EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS 305 



VEGETABLE TESTS FOR 1898. 



BY L. R. TAFT, H. P. GLADDEN AND M. L. DEAN. 



Bulletin 170. — Horticultural Department. 



A larse number of new varieties of vegetables are sent out each year. We 

 have continued the practice of former years of securing seeds and testing their 

 merits. In some cases we have been able to obtain them from the originators 

 before they had been placed upon the market, but, for the most part, have had to 

 secure them from the seedsmen by whom they are being introduced. While there 

 has been considerable change in the varieties grown today as compared with those 

 in cultivation ten years since, the difference is greater in the names than in the 

 varieties tnemselves, as in many cases, although the name has been changed, a 

 careful trial of many of these varieties shows that they are nothing more than 

 improved strains of some of the old kinds. The change that lias been brought 

 about has been seciu'ed largely by selection, and if it is sufficiently marked to make 

 any difference in the value of the variety, the seedsmen are .iustified in applying a 

 new name to it. Particular attention is called to the results secured from the use 

 of a number of fungicides as preventives of tlie scab upon potatoes. 



BUSH BEANS. 



The following sorts have not been described in previous bulletins: 



California Wonder.— From Northrup, King »fe Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Plants of 

 low, straggling growth, with light green foliage. Edible August 5. Pods four to 

 four and one-half inches long, straight, flattened and green in color: their quality 

 is excellent and they remain a long time in edible condition. The variety is very 

 productive of pods but late in maturing. 



Dwarf Lyonnaise.— From J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York. Plants of strong, up- 

 right growth and foliage of dark green color. Edible August 5. Pods six to seven 

 inches long, gi'een, twisted and curved, very tender, snappy, and sweet in quality. 

 The plants were unproductive and tlie variety late in maturing edible pods. 



Earliest Hardiest.— T. W. Wood tt Sons, Richmond, Va. Plants are of small, 

 unhealthy growth. Foliage light green in color and badly rusted. Edible July 22. 

 Pods are five to six inches long, narrow and flattened, green in color. The quality 

 is good, but the plants were so weak in growth that very few pods were borne. 



Jones Round Pod Wax.— From Jas. V'ick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y. Edible July 22. 

 Pods four to six inches long, curved, greenish yellow in color. The quality is high 

 and the variety is early in maturing. A good yellow-podded sort. 



Jones Stringless.— From D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich. Edible July 23. 

 Quite similar to preceding but much more productive, and the pods are of a golden 

 yellow color and the beans are larger and more neaiiy round. A most excellent 

 wax bean for its high quality, productiveness and long season. 



No. 1.— From Peter Henderson it Co., New York. Plants of strong, healthy 

 growth. Edible July 20. Pods seven to eight inches long, broad and flattened, 

 dark green in color^ tender and of excellent quality. Tne plants are very pro- 

 ductive. It was the earliest variety to mature edible pods. A most valuable green- 

 podded bean. 



Rogers' Lima Wax.— From H. W. Buckbee & Co., Rockford, 111 Plants of low, 

 i&tocky growth. Edible August 1. Pods three to four inches long, straight, flattened, 



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