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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Variety. 



All Seasons - - 



Asparagus - ■ 



Belmont 



Big Boston.- 



Brown Dutch - -. 



Brown and Gold — 



(Jos - 



Defiance.. - 



Denver Market 



Half Century 



Imperial -- 



Italian Ice 



Landreth Earliest 



Mammoth Cabbige H(»ad 



Market Gardener's Detroit Forcing 



Mignonette 



Morse 



Ninety and Nine.. 



Premium (^/abbage — 



Eawson's Hot House 



Sensation 



Simpson's Curled 



Sumatra 



Treasure 



Wonderfal... -. 



Seedsman. 



Dreer 



u 



(( ---- 



Ferry 



Vaughan 



Burpee ._ 



Vaughan 



Ferry 



Childs 



Vick_. 



Burpee 



Landreth 



Vaughan 



Ferry... 



Henderson 



Burpee 



Vaughan 



Vick 



Vaughan 



Johnson and Stokes 



Ferry 



Landreth 



Johnson and Stokes 

 Dreer 



Average 

 weight of a 

 single head. 



12 oz. 



13 oz. 

 4 oz. 

 9 oz. 



11 oz. 



9V4 oz. 



1 lb 10 oz. 



9 oz. 



14 oz. 

 13 oz. 



12 



15 



lib. 2 



lib. 3 



13 



oz. 

 oz. 

 oz. 

 oz. 

 oz. 



lib. 



4V4 oz. 

 2 oz. 

 4 oz. 

 S'/z oz. 

 4 oz. 



3 oz. 

 1 lb. 5 oz. 



W-A oz. 



13 oz. 

 lib. 8 oz. 



NOTES ON VAB'^ETIES. 



Asparagus. — A Cos variety growing from 14-18 inches high. The 

 leaves are very narrow. It makes too little growth in the center to be a 

 desirable sort for tying up and blanching. 



All Seasons. — Forms a rather close head from 12 to 15 inches in diam- 

 eter. T e outer leaves are large, round and smooth in general outline and 

 of a dark green color' The inner leaves are of a rich, golden yellow color, 

 tender and of good quality. The variety is well adapted to out door 

 culture, as it stands heat well and is slow in forming a seed-stalk. 



Belmont, Boston, Denver Market, Raivsoii's Hoi House and Sensation 

 are desirable sorts for the forcing-house or hot-bed, but give little satisfac- 

 tion grown as out door varieties. 



Brown Dutch. — Forms a close, compact head from 8 to 10 inches in 

 diameter. The inner leaves are of a light yellowish green, tender and of 

 very fine quality. An excellent dark-colored sort and it stands heat well. 



Brown and Gold. — This sort resembles the preceding, but the leaves 

 are more crinkled, the heads smaller and have fewer outer loose leaves. It 

 is a little later than Brown Dutch and scarcely as good a variety. 



Defiance. — This variety forms a close head which is tender but not of 

 very good quality. The heads are too small and the sort is not so desira- 

 ble as some of the larger growing kinds. 



■ Half Century and Treasure. — These two sorts are very similar in appear- 

 ance, though the heads of the Half Century are a little larger in size and 

 more uniformly developed. The type is closely like Brown Dutch in leaf 

 and habit of growth, but the leaves are lighter green in color and the heads 

 closer and more compact. They are excellent sorts. 



Imperial. — This was the first of the large growing sorts to mature heads. 

 Heads 10 to 12 inches in diameter, light green in color, very tender and 

 the quality is good. Valuable for earliuess and good quality. 



