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and Improved Ground Cherry, is well worth growing in the home gar- 

 den. The true Cape Gooseberry {P, peruviana) is too late for this lati- 

 tude. The pepper-leaved physalis (P. capsicifolia), erroneously known 

 as Physalis edulis, is unfit for general cultivation for fiait, although it 

 is an interestiug plant to the experimenter [on account of its variabil- 

 ity]." 



Pepino (pp. 389-394). — An illustrated account of ^So/aHMW muricatum, 

 which has recently been advertised as a novelty under the names of 

 pepino, melon pear, melon shrub, and Solanum guatamaUnse. This has 

 been grown at the station for the past 2 years. " K it could be made 

 to set fruit more freely in the North it would be an acquisition for the 

 kitchen garden and for market. It is a good ornamental plant. Alto- 

 gethf-r it is deserving of a wider reputation." 



Choroyi (j)]). 394-400). — An illustrated account of Stachys sieholdi 

 [tuherifera], a small perennial plant of the mint family, the value of 

 which lies in the great number of crisp white tubers of small size which 

 it produces Just under the ground. This plant has been grown at the 

 station during 2 years. Acc(»unts are given of the experience of various 

 growers with it, as well as chemical analyses of the tubers from se\ »m al 

 sources. The analyses made at the station resulted as follows: 



Water 78.9, protein 12.01, ash 1.09 per ceut (coutainiug phosphoric acid 0.19, yiotttsh 

 0.64, and lime 0.03 per cent). All the analyses show that chorogi rates fully ii.s liigli 

 as potatoes in food and fertilizing value. • * * 



We have eaten the tubers pre])ared in several ways, and I do not hesitjvte to pro 

 nounee the plant the most important a((iuisitioii to our list of secondary vegetal>lis 

 which has been made in several years. The tubers can be cooked iu a great variety 

 of ways, or tliey may be eaten raw. They are fried, roasted, baked, pickled, jire- 

 served, stewed iu cream, and made into various fancy dishes. The tubers may be dug 

 as wanted during the winter, and ordinarily enough of the plant will be left iu the 

 ground to ])niiiagate it the following year. The greatest fault with the vegetable is 

 the fact that the tubers shrivel and spoil if expo.sed to the air for a few hours. This 

 will interfere with their market qualities. They can be kept iu earth, however, and 

 the French market them iu moist shavings or iu sawdust. Much of their value 

 depends ujxin their crispness. 



Spanish salsify (\)\\. 401-4(>3). — An illustrated account of Seolymiis 

 hispanicKs, ''a vegctal)le whicli promises to be of considerable vahie in 

 this country." It is larger and more productive than the ordinary 

 salsify. The greatest disadvantage of the plant is its very prickly 

 leaves. 



Influence of the depth of transplanting upon the heading 

 OF CABBAGES, L. H. Bailey, M. S. (pp. 403-40.')). — Sunnnaries .-ire 

 given of experiments in 1889 and 1890, reported in Bidletins Nos. !"> 

 and 25 of the Station (see Experiment Station Kecord, vol. i, i>. 2s;i. 

 and vol. ii, p. 508). In 1891 deep and shallow planting were comi>are«l 

 for Early Wakefield and I*remium Drumhead cabbages. The results 

 do not indicate that deptli of planting exerts any decided iutiuence on 

 the extent or weight of the crop. 



