DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Garden Corn — Sown in garden May 27. 



Variety. 



Early Evergreen 



Perkins Early 



Early Malcolm 



Golden Bantam 



Fordhook Early 



Extra Early Adams ; 



Early Iowa .1 



Metropolitan 



Squaw (Indian Head seed) 



Squaw (from Rennie) 



Lb. 



5 



6 



7 



4 



7 



6 



8 

 10 



6 



6 



ECG Plant — The seed was sown in the hothouse on April 1, and the plants were trans- 

 planted in garden on June 13. No fruit matured. 



Cress (Extra Curled) — Sown in garden on April 28. In use June 10. 



Pepper (Long E'ed Cayenne) — Sown in hothouse April 1. Transplanted in garden on 

 June 13. No fruit matured. 



Summer Savory — Sown in garden May 5. Eeady for use August 2. 



Sage — Sown in the garden on May 5. Ready for use August 20. 



Lettuce — Sown in garden on April 28 and May 27. First seeding in use June 14. 

 Second seeding in use July 6. 



Variety. 



Remarks. 



First seeding. 



Remarks. 

 Second seeding. 



Red Edged Victoria 



Black seeded Simpson 



Gant Crystal Head 



Grand Rapids -. 



Improved Hanson , 



Crisp as Ice 



All Head jMedium heads 



Iceberg lExtra large. 



Summer iGood heads 



Good heads. 



Extra good. 



Good heads. 



Extra good. 

 Medium heads. 

 Large heads. 

 Good heads. 



Parsley. — Two varieties, Double Curled and Triple Curled, were sown in the garden 

 on May 5. Eeady for use July 10. Both varieties gave good crop. Triple 

 Curled is recommended. 



Radish. — Two varieties, Turnip Scarlet and Early Scarlet White Tipped were sown 

 in the garden on April 28, and a second seeding was made on May 19. The crop 

 from the first seeding was ready for use on June 14. The crop from the second 

 seeding was ready for use on June 26. Both these varieties gave satisfactory 

 crops. 



Rhubarb. — The old beds gave a good crop from May 19 up to June 28 when they were 

 removed to make room for lawns. A new bed was planted out in the new enclosure 

 set aside for the horticultural experiments. Victoria, Strawberry, and Myatt's 

 LinnaBUS are varieties that are recommended. 



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