380 REPORT OF OKKFCK oK KXPKRIMENT STATIONS. 



l>lantiiij.' my lirst littU' j^'iinliii in lS'.».s, at Circk-, 1 liavr .'^Ikiwii to tin- pe()])le tlia'. 

 very many tliinj;s can 1m' raised here that was at tliat time tlion^xht im|M)s.sil)le, aixl, 

 as a result, at least 15 or 20 acres are in {jrain and vetjetal)les ahout town this year. 



Kihrnnl J. K'nup/t, SI. Andnir's }f!.s.i!()ii, Hdinjxirl. — Mr. I>. A. Kiintt, an old ( ier- 

 nian m4ner wlio has heen here for several years and has taken eonsiderable interest 

 in f.'ardenint;, planted a jjanlen this year in which he grew a variety of ve};etables — 

 peas, hush beans, and jjarden beans, white and i>nrple top turnips, beets, rnta-bagas, 

 eabbajre, kale, lettuce, radishes, celery, carrots, parsni])s, potatoes, and parsley, a j^reat 

 variety, some of which di<l very well indeed. On a piece of j^round 25 by 40 feet 

 he gathered a cro] I of turnips that W(i<rhed nearly if not tpiite a ton. Some of tlie 

 roots weighed over (> pounds. Some of his potatoi's reaehe<l a fair size, though 

 many wen- very small. Theeabl)age hea<led well, but did not grow large. The kale 

 developed ipiite well, growing plants that spread to a diameter of lU) inches. The 

 cabbage and some of the kale were started in the late spring indoors, but kale 

 j>lanted later <(Ut of doors did better than that the growth of which was forced. 

 Some of the turnips, too, that were planted late grew quickly and developed better 

 than those transplante(l earlier. The ruta-l)agas did not do very well, nor did the 

 beets, parsnips, or carrot.s. The celery grew only about H inches tall. The peas 

 did very well; so did the bush beans. The garden beans did ])oorly, thf)Ugh they 

 bore. The lettuce, especially the red variety, did well. 



Mr. Knott took much interest in his garden and worked at it harrl. The early 

 part of the season was very dry, and this set back the growth of the j.lants. The 

 water had to be carried daily from the creek to the top of the bench until the j)lants 

 got well rooted. Some of the soil cultivated by Mr. Knott was new. A part of it 

 he treated with ashes and got good results wherever the ashes were used. There 

 was no severe frost hcic until tlie latter part of August. 



A. 11. Mmirop, Rninpdii. — Aimwican Wonder peas ]ilanted in the latter part of 

 June in very good soil on a bench or ])ur about 20 miles from the mouth of Baker 

 Creek and 80 miles up tlic Tanana from Fort (iibbon grew fine and were full of 

 blossoms, and a few pods l)eginning to fill by the last of August. Silver Hull buck- 

 wheat was doing excellent, about 3 to ?>\ feet high, and seed forming, doing well, 

 some in the dough. Mustard, some as high as 8 fei't and sei-d ixxls w ell lilled. Some 

 of the lettuce wa.s very large an<l tender. The onions came up but only a few lived, 

 and they got about one-fourth of an inch in diameter. The carrots and parsnips diil 

 not come up. The cabbage got about .". inches high. The kale got about 10 inches 

 high and had some very nice leaves. The PurpU'-Top Strap-Leaved turuiji did well. 

 The white turnips went more to leaves. The ruta-baga is most too slow a grower 

 for this country, I think, although some got as large as 2 inches in diameter. 



The experiment station at liampart did very well in raising grain. I visite<l the 

 station with IVIr. J. W. Duncan, and the wheat was well headed and well lilled with 

 large plump grain. The black oats, some of which was 6 feet high, had long heads 

 well filled. The rye was sown too thick, Init the grains are as nice as 1 ever saw. I 

 saw both beets and parsnips that lived in the ground over winter where they grew 

 and had gone to seed, and the seed seemed to mature all right. 



E. T. Townsend, Rampart. —There have been several very successful gardens here 

 this sunnner, and I have heard several speak of j)lanting extensively next summer. 

 One thing is sure, that any garden i)lanted early and but slightly ten<le<l will yield 

 large returns, if i>lanted on reasonal)ly good soil. 



Mr. Knott and Mr. E. J. Knapp planted quite a large garden at Rampart, and had 

 remarkable success with all of the onlinary vegetables, harvesting more than a ton 

 of turnips. I saw some of the grain, barley, wheat, oats, buckwheat, etc., which 

 gi-ew on the Government farm (so called) this summer, and it was remarkably fine, 

 with large plump heads and very rank. 



