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doincr quite well. Auoust 1, o-rowing riipuUy. Septembi'r 1. hirge 

 and thi-ifty, l)ut no heads at this date. October 1.^. hir<,^e, solid heads 

 of line (luality. 



Moscow, seeded in hotl)ed April 20, Plants set out June 2<). Octo- 

 ber 15, small round heads on tall stalks. This variety has nothing- to 

 comniend it. For a long time it gave little hope of producing more 

 than small ])unches of leaves, and several plants failed to head. The 

 stalk is al)normally tall. Seed from Moscow, Russia. 



Cdidljloioer. — Extra Karly Snowball, seeded in li()tl)ed April 20. 

 Plants set out June <) and it. July 1. ratluM' l)ackward; slow in becom- 

 ing established. September 1. very tine heads; (juality excellent. 

 Several heads it inches in diameter. 



6'«?ro/.— Chantenay Half Long, seeded May 20. June 0, coming 

 up. June 15, making good gi'owth. July 15, doing well. August 

 1, doing verv well. August 15, uiaking better growth than earlier in 

 the season. SeptiMiiber 1. very fine, of marketalde size at this date 

 and still growing. 



Other varieties seeded were Long White, Half Long Danvers, 

 Champion, and Half Long Scarlet Horn. I)ut the ground proved to be 

 too wet for normal development. 



Oleri/. — (liant Pascal, seeded in hotbed April 2(t. Set out plants 

 J vnie 24. July 1, growing well. J uly 15, ver^' vellow, poor prospects; 

 that reset in spent hotlx'd doing well. August 1, that in spcMit hotbed 

 doing well, ready to l>lanch. 



Improved \\'hite Plume, seeded in hot])ed Ai)iil 2t>. .June 24 set 

 plants in spent hotbed. July 1, growing well. August 1, doing well. 

 August 15, ready to blanch. 



(lolden Self lilanching, seeded in hotbed Ai)ril 2ii. .fune 24 set 

 plants in spent hotbed. July 1, growing well. July 15, doing well. 

 August 15. ready to blanch; that which was tran>planted to open 

 ground was a failure. September 1, exc(dlent; that which was left 

 standing on s[)ent hotl>ed is better than that which was i-eset. Sep- 

 tember 15, very line, from 2 to 3 feet high. 



The garden soil is still too raw and in too poor tilth to [)roduce good 

 celerv, hence the plants set there did not do well. The rich soil in the 

 old spent hotbed suited it and it grew to compare with celery found 

 an}' where. 



Aa/<\— -Dwarf Green Cinled Scotch, seeded in open ground May 21. 

 June f), up, very good stand. July 1. growing well. July 15, grow- 

 ing very fast. Se|)t(Mnber 1, e(juals that reset from hotbed. Sep- 

 tember 15, very good. October .'5, exceedingly fine. 



Dwarf Oreen Curled Scotch, seeded in hotbed April 2(». I'lantsset 

 out June it. July 1, very slow. August 1, growing slowly. August 

 15, growing better than earlier in the season. September 1. growing- 

 very well. September 15, veiy ^ood. October 3, exceedingly line. 



