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last year, which is encouraging. Varieties fruiting were, in the order of productive 

 ability: Sparks Earliana 12-18, Sparks Earliana (Sunnybrook strain), Sparks 

 Em-liana 12-23, Bonny Best, Chalk's Early Jewel, Trophy, Sparks Earliana (C.E.F. 

 strain), and Rennie's XXX Earliest. 



TURNIPS. 



One variety, Early "White Flat Strap Leaf, was sown on April 30 and was ready 

 for use June 28. Plants and rows 15 inches apart and 2 inches in the rows, yielded per 

 acre, when dug on October 18, 2,981 bushels 26 pounds. The table quality of these 

 turnips in the early part of the season was fairly good. 



SALSIFY. 



Long White Salsify was sown April 30 and was dug on October 18, yielding 145 

 bushels 12 pounds per acre. 



ELOWER GARDEN. 



The following varieties of annuals were sown in the hotbed on the 10th of 

 April, and set out in the open on the 20th of May. 



Variety. 



Asters, 13 varieties ... . . 



Antirrhinum, 11 varieties 



Balsam 



Brachycome 



Candytuft 



Coreopsis 



Dimorphotheca aurantiaca . . . 



Eschscholtzia, 2 varieties 



Lobelia Erinus 



Larkspur, 3 varieties 



Mignonette 



Nicotiana affinis 



Nemesia, 8 varieties 



Phlox Drummondii, 7 varieties 



Poppy, 3 varieties 



Pansy, 5 varieties 



Petunia, 3 varieties 



Portulaca, 2 varieties 



Stocks 



Sweet Sultan. . . . . 



Scabiosa, 3 varieties , 



Salpiglossis, 2 varieties 



Verbena, 8 varieties 



Violas, 4 varieties. ..._.. - 



Artemisia saccorum viridis . . . 



Calliopes 



Chrysanthemum, 2 varieties..., 



JDianthus, 8 varieties 



Gaillardia 



Linaria 



Papaver Danebrog 



Tagetes 



Zinnia • 



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