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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURK 



VEGETABLES, OLD AND NEW. 



BY L. R. TAFT, H. P. GLADDEN AND M. L. DEAN, 



Bulletin No. 144. — Horticultural Department. 



Beans, 



Beets, 



Cabbages, 



Cucumbers, 



Lettuce, 



Ouions, - 



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225 

 234 

 286 

 237 

 240 



The following notes give the results of our trials of several hundred 

 varieties of vegetables grown in 1896, The list includes nearly all of the 

 novelties advertised by the various seedsmen, and many of the older sorts 

 for comparison: 



The seeds used in our tests were obtained from the following seedsmen : 

 Francis Brill, Hempsted, L, I,; H. W. Buckbee & Co., Rockford, 111 ; 

 Robert Buist & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. ; W.Atlee Burpee & Co,, Philadelphia, 

 Pa.; John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y.; Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D, C; Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.; L. J. Farmer, 

 Pulaski, N. Y.; D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich.; James J. H. Gregory 

 & Son, Marblehead, Mass.; Peter Henderson & Co., New York; H. D. 

 Hobbs, Williamston, Mich.; Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia, Pa.; John 

 W. King, Coggeshall, Eng.; D. Landreth &, Sons, Philadelphia, Pa.; Wm. 

 Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pa.; W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J.; 

 Delano Moore, Presque Isle, Me.; Northrup, Braslan, Goodwin Co., Min- 

 neapolis, Minn.; Richard Nott, Burlington, Vt.; Oregon Experiment 

 Station, Corvallis, Oregon; John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.; J. 

 M. Thorburn & Co., New York; J C. Vaughan & Co., Chicago, 111. 



