REPORT OF THE DIRECTOU 25 



StSSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



VEGETABLES. 



SOWN IN THE OPEN. 



Lettuce. — Sown May 5; fit for use June 1. 



Cabbage. — Produced some very fine specimens. 



Radish. — Early Scarlet White Tip. Sown May 5; fit for use May 30. French 

 Breakfast; sown May 5, fit for use May 25. 



Parsnips. — Hollow Crown. Sown May 5. Very large; part left in ground for 

 \; inter. 



Table Carrots. — Guerande. Sown May 5; fit for use July 15; of very fine flavour. 



Onions. — Danver's Yellow; sown May 5. Large Red Wethersfield; sown May 

 5. Both these varieties were taken up September 15 and were of medium size. 



Table Turnips. — Early White Strapped. — Sown May 5; fit for use June 8. Of 

 quite large size. % 



Parsley. — Extra Curled. Sown May 5 ; fit for use July 1L 



Asparagus. — Conover's Colossal. Sown May 6. Did fairly well. Plants uum 

 last year did very well. 



SOWN IN HOT-BEDS. 



Sown April 19. Set out May 24 and 2& 



Cabbage. — Premium Large Late Flat Dutch. In use August 20; average weight 

 9 lbs. A very good variety; at the time of taking up, some of them weighed 16 lbs. 

 each. Hanson. In use August 14 ; average weight 7£ lbs. ; very solid. Extra Early 

 Paris Market. In use July 12. Average weight 8 lbs. A very good variety. Early 

 •Jersey Wakefield. In use July 20; average weight 6£ lbs; a very fine variety. Marble 

 Head Mammoth. In use August 30 ; average weight 9 lbs. Very large and solid ; on 

 October 2, some of these weighed 18 lbs. each. 



Cauliflower. — Henderson's Snowball. In use August 1; average weight 5 lbs. A 

 fine, solid variety, some of them weighing 9 lbs. each. 



Extra Early Erfurt. — In use July 20; average weight 4£ lbs. A good variety. 



June Cauliflower. — In use July 15; average weight 6 lbs.; had good large heads 

 at the time of taking up. 



Celery. — White Plume. In use September 1; very small in size. 



Squash. — White Bush Scallop, Boston Marrow., Vegetable Marrow. These three 

 varieties were very much set back by spring frost and were quite small. Golden Hub- 

 bard. Taken up September 4; some of this variety weighed 6 lbs. each. 



Cucumbers and melons were killed by the spring frosts. 



