24 CIRCULAR NO. 110, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 



Peas. — Peas usually produce a good crop in the gardens over the 

 project, but sometimes fail in raw or alkaline soils. The Champion 

 of England and the Alaska were the best-yielding varieties tried at 

 the experiment farm in 1912. The seed should be planted very early 

 in the spring. 



Potatoes. — Potato growing 1 is one of the recognized agricultural 

 industries of Nevada. Potatoes are best grown on river-bottom 

 land, tule land, or old alfalfa land. They do not always grow well 

 on the raw desert soils, which are deficient in humus and likely to 

 contain harmful quantities of alkali salts. The varieties which have 

 given best results at the experiment farm are the White Beauty, 

 Burbank, Triumph, Mammoth Pearl, Peachblow, and Early Ohio. 

 A variety test was conducted in 1911 by Wallace Ferguson in coop- 

 eration with the experiment farm. Eight varieties were included in 

 the test. The three heaviest yielding varieties were the White 

 Beauty, Mammoth Pearl, and Rose Seedling. 



Pumpkins and squashes. — Pumpkins and squashes should be grown 

 in every farmer's garden, as they are prolific and are valuable for 

 table use. Any overproduction can be profitably fed to dairy cows 

 or hogs. Good varieties of pumpkins for table use are the Japanese 

 Pie, Small Sugar, and Cushaw. They are sweet and fine grained. 

 The large varieties, such as the Mammoth King and Connecticut 

 Field, are heavy producers, but they do not have the fine flavor and 

 quality for cooking of those mentioned above. 



The most desirable summer squashes tried are the Yellow Summer 

 Crookneck 2 anjd White Bush Scallop, and the most desirable winter 

 varieties tried are the Warted Hubbard and Delicious. The Mam- 

 moth Chile was the heaviest yielding variety, but its quality is not 

 good for cooking purposes. 



Tomatoes. — Tomato seed should re sown about April 15 in boxes 

 or hotbeds, so as to have good-sized plants by the time danger of 

 frost is past. The growing season is so short that an early start is 

 essential. Tomatoes usually produce satisfactory crops, but they 

 are subject to a disease known as the wilt (Fusarium sp.). This 

 disease attacks the individual plants in the tomato patch. The first 

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

 becomes more noticeable from day to day, until it finally causes the 

 death of the plants. No remedy is known, but damage from the 

 disease can be reduced by growing the plants on soil that has not 

 recently produced tomatoes. As the wilt is infectious, all diseased 

 plants should be pulled and burned as soon as they become affected. 



i For the culture of the potato, see Farmers' Bulletin 3S6, entitled " Potato culture on irrigated farms of 

 the West;" or "Nevada potatoes," by C. A. Norcross, Nevada Bureau of Industry, Agriculture, and Irri- 

 gation, Bulletin 6, 1912. 



2 Also known as the Golden Summer Crookneck. 



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