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£ul, San Francisco Market, Big Boston, and Hanson, Of these 

 the earliest was Golden Queen, a small variety making good com- 

 pact heads. The New York -and the new variety from Tyrol pro- 

 duced the largest heads. Next in size were the Hanson and 

 Wonderful. Other satisfactory varieties were Iceberg, Denver 

 •Market, and Big Boston. 



W-ATEIRMEL'ONS. 



Twelve varieties of watermelons were tested this season. Of 

 these the Augusta proved the most satisfactory. It furnished the 

 tfirst ripe melons, for the first three weeks of the melon season fur- 

 nishing a larger number of melons and a greater weight per square 

 'rod than any other variety- Henderson's Sweet Siberian proved 

 to be a melon of excellent quality, but was not quite as early as 

 the Augusta, nor so large. The Russian varieties did not make 

 as good a showing as they 'did the previous year. 



onions. 



The experiments with onions covered tests of varieties and 

 methods of culture. Seed was planted September 16. Part of it 

 "was sown in rows 20 inches apart, and part was sown broadcast 

 in a small bed that could be watered frequently. December 2 the 

 plants that grew in the latter were transplanted into rows adjoin- 

 ing the ones sown where they were to stand. They were set about 

 six inches apart, and the others were thinned to the same distance, 

 vacancies being filled in. The subsequent treatment was the 

 samev The New Queen ripened June 15 to 20, and the remaining 

 varieties July 10 to 25. 



The yields in pounds par square rod were as follows: 



Variety. 



Trans- 

 planted. 



Australian Brown . «. . 14 



White Portugal 29 



Mammoth Silver King - - '4 



New Queen 36 



Prize Ta ker ! , 39 



A verages ' 26 . 4 



Not Trans- 

 planted. 

 19 

 21 

 23 

 86 

 45 

 28.8 



