EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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Varieties. 



Cum'e's Rust Proof Wax.... 



Rustless Golden Wax 



Stringless Green Pod 



Wardwell's Kidney Wax..., 



Yosemite Wax 



Eight Weeks or July (Pole). 

 Earliest Giant Advance 



(Pole) 



Two Colored Fire Bean 



(Pole) 



Scarlet Runner (Pole) 



Notes. 



Pods flat, broad, straight, stringless. 

 Pods flat, slightly curved, stringless. 

 Pods sliglitly flat, curved, nearly stringlesj 

 Pods broad, flat, .straight, stringless. 

 Pods broad, nearly straight stringless. 

 Pods flat, slightly curved, nearly stringlesi 



Pods flat, straight, nearly stringless. 



Pods flat, broad, curved, not stringless. 

 Pods broad, fleshy, curved, not stringless. 



Red Kidney and six varieties of field beans did not ripen suflfiiciently for seed, 

 though the planting, June 17-22 was too late for favorable results. Henderson's 

 Bush Lima is the first variety of this kind tested, which produced pods, but 

 no beans developed. 



Yard Long, a pole variety did not blossom, nor did Great German Soup Bean, 

 a bush variety which had the foliage of a Lima bean. Divarf Horticultural is a 

 promising variety which was expected to ripen and was not tested for its value 

 as a shell bean. The beans were fully developed and nearly ripe. 



SWEET CORN. 



Of six varieties tested, only two gave favorable results, the earliest being Peep 

 O'Day which planted June 10 was edible September 1. The stalks are 4 feet 

 high with small ears 5 inches long having 10 rows of fairly sweet kernels. 

 Earliest of All planted June 9 was edible September 3. Stalks 5 feet, ears 7 Inches 

 with 14 rows of kernels of good size and quite sweet. 



CUCUMBERS AND SUNDRY VINES. 



The plants made a good growth throughout the season and blossomed freely 

 until killed by frost on September 22. No damage resulted from the light frost 

 of September 12, but owing to the preceding cold weather beginning with August, 

 the vines set very little fruit and the yield was low. The three which made 

 the best showing were in the order named: Extra Early Express, fruit straight, 

 symmetrical, crisp and well adapted for pickles. Color light green shading to white 

 at blossom end. Early Russian, fruit dark green, short, thick, oval and covered 

 with small spines. Essentially a pickling variety. Siberian practically the same 

 as the last. During seasons such as the past two, it would be advisable, and no 

 doubt profitable, to start the plants under cover, as is done with melons in many 

 localities further south. Thus Goliath, being a tender and late variety, was 

 started in the greenhouse of the Negaunee Nursery Co., the plants being received 

 here and set out June 15. The vines blossomed July 14, and specimen fruits 18 

 inches long were ripe August 19. Of the other varieties tested. Sterling, Cum- 

 berland and Pickling gave the poorest yield, while Jersey Pickling gave results 

 about one-half as good as Early Russian, the fruit being of medium size, straight, 

 nearly cylindrical, crisp and with prominent spines. 



Of the varieties of Musk and Watermelons none set any fruit, though all blos- 

 somed beginning August 10, and the latest August 20. Of the squashes. White 

 Bush Scallop and Golden Bush, two well known varieties, ripened August 28 

 and September 2, respectively, while Hubbard grew to full size, but did not ripen. 



TOMATOES. 



The results with the tomatoes were slightly better than during the previous 

 season. The vines were heavily loaded with fruit and remained in a thrifty 

 condition until September 22. Vaughan's Earliest of All is the most promising 

 variety tested so far, the first fruit being well ripened August 30. A few of the 

 Atlantic Prize ripened September 5, and a few of the Early Freedom variety were 

 partly colored but refused to ripen completely outdoors. Seed from smooth speci- 



