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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



BEANS. 



The six varieties of bush beans which were tested set a great abundance of 

 pods and the wet and cool weather during the picking season was rather favor- 

 able for this crop. The varieties are described in the table below. Three vari- 

 eties of pole beans were tested with the intention of ripening the seed. These 



TABLE OF BUSH BEANS. 



Variety. 



Davis Wax 



Detroit Wiix 



Ciolden AVax 



Early Fellow Sis Weeks 



New Early Brittle Wax 



New Round Pud Kidncv Wax 



a. 

 "o 



E 



June \ . 

 1. 



u n 



3 



e 



July IG. 

 " 18. 

 " 19. 



" 22. 

 " 20. 



.Vug. C. 

 " S. 

 " 12. 



IG. 



18. 

 20. 



10 



12 



9 



10 



9 

 9 



CO 



-o 



MS 



5 



4i 



3i 



3i 



4} 

 4 



Notes. 



Pods flat, narrow, straight, 



stringless. 

 Pods flat, broad, straight, nearly 



stringless. 

 Pods flat, slightly curved almost 



stringless. 



Pods fat, narrow, straight, 



nearly stringless. 

 Pods round, curved, stringless. 

 Pods round, curved, almost 



stringless 



were Scarlet Runner, Willing's Pride and Yard Long. While not killed by the 

 frost of September- G, their further growth was checked thereby and Scarlet 

 Runner alone ripened a few pods. For picking green, Willing's Pride would have 

 been a profitable variety, while Yard Long developed no pods. Two varieties 

 of Bush Lima Beans were tested, viz.: New Wonder and Dwarf Bush Lima 

 (Rice's) but no pods formed, the two blossoming August 10 and 12 respectively. 

 Of seven varieties of field beans tested, six blossomed between July 20 and 30, 

 though none ripened more than a few pods, except the Brown Swedish, of which 

 approximately 50 per cent of the pods ripened. The other variety, although last 

 to blossom on August 6, ripened nearly 20 per cent of the pods, the variety being 

 Early Marrow Pea or White Navy. The failure in ripening the field and pole 

 varieties was principally due to a severe attack of anthracnose, which owing to 

 persistent wet weather could not be materially checked with Bordeaux mixture. 



SWEET CORN. 



Of the varieties tested, Adams, First in Market, Early Minnesota and Stowell's 

 Evergreen in the order named, are the most promising. None of these were dam- 

 aged by frost until after September 29, while about 25 per cent of First in 

 Market and practically all of Adams ripened. This latter variety is especially 

 worthy of further trials, for while only of medium quality as a table variety, 

 it is superior to Cory, heretofore tested. The stalks also are higher, averaging 

 6 feet, and the foliage being abundant, this variety will furnish a large amount 

 of fodder, while the grain being smooth, ought to be fully as good for stock 

 feeding as the average field varieties. The ears average 8 inches long with 8 to 

 10 rows of large kernels. 



For table use. First in Market, is somewhat sweeter and its earliness may 

 show it to be a valuable sort for this latitude. The stalks are nearly 6 feet 

 high with plenty of foliage and the ears average 9 inches with 12 rows of large 

 kernels. Early Minnesota and Stowell's Evergreen are two well-known standard 

 varieties of better quality than either of the two described above. Neither of 

 the two ripened. 



