16 AGRICULTUEAL OBSERVATIONS ON TRUCKEE-CARSO-N PROJECT. 



PUMPKINS AND SQUASHES. 



Pumpkins and squashes should be groAvn in every farmer's gar- 

 den, as the}^ are very prolific and are valuable for table use. The 

 common field pumpkin and Japanese pie pumpkin are good varie- 

 ties. The Golden Crookneck squash is one of the best for summer 

 use, while the warty Hubbard is probably the best variety to store 

 awaj^ for winter. The White Bush Scalloped is a commonly grown 

 summer variety, but it does not have the richness of flavor of the 

 Golden Crookneck. 



CUCUMBERS. 



The White Spine. Klondike. Long Green, and Everbearing cucum- 

 bers" are desirable varieties for this section. The Gherkin is a small 

 prickly variety that is used only for pickling. It is an abundant 

 producer, and probably more people would grow this variety were 

 its qualities better known. 



TOMATOES. 



Tomatoes usuallj^ j^roduce a satisfactory crop, but are subject to 

 the attack of a disease known as tomato wilt {Fusarium sp.). This 

 disease attacks individual plants in the tomato plat. The first indi- 

 cation is a wilting of the leaves of the affected plants. The wilt 

 becomes more noticeable from day to day and finally results in the 

 death of the plants. No remedy is known, but the disease can be 

 checked by growing tomatoes always on soil that has not recently 

 been in that crojo and by pulling and burning all diseased plants as 

 fast as they appear. The following varieties of tomatoes are recom- 

 mended for j)lanting: Early Jewell, Dwarf Champion, New Stone, 

 New Coneless, New Globe, Golden Queen. 



At the experiment farm 1,190 pounds of tomatoes were produced 

 from one-nineteenth of an acre, or a- yield of over 11 tons per acre, in 

 spite of the fact that over 25 per cent of the plants were affected with 

 tomato wilt. 



' ONIONS. 



On some of the soils of the Truckee- Carson project onions grow 

 well, so that it is profitable to grow them for the market, but it would 

 not be safe to attempt to grow them on a large scale on newly cleared 

 land. They grow so well, however, that each farmer can easily grow 

 enough for table use. 



Good varieties for trial are the ]\lannnoth Pompeii, Silver King, 

 Prizetaker, and Red Wethersfield. 



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