



Olive shaped Scarlet red, white tip. 



White (good quality). 



Conical White. 



Slender. 



CUCUMBERS. 



The testing of varieties with this crop was carried on in the field where hills were 

 prepared and the seed sown on the 6th of June outdoors, three hills to each variety, 

 and the^e thinned out to three plants per hill, the hills being G feet^part each way. 



Under these conditions, the following are some of the earliest and best : Fordhook 

 Famous, Earliest of All, Extra Early Russian, Noroton Selected White Spine, Im- 

 proved White Spine, Davis Perfect, and Cool and Crisp. 



SQUASH. 



Pumpkin, squashes and vegetable marrows were sown in hills in the field, two 

 "hills to each variety, and the hills 9 feet apart, each way. The following varieties of 

 each are recommendable. 



Pumpkins. — Sugar Pumpkin, Connecticut Field Pumpkin.. 



Squash. — Hubbard Squash, Golden Hubbard, Boston Marrow Squash, and Deli- 

 ■cata. 



Vcgctahle Marrows. — Long White Bush, White Trailing. As yet no particular 

 attention has been given to the keeping qualities of these, or others ; general experience, 

 though, is that those mentioned are all good keepers. 



The Convention of the American Vegetable Gardeners at Toledo, and that of 

 the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association, at Toronto, were attended during the 

 year, and visits paid to several progressive market-gardening sections of western 

 Ontario. 



OVTAWA. 



