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Hollow Crown: This is a staudanl variety. In good soil it develops large 

 tender roots. The present year roots 2i inches in diameter were grown. 



PEAS. 



Half the pea crop was treated with a commercial inoculating i»reparation, in 

 order to ascertain the effect, if any, on the yield. 



Alaska: Planted May 18. July 1, 2J feet high, and in bloom by July 15. 

 Pickings were made at various intervals from August 1 to 25. The total yield 

 of pods from a row 00 feet long weighed 21 pounds. The same variety not 

 inoculated developed normally, and there was but little, if any, difference in 

 appearance between those treated and those not treated; but there was a 

 decided difference in yield. A GO-foot row not treated yielded 15J pounds. 



First and Best : Seed inoculated. Planted May 18. July 1, 2^ feet high and 

 beginning to bloom. They appeared to be a little in advance of Alaska. A 

 GO-foot row yielded 2.'^. pounds between August 1 and 25. Yield of a 60-foot 

 row planted alongside but not trciited was but 14 pounds. This and Alaska 

 variety have been very satisfactory at the Sitka Station, and can be recom- 

 mended for use in Alaska. 



Marblehead Mammoth: Planted May IS. July 1, 3 feet high. July 15, a few 

 blossoms showing. August 1, 5 feet high and in full bloom. Pods ready for use 

 August IT. Between this date and September 19 a GO-foot row yielded 42i 

 pounds. The seed was not inoculated. The pods of this variety were affected 

 by a fungus growth, which did not attack other varieties growing alongside 

 of it. It is a later and larger sort than the two first named, but it also appears 

 to give heavier yields. 



Premium Gem: Seed planted May 18. July 1. 2 feet high. Beginning to 

 bloom August 1. Made but poor growth ; only a few pods were large enough for 

 use ; was almost a failure. The yield of a GO-foot row was 4* pounds. 



POTATOES. 



The following varieties were grown : Extra Early Ohio, Early Ohio, Freeman, 

 Burbank. Hamilton Early, Extra Early Triumph. Banner, Lincoln, Early Har- 

 vest, Bovee. Red River White Ohio, White Mammoth, Pat's Choice, Extra Early 

 Pioneer, Early Michigan, Vornehm, Yigensia, Irish Cobbler, Ohio Junior, White 

 Beauty, Early Andes, Garfield, Extra Early, Carman No. 3, White Kenai, and 

 Red Kenai. 



Most of these were grown on a very small scale. The seed was procured by 

 the pound, and only from 1 to 4 pounds were planted, and the yields of these 

 small plats can not be compared with any profit. Those grown on a larger scale 

 from seed raised at the station the previous year were Freeman, Garfield, Bur- 

 bank, White Kenai, and Red Kenai. Of these the Freeman was by far the best, 

 one-nineteenth of an acre yielding 1.44G pounds, or at the rate of 550 bushels to 

 the acre, and 04 per cent of the crop was marketable. 



Burbank: Yielded at the rate of 288 bushels per acre, and SG ]K"r cent of the 

 crop was marketable. 



Garfield: Yielded at the rate of 54 bushels to the acre, of which 80 per cent 

 was marketable. 



White Kenai : Yielded at the rate of 117 l)ushels per acre, of which (!5 per cent 

 was marketable. 



Red Kenai : Yielded at the rate of 8!) bushels to the acre, of which 7<'> per cent 

 was marketable. 



