HORTICULTURAL BULLETINS. 



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Black Lima, Dept. of Agriculture.— The seeds did not germinate well and the 

 plants were weak; usually the first of the Limas to mature beans, and an excellent 

 variety. 



Golden Cluster, Ferry.— The best snap pole-bean. 



Golden Champion, Ferry.— The first of the poles to mature edible pods; valuable 

 for earliness and good quality of pods. 



Kentucky Wonder, Ferry.— Plants are very strong-growing, healthy, and pro- 

 ductive. A very valuable green-podded variety. 



King of the Garden, Ferry.— Plant a strong, healthy grower, bearing a large crop 

 of pods; pods five to six inches long, one inch broad; beans large, four to five in 

 pods, and of good quality; an excellent Lima bean. 



Mastiff, Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia.— New. Plants are of medium growth; 

 pods somewhat resemble Golden Cluster, but not so broad nor so bright yellow, and 

 each pod has a line of green on each side. It is later in maturing than Golden 

 Cluster, but is a good variety. 



Southern Prolific, Ferry.— Plants of strongest growth and very healthy; a wonder- 

 fully prolific varietj'; flesh thick, tender, and of high quality. It has a long season, 

 pods in all stages of growth until frost comes. Valuable. 



White Lima, Ferry.— Plants very strong growers, running to tops of poles, eight 

 feet high. Plants are very productive, bearing pods in clusters from bottom to top 

 of poles; beans medium in size, three to four in short pods, and of excellent quality; 

 a good Lima bean. 



Worcester, W. W. Rawson & Co., Boston.— Plants of low, stocky growth, quite 

 productive; beans large, broad, thick, of good quality. An excellent shell-bean. 



Sunshine W^ax is similar to Golden Cluster. 



White Creaseback, White Zulu, and Lazy Wife are not of special merit. 



As snap poles, Golden Cluster, Golden Champion, Kentucky Wonder, and Southern 

 Prolific are recommended. 



Black Lima, White Lima, and King of the Garden are among the best Limas. 



Brockton and Worcester are excellent as shell-beans. 



BEETS. 



The following table shows the time of maturity of the several varieties grown: 



Columbia, W. Atlee, Burpee, Philadelphia, Pa.— Tops small and of a dark bronze- 

 red color; fiesh bright i"ed with dark rings; quite early, of handsome appearance, 

 solid flesh, and good quality; several seasons' trial has proved this to be a desirable 

 sort. 



Crimson Chief, Johnson & Stokes.— Root of Eclipse type, but darker color, tapers 

 more slowly, and top of root larger and longer; flesh solid, sweet, dark crimson with 

 light streaks; smooth, regular form; early; an excellent variety. 



Stinson, Burpee. — New. Tops very small; leaves long and narrow and of a dark 

 red color; round root, 2i/^ to 3 inches in diameter, rather long tap-root; flesh fine- 

 grained, dark color, and of best quality; a late-maturing sort. 



Surprise, Johnson & Stokes.— Root four to five inches in diameter at top, flat, taper- 

 ing gradually to long tap-root; flesh light, almost white, diT, hard, and of fair qual- 

 ity; valuable for excellent form. 



Sunset, Buckbee.— New. Top, quite large; root four to five inches in diameter; 

 round top, tapering slowly to long tap-root; skin dark; flesh rich, dark red color, 

 and of best quality; an excellent late sort. 



Beet from Persia. — Leaf-stallv and leaves light green; root four to five inches in 

 diameter, round top, cylinder-shape, tapering quickly to a spongy tap-root; very 

 irregular and rough in form and appearance; flesh very hard, dry, and woody, 

 almost clear white in color; of poor iiuality and little value. 



