EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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five varieties, with also a somewhat distinctive color — differences which 

 may have been the result of the process of selection; or, by possibility, the 

 outcome of continuous cultivation in a particularly favorable climate — one 

 or both. 



One variety, the Argentueil, was duplicated, a dozen seedling plants, 

 and a dozen crowns from an older bed, having been set, for the purpose of 

 comparing their relative success; and for the further purpose of determin- 

 ing whether the sexuality or seed-producing quality is constant, or liable to 

 vary in different seasons. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



T. T. LYON, 

 So. Haven, Mich., ) Agent in Charge. 



Dec. 31, 1891. \ 



VEGETABLE TESTS. 



Bulletin No. 79, January, 1892, Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Page. 



Beans, Bush 241 



" Pole 244 



Beets 245 



Celery 246 



Cucumbers 246 



Egg Plant 247 



Lettuce 247 



Peppers .. 249 



Paqe. 



Radishes 250 



Squashes 251 



Tomatoes 251 



Cabbages 255 



Sweet Corn 258 



Peas 259 



Transplanting Onions 261 



During the season of 1891, considerable attention was given to test- 

 ing novelties sent out by seedsmen. Many of these varieties were 

 very highly praised, and it seemed desirable that the public be informed 

 of their merits or demerits, without being compelled to purchase 

 the hundreds of varieties that have been sent out during the past one or 

 two years. Most of them are sold at a high price, and this, added to the 

 labor of growing them, would be an expenditure that few persons would 

 care to make, especially as a majority of the varieties would be likely to 

 prove of less value than some of the older kinds. Many of the nov- 

 elties, however, are of real value, and we have endeavored in this bulletin 

 to give them such recommendation as they deserve. 



BUSH BEANS. 



Thirty-five varieties were planted on the 25th day of May. Two hun- 

 dred beans were planted in a space ten feet long, with three feet between 

 rows. After the per cent, of vegetation was noted, the varieties were 

 thinned to sixty stalks each. In the following table not all of the varieties 

 grown are included. A few of the best of each class of the older sorts, 

 and the novelties obtained from the different seedsmen are given. 

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