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of this writing the average weight is about one-half pound. Radishes and let- 

 tuce grow wonderfully here considering that the ground is poor ; in fact, all my 

 vegetables did well considering the fact that they were put into ground that 

 never had a blade of grass in it till I started the garden last spring. There 

 was no fertilizer used except one small box of hen manure which I had saved 

 up last winter. 



The apple seedlings grew from a 5-inch stem to from 10 to 20 inches in height. 

 The Red Astrachan made the largest growth; after it the Sylvan Sweet and 

 four seedlings grew from 10 to 15 inches high. The two Duchess had only a 

 few leaves. The two Borovinka did not do well, probably owing to the fact 

 that there was not enough soil, as the soil on this island is in patches. 



Flowers did remarkably well, sweet peas and nasturtiums especially. The 

 berry plants you sent me are doing well, especially the currants, and the mint 

 is 20 inches high. 



I believe we could raise, with good fertilizer, almost anything on this rocky 

 island. This being my first attempt, I shall no doubt do better next year. My 

 assistant brought a few half-grown vegetables with him from Tree Point 

 Mght Station and planted them in the patch from which I had taken my turnips, 

 and now he has cauliflower, ruta-bagas, beets, and kale. The beets from the 

 seed you sent me are as large as my two fists and are still growing. Nothing 

 but rotten stumps for soil, and a little rock weed covered the rocks. Whoever 

 saw my garden this summer said I did well for a beginner with such soil. This 

 winter we will make fertilizer with fish and rock weed or sea grass. Our 

 potatoes were not plentiful, but some were quite large, and in taste the best I 

 ever ate. 



Gust Grundler,. Douglas City, Alaska.—The following is a report of my experi- 

 ments for the season : 



Lettuce: Salamander; seed sown in hotbed April 1; transplanted May 15; 

 grew very well, making large heads. 



Kale : Dwarf Green Curled Scotch ; seed sown in hotbed April 1 ; transplanted 

 May 15 ; started slowly ; maggots attacked the roots in July ; 1 sprinkled sul- 

 phur around the roots, which relieved the plants of maggots, and they grew 

 well after that ; leaves about IG inches long. 



Cauliflower: Extra Early Snowball; seed sown April 1, in hotbed; trans- 

 planted May 15 ; started slowly ; attacked by maggots the same as kale ; some 

 plants died, all the small roots being eaten off ; heads 8 inches across the top. 



Cabbage : Early Jersey Wakefield ; seed sown April 1, in hotbed ; transplanted 

 May 15 ; had the same trouble with the maggots ; heads 3 to 8 pounds. 



Ruta-baga: Laing Improved; seeded April 1, in hotbed; transplanted June 

 1 ; roots attacked by maggots when about lA inches thick, eating all round the 

 roots. After being relieved with sulphur the injured plants began to grow 

 again, but the roots are small. 



Beets: Detroit Dark Red; seed sown in hotbed April 1; germinated very 

 slowly ; transplanted June 15 ; after starting to grow, all the plants sent up seed 

 stalks and did not form roots. 



Radish : Glass ; seed sown April 15 ; did not do well. The same variety sown 

 June 10 started to grow, but maggots got the best of them, and only left the 

 shells for me. 



Turnips: White Dutch; seed sown June 10; came up fine, but are all wormy. 



Onions : Extra Early Brown Spanish ; seed sown June 10 ; roots became 

 from one-fourth to three-fourths inches thick. 



Carrots : Scarlet Uoru ; seed sown June 10 ; grew fine ; good crop ; no maggots 

 on them. 



