EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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Variety. 



Chautenay (first planting)... 

 Chautenay (second planting) 



Scarlet Intermediate 



Victoria 



White Belgian 



Yield 

 per acre. 



460 V)ushels. 

 4C0 bushels. 

 586.60 bushels. 

 533.33 bushels. 

 426.66 bushels. 



CELEEIAC. 



In June, 1902, tlie plants were set out. Edible September 20. This vegetable- 

 deserves to be more widely known, being extremely hardy and of easy cultivation. 

 It is mostly used for flavoring soups, except by the Germans, who use it In the 

 same nianner as potatoes for potato salad. Planted 7 or 8 inches apart and 3 

 feet between the rows it will yield abundantly, and succeed best where celery will.. 

 The edible portion develops into a bulbous root weighing 4 to 6 ounces when 

 trimmed, and these bulbs when properly packed away in the cellar will keep' 

 almost until spring. Where, as throughout this region, the ground but slightly' 

 freezes, the plants may be safely left unharvested for spring use. i 



CELERY. i 



In 1901 four rows of the White Plume and two of the' Golden Self-branching 

 Celery were set out July 13th. The late date at which the plants were received 

 and the extreme hot weather of the week following practically ruined the crop. 

 The extreme heat may be jtidged from the fact that the standard thermometer 

 in Marquette thirty-five miles distant registered 108°, the highest in the state. 



The ground was extremely wet when the plants were set out, this moist condi- 

 tion of the soil combined with the intense heat exhausted the vitality of the 

 plants. What they gained during the cooler and wet weather of the latter part 

 of the month they lost during the next hot and dry week of the beginning of 

 August. September was favorable and had the plants been far enough advanced- 

 they v/ould have been able to stand the continuous and cool rains; as it was they 

 remained almost stationary at a height of 4 to 7 inches until the close of the 

 season and no attempt was made to bleach. 



In 1902 three varieties were tested: Golden Self-blanching, White Plume and 

 American Golden. The plants were grown by Mr. Fred Greenwood who furnished- 

 the tomato plants. They were set out June 11th and 12th and grew rapidly, 

 though somewhat checked during the dry weather of July and August. 



White Plume, an early variety, remained somewhat undeveloped, though most- 

 plants by the middle of September were of large size, well blanched and of very; 

 good quality. 



Golden Self-blanching is a medium late variety of small size, excellent quality, 

 and growing close and solid. 



American Golden is a late variety of large size, handsome appearance and fair 

 quality. 



Blanching was done by means of bringing the dirt against the plants as the 

 season advanced, and owing to favorable weather conditions no rust developed. 



Late in October, most of the undeveloped plants were packed in 4 inches of 

 soil and transferred to a darkened place in the cellar where by the middle of 

 December they had made 12 to 16 inches of new growth and developed stalks of 

 small size but much better quality than any grown out doors. 



To test their keeping quality, some plants of the late varieties were left un- 

 harvested, a layer of 4 inches of straw being spread over the tops early in Novem- 

 ber. • 



PUMPKINS. ' 



The season of 1902 was favorable for pumpkins, except that June weather was. 

 equal to a shortening of the growing season by from 2 to 3 weeks, and that one- 

 third to one-half of the fruit was partially ripened in consequence. Pumpkins . 



