REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST. 



127. 



were more uniform throughout the season than those obtaining in the hot-bed. The 

 results are very marked, the average weight per stalk of the "hot-bed" grown plants 

 being 11 ounces each, while that of "cold frame" plants was over a pound each. 



CELERY II. 



SUB-IRRIGATION EXPERIMENTS. 



Seed sown, April 9 ; pricked out, May 1 9 ; planted, June 30 ; distance apart, 7x7 

 inches ; sub-irrigated as needed. 



Variety. 



Crawford's Half Dwarf. , 



Cooper's Imp. Cutting. . . 

 Turnip-rooted Celeriac. . . 



Covent Garden Rose 



Giant Celeriac (Thorb.). , 



New Apple Celeriac 



Dwarf Crimson (Carter) , 



White. 



Fin de Siecle 



Giant Pascal 



Golden Rose 



Giant White 



Triumph ... 



Rose Ribbed Self Blanch- 

 ing 



London Red 



Paris Golden Yellow 



Imp. White Plume 



Golden Self Blanching. . 

 Sandringham , 



Total weights. 



Sub- 

 Irrigated 



in 

 Hot-bed. 



o . 

 I- s 



-3 



18 



18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 IS 



18 



18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18. 



18 



18 



18 



18 



18 



324 





Remarks. 



16 14 Unblanched ; fair sized 



heads ; slightly rusted 



10 11 Unblanched ; slightly rusted 



16 9 Roots medium size firm 



14 14|Unb!anched ; large; rusted. 

 8 12 Med. height ; roots smalL . . 



5 4 Heads small ; rusted 



14 14 Unblanched ; solid ; slightly 



rusted 



12 Unblanched ; solid ; slightly 



rusted 



Fairly blanched ; healthy. . 



14 

 15 

 6 

 17 

 12 



8 

 14 



8 

 11 

 10 



Small; rusted 



Unblanched rusted 



217 12 



Med. size ; blanched ; rusted 



Unblanched ; rusted 



Small heads ; blanched 



Slender stalks ; rusted 



Small II blanched. . . 



Av'ge weight of stalks,ll oz. 



Sub- 

 Irrigated 

 in Cold 

 Frame. 



o . 



16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 



16 



16 

 16 

 16 

 16 



16 



16 



16 



16 



16 



16 



16 



288 





O 



17 

 16 

 12 

 16 

 13 

 8 



18 12 



Remarks. 



13 

 21 

 23 



16 

 10 

 15 

 12 

 19 

 16 

 25 



298 6 



Unblanched ; slightly rusted 



II pithy II 



Good size ; tall ; rusted. 



It II t( 



Med. size ; n healthy. 

 Small ; pithy ; rusted. 



Unblanched m 



Med. sized; blanched; rusted 

 Well blanched ; healthy. 

 Unblanched ; crisp ; rusted. 

 Small ; farly blanched n 



Dwarf ; late ; crisp ; slightly 



rusted. 

 Small ; blanched ; slightly 



rusted. 

 Unblanched; spindling; rust- 

 ed. 

 Small ; blanched ; slightly 



rusted. 

 Fair sized heads ; blanched ; 



slightly rusted. 

 Blanched ; solid ; slightly 



rusted. 

 Unblanched ; crisp ; firm ; 



slightly rusted. 



A V 'ge weight of stalks, 16^ oz. 



CUCUMBERS. 



The number of varieties of this vegetable now offered to the public by seedsmen, is 

 much greater than is generally supposed. In the accompanying table the behaviour of 

 24 kinds, including pickling sorts, all grown under the same circumstances, is described. 

 Important points in connection with the cultivation of the cucumber are health of vine, 

 earliness, desirable form and productiveness. By comparing the number of fruits pro- 

 duced, with the yield in pounds, an idea of the individual size of the cucumber (fruit) 



