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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



CAULIFLOWERS. 



Name of Variety. 



Large Late Mammoth 



Veitch's Autumn Giant 



Early Snowball 



Gilt Edge Snowball 



Ex. Ey. Dwarf Erfurt . . 



Nonpareil 



Early Paris 



Early Walcheren 



Extra Dwarf Erfurt 



Large Ey. Dwarf Erfurt 



Half Ey. Dwarf French 



Large Algiers 



Italian Taranto 



Large Early London 



Stadtholder 



Autumn Giant 



Short Stemmed La Normand. 



Gilt Edge 



Imp. Earliest Dwarf Erfurt. . 



Early German Erfurt 



Giant White Pearl 



Ex. Ey. White Heads 



Sown 



in 



Hot- bed 



April 11 

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do 

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do 

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11 

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do 11 

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11 

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do 11 



do 11 



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do 11 



11 

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do 11 

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Up. 



April 

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Trans- 

 planted in 

 Hot-bed. 



April 25. 



do 25. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



April 25. 



do 25. 



do 25. 



do 25. 



do 21. 



do 25. 



do 25. 



Trans- 

 planted in 

 open 

 Ground. 



May 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29, 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



April 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



do 29. 



Fit 

 for use. 



July 7 



Aug. 20 



July 14 



do 14 



do 15 



July 14 



do 14 



do 7 



Au^. 10 



do 12 



Aug. 20 



do 8 

 July 



do 



do 



do 



do 11 



Remarks. 



Small. 



Hurt by frost. 



Very good. 



do 

 Small. 

 No good. 



do 



do 



Very good. 

 The" best. 

 Very poor. 

 Hurt by frost. 

 Poor. 

 No good. 



Very poor and not put out. 

 Hurt by frost. 

 Fair. 



Very fine. 

 Small. 



do 

 Very fine. 



do 



CABBA.GE, 



Twelve varieties were planted and all did well. 



The Jersey Wakefield, Express and Henley's Champion were the earliest but 

 were small. Burpee's All Head was the best cabbage this season. Early Summer, 

 Surehead and Vandergraw being next. 



Name of Variety. 



Burpee's All Head 



New World Beater 



Henderson's Earlj' Summer 



Bridgeport Drumhead 



Imp. Jersey Wakefield 



Imp. Am. Dun. Savoy 



Mam. Red Rock 



Henley's Champion 



Express 



Vandergraw 



Filderkraut 



Surehead 



Sown in 

 Hotbed. 



April 10. 



do 10. 



do 10. 



do 10. 



do 10. 



do 10. 



do 10. 



do 19. 



do 19. 



do 19. 



do 19. 



do 10. 



Up. 



April 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 23. 



do 23. 



do 23. 



do 23. 



do 14. 



Trans- 

 planted in 

 Hotbed 



April 26. 

 do 26. 

 do 2(i. 

 do 26., 

 do 26., 

 do 26. 

 do 26. 



May 5. 

 do 5., 

 do 5., 

 do 5., 



April 26. 



Trans- 

 planted in 



Open 

 Ground. 



May 29 



do 27 



do 27 



do 27 



do 29 



do 29 



do 29 



do 29 



do 29 



do 29 



do 29 



do 27 



Fit 

 for Use. 



July 28 



Aug. 27 



July 28 



do ~- 



do 

 Aug, 



do 



July 14 



do 14. 



Aug. 27. 



do 27. 



do 27. 



27. 

 14. 



27. 

 27. 



Taken up. 



Sept. 16., 



do 16., 



do 16.. 



do 16.. 



do 16.. 



do 16.. 



do 16.. 



do 16.. 



do 16.. 



do 16.. 



do 16.. 



do 16.. 



CUCUMBERS. 



Four varieties of cucumbers were sown in pots in a hotbed on April 16th, and 

 transplanted into frames in the garden on May 26th. 



They gave a large crop. New Siberian is small but much the most prolific. 

 Giant Pera is a good bearer and very large and well shaped. White Pearl is a poor 

 producer but the pure white cucumber is very handsome and fine flavoured. 



Those sown in the garden without any protection immediately about them did 

 not produce as abundantly and were not bo early. 



