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" stroug plauts of three varieties were put out, and adjoining them small 

 plants from seed boxes were transplanted, and beyond these, seeds; of 

 the same varieties Mere i)lanted in the open ground. All started off well 

 l)ut when the frost killed the vines no ripe fruits had been obtained 

 from either lot of seedlings, and the fruits on the plants from seed boxes 

 were about half wa.y between those on the .strong plants and on the 

 open-ground seedlings." 



Wire trellis for tomatoes. — An inexpensive wire trellis, devised and 

 successfully used at the station, is described. 



Beets (p. 32). — Tabulated notes on thirteen varieties. Early Eclipse, 

 Extra Early Egyptian, Bassano, Early Crimson, and Victoria are es- 

 l^ecially commended. 



Cabbages (pp. 33-36). — A tabulated record for thirty-six varieties, in- 

 cluding notes on germination tests (percentages of seeds which germi- 

 nated) with seed-testing apparatus and in seed boxes. The results 

 obtained in the germination tests compared with the notes on the ap- 

 pearance of the young plants in the seed boxes show the desirability of 

 having fresh and pure seed. 



" Where the tester shows over 90 per cent and the seed box over 80 

 per cent [germinated] the plants are ' strong and even,' but below these 

 figures we find them 'weak and uneven;' below CO per cent they are 

 ' very weak aud uneven.' Out of twenty-three varieties sown in the 

 forcing-house, ten gave plants strong and even, with a vegetation of 84 

 l)er cent, while thirteen were weak and uneven, with a showing of only 

 50 per cent. In most of the varieties of the first group all the plants 

 appeared at once, but in nearly all the others there seemed to be at 

 least two or three vegetations." 



The author's experience with cabbage seed compared with what has 

 been noticed with other seed for a number of years, leads him to believe 

 that it is a common practice for seedsmen to mix their old stock with 

 the new seed. 



Among early varieties Landreth's Earliest, Everitt's Earliest, New 

 Express, Everitt, Early Etampes, and Early Jersey Wakefield are com- 

 mended. "Closely following these varieties come Henderson's Early 

 Summer, Early Summer Flat Head, New Peerless, New Cassell, and 

 Succession. * * * Two weeks later the Vandergaw and Reedland 

 Early Drumhead matured, both of which made a good showing. * * » 

 Of the later kinds, Bloomsdale Late Flat Dutch, Chase's Excelsior, 

 Genuine Surehead, Joseph Mason, Large Late Flat Dutch, and Louis- 

 ville Drumhead, all gave satisfactory results." 



GauliHower (pp. 36, 37). — Tabulated notes on ten varieties. 



Sweet-corn (pp.37, 38).- -Tabulated notes on twenty-eight varieties. 



Lettuce (pp. 38, 39). — Tabulated notes on thirty-six varieties. 



Peas (pp. 40, 41). — Tabulated notes on thirty-six varieties. The 

 varieties which gave the best results in 1889 were, Early — Philadel- 

 phia Extra Early, Bergen Fleetwing, Alaska, Rural New Yorker, First 



