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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Crosby's Egyptian, Dept. of Agriculture.— The earliest sort to mature: excellent 

 form; flesh dark but not of best quality; valuable for earliness. 



Eclipse, Vaughan. — One of the best early-maturing sorts. 



Long Blood, D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.— An excellent late sort and one of 

 the best for winter use. 



CELERY. 



The place selected for planting the celery has a loose, black soil of considerable 

 depth and v.'as in a good state of fertilitj'. The larger part of the plot was so 

 arranged that a row of tile was placed at a depth of about six inches under each 

 alternate row of plants. The ends of several rows were connected with cross tiles 

 so that the water could be distributed through one opening. This plan worked 

 very successfully and a good crop of celery was grown. Rows purposely left with- 

 out this arrangement of underground tiles, but watered by surface irrigation to 

 give the plants a good start, did not give as good growth, and much more rust was 

 present than on the sub-irrigated portion. 



Crawford, Burpee.— A medium-growing sort; stalks large, thick, yellowish white 

 color, and of good quality; easy to blanch but does not keep well. 



Dwarf Golden Heart.— A small-growing variety, but blanches very easily and is 

 of fine quality; rusted quite badly and is not a good keeper. 



Giant Pascal.— A large-growing sort; stalks large, thick, with a rich, nutty flavor; 

 does not blanch very easily; rusted but little, and a good keeper; one of the best. 



Golden Self-Blanching.— A rather short grower but close and solid; blanches 

 readily; is of good quality and quite free from rust; a good keeper; an excellent 

 variety. 



Imperial Burpee.— A small-growing sort; rusted very badly, and many stalks 

 were rotten; a poor keeper. 



Perfection Hartwell, Burpee.— A large-groAving sort; stalks large, thick; consid- 

 erable rust present; hard to blanch, but of excellent quality when well blanched; a 

 good keeper. 



Pink Plume, Henderson.— A good grower; stalks medium large, thick, of excellent 

 quality, and a good keeper; quite free from rust; an excellent pink sort. 



Red Pascal, Vaughan.— New. Not so large a grower as Giant Pascal; outer stalks 

 have a pink color; excellent quality and quite free from rust; does not seem to be 

 as good a keeper as Giant Pascal. 



White Plume.— Of small growth; tops almost white; stalks small, but blanch eas- 

 ily and of good quality; perhaps the best early variety, but not a good keeper. 



CUCUMBERS. 



The cucumbers were planted June 10 and 11. The following table gives the varie- 

 ties planted and the dates when they became ready for use: 



Variety. 



Albino 



Arlington White Spine 

 Bennett's White Spine 

 Chicago Giant 



Commercial Pickle 



Cool and Crisp 



Everbearing 



Everbearing 



Evergreen White Spine 

 Fordhook White Spine 



Green Prolific 



Ivory Monarch 



Seedsman. 



Ferry 



Vanghan 



It 



(t ---- 



Thorbarn 



Henderson 



Thorbarn 



Vanghan 



Johnson & Stokes 



Barpee.. 



Vaoghan 



Chiids... 



Date 

 edible. 



Jnly 25 

 Aug. 2 



Jnly 28 

 " 25 



Ang. 4 



9 



1 



" 15 



Variety. 



Japanese Climbing.. 



Long Green 



Monarch White Spine 

 Giant Pera 



Nichol's Medium 



Green 



Parisian 



Bnssian 



Sikkim 



Westerfiold 



White Wonder.. 



White Wonder 



Seedsman. 



Vaughan. 

 Gregory . 

 Bnckbee. 

 Dept. Ag. 



Vanghan - 



4. 



Gregory . 



Vanghan. 

 Burpee .. 

 Dept. Ag. 



Date 

 edible. 



Aug. 21 



is 

 21 



July 29 



Aug. 15 



Jnly 22 



Aug. 21 



Jnly 28 



Aug. 2 



Jnly 31 



Albino, Ferry. — Fruit when matui'e 8 to 10 inches long, 2 inches diameter; nearly 

 round, with slight ridges; color, golden yellow, with few. short, black spines; the 

 small fruits are white, but soon have a yellowish tinge; the flesh it thick and of a 

 good quality, and seed cavity small; plants are pi'oductive; a good variety to furnish 

 small, white pickles; akso good for slicing. 



