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long, 2 inches in diameter, round with few very short black spines; color a 

 dark green. Excellent in flavor, but not firm or crisp. Unproductive and 

 undesirable among the better sorts. 



Beauty. — Plants of good growth. Margins of leaves quite deeply cut and 

 spiny. Fruits 4-5 inches long, 2-2^ inches in diameter and triangular. The 

 color is dark green and the spines are few, short and white. The form of 

 the fruits is too short and thick for early pickles or for slicing. 



Choice. — Plants are of vigorous,' healthy growth. Fruits 5-6 inches 

 long, 1-| inches in diameter, somewhat curved, light green, nearly white in 

 color, with short, stout, black spines. The variety is early and the fruits 

 are good form for pickling or slicing purposes. An excellent general sort. 



Emerald, Fordhook, Green Prolific and Hill's Forcing are excellent 

 sorts for pickling and for table use. Emerald remains a long time in con- 

 dition before ripening. 



Goliath. — A large fruiting sort, excellent for home use, but too large 

 and irregular in form to sell well in market. 



Japanese Climhing. — This variety has been grown for several seasons. 

 While the vines have a tendency to climb, they do well grown in the ordi- 

 nary way. It is not so early as some others, but the fruits are of good 

 form, attractive in appearance, fine in quality, and the plants are produc- 

 tive. A most excellent sort for pickling or for table use. 



None Such and Sixty Day are closely of White Spine type and are good 

 sorts, but the White Spine is preferable because a standard variety. 



Westerfield Pickling. — Plants of very strong growth, healthy and pro- 

 ductive. Early. A most excellent pickling sort, also a good table variety 

 if left to get of proper size. 



SUMMAEY OF VAKIETIES. 



For early pickles: Riissian. 



For early slicing and pickling: Choice and Westerfield Pickling. 

 As general sorts for table and market: White Spine and Japanese 

 Climhing. 



LETTUCE. 



Grand Rapids, of the loose growing sorts, has given the best results in 

 the forcing house and hot beds. This variety gives a greater weight of 

 crop from a given space and is less susceptible to rot than any other of the 

 several kinds tried. 



Where there is a demand for a close heading variety, Tennis Ball, Bos- 

 ton, and Rawson's Hot- House are excellent sorts to grow. The heading 

 varieties must bring a higher price per pound than the loose sorts to make 

 their growing profitable. 



Seed for the varieties grown out doors was sown in the forcing-house 

 March 24th, and the plants were removed to open ground May J 3th. The 

 table below gives the data obtained from this planting. 



