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Piko's Peak, Vaugban.— Vines of good growth and productive; squashes of a pale 

 green color, good size and form; skin thin, but hard; flesh very dry, of fine grain 

 and best quality; a little later than Hubbard, but a longer keeper and of better qual- 

 ity; an excellent winter sort. 



Summer Ci'ookneck, Vaughan.— One of the best early summer varieties. 



Golden Cluster, Dept. of Agriculture.— Vines of small, bushy growth; very few 

 squashes on vines; resembles bush scallop, but more circular in form, and not 

 dented on edges so much; color dark, golden yellow; very early in maturing. 



TOMATOES. 



The seed of seventy varieties was sown in the forcing-house, March 27. "When 

 the plants were two inches high they were removed to flats and plenty of space 

 allowed for stocky growth. 



The ground, a light sandy loam, was well manured and thoroughly prepared, 

 and the plants set out June 6 and 7. The rows were five feet apart and the distance 

 between the plants in the row was four feet. 



The plants were thoroughly irrigated during the season, as occasion required, 

 and a very large crop of fruit was grown. No trellis was provided, but the plants 

 were allowed to spread over the ground. Very little rot made its appearance and 

 no spraying was required. 



In the table below will be found the date of first fruit ripening; the number 

 of fruits and weight grown on one plant; the average weight in ounces of a single 

 fruit, and the amount in pounds of green fruit on one plant at the time of killing by 

 frost, October 1. The yield from the one plant is divided into two periods, so that the 

 early productiveness, often an important point, can be noted. 



