HORTICULTURAJ^ DEPARTMENT. 101 



The followiug varieties were grown here for the first time tliis season: 



All Cream— Salzer. This variety is identical with the old Prize Head, 

 an excellent garden sort. 



Blonde Beauty — Vaughan. Heads large, loose, golden yellow in color, 

 crisp and of best quality. An excellent summer sort. This variety 

 appears identical with French Blockhead grown last year. Sunset — Hend, 

 also is identical with above. 



Colossal — Salzer. New. Heads large, loose, light green in color. 

 Matures early and is of best quality. 



Hittinger's Belmont — Burpee. Same as Big Boston. 



Self-folding Cos — ^Ferry. New. Forms large head, nearly self-blanch- 

 ing. Leaves tender and of best quality. The best cos variety tested. 



Sunlight — Salzer. Heads medium size, golden-yellow color; leaves 

 wrinkled, curled. A good variety if better selected. 



Stubborn Head — Vaughan. New. Forms a large, loose head, light 

 golden-yellow color. A good grower; resists heat well and remains a long 

 lime in marketable condition. One of the best varieties grown. 



Thick-head Yellow — Burpee. Heads large, solid, light greenish-yellow , 

 color; leaves waved. A good summer variety. 



Perfection — Buist. Heads small. Soon runs to seed. 



Yellow Market — Buist. New. Heads are small, solid, golden-yellow 

 color, tender and of good quality. Lacks in size of head and soon runs to 

 seed. 



PEAS. 



A comparative test of fifty-five varieties of pea was made, using two 

 hundred seeds of each kind. The vines were supported by a woven wire 

 trellis. The date of sowing was May 9. Cold, wet weather injured the 

 germination somewhat, and the dry, hot winds of the latter half of July 

 hastened the date of maturity of the mid-season and late sorts, and pre- 

 vented the proper filling of the pods in many varieties; but at the same 

 time, it showed more clearly the ability of certain varieties to withstand 

 adverse conditions. 



Below are the tabulated data of the varieties. The dates to maturity 

 show that the early varieties required a few more days to reach maturity 

 than they did during the previous year, and the later varieties a few days 

 less. 



The columns showing the average number of pods per vine, and the 

 average number of peas per pod, illustrate the prolificness of the varieties. 

 The columns giving the weights of fifty pods and the shelled peas will 

 give an idea of the size of the pods and the proportion of shelled peas to 

 the pods. The last column gives the weight of the pods of an average 

 vine. It is obtained from the data in the second and fifth column and is a 

 measure of the productiveness of the variety. 



