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are included for all these crops. Good yields and veo;etables of excellent quality were 

 secured on all the differently treated plats each year of the experiment. Unusually 

 large yields were obtained with cabbage, onions, and squashes, even when no fertili- 

 zers were used. The use of lime invariably resulted in increased yields over the 

 control plats and in jnany instances gave as good or even better results than were 

 obtained with connnercial fertilizers. Of 2:^ varieties of cabbage grown Filderkraut, 

 Louisville Drumhead, and Acme Flat Dutch gave the heaviest yields and proved 

 desirable for both local and general market. Late cabbage appears to be more satis- 

 factorily grown on these glade soils than earlier varieties. 



With onions stable manure applied at the rate of 20 tons per acre resulted in the 

 heaviest yields. The onions were grown continuously for the 3 seasons on the same 

 plats, and the yields obtained the third season were considerably less than those 

 ()l)tained in either of the preceding years. Nothing was gained l)y seeding onions 

 in a hotbed and transplanting to the open field over seeding in the field on the same 

 date the seed was sown in the hotbed. The Southport strains of onions were found 

 best suited to the cultural conditions of the glade lands. Southport White Globe 

 was the best of the white varieties. Among the red onions the Red Weatherstield 

 proved tlie most satisfactory in all respects. Philadelphia Silver Skin did not keep 

 well. 



In the culture of squashes the use of pieces of mosquito netting 18 in. square to 

 place over the hills while the young plants were getting started is recommended as 

 a protection against the striped cucumber beetle or squash bugs. A small wooden 

 })in in. in height is {)laced in the center of the hill, the netting thrown over it to 

 form a tent, and the sides fastened down with dirt. 



The results obtained with celery while the least satisfactory obtained with any of 

 the vegetables grown, were nevertheless very good. Further work with this crop 

 will be carried on. 



Garden vegetables, O. M. Morris {Oklahoma Sta. Bui. 56, pp. 14). — The desira- 

 bility of a garden on every farm is noted, and an account given of the culture, and 

 in a number of cases of tests of varieties, of tomatoes, eggplants, onions, lettuce, rad- 

 ishes, salsify, beans, and peas. 



As a result of the variety tests with tomatoes, extending now over a period of 3 

 years, the following varieties are recommended: Atlantic Prize, Beauty, Dwarf Aris- 

 tocrat, Early INIinnesota, Early Kuljy, Favorite, Ignotum, Kansas Standard, Perfec- 

 tion, Ponderosa, Stone, and Troi)hy. All of these varieties are briefly described. 



Only 3 varieties of eggplants have been successfuly grown at the station. These 

 are Fordhook Improved Spineless, New York Large Purple, and White Pearl. All 

 of these varieties require about 100 days to come to maturity. The White Pearl has 

 been found most productive. 



In the growing of onions it has been found cheaper to grow the crop from seed 

 than to plant out sets. Starting the seed in a seed bed and transplanting has regu- 

 larly resulted in poor crops, owing largely to the soil being too dry at the time of 

 transplanting in the early spring. The best 6 varieties recommended for general 

 I)lanting in Oklahoma are Australian Brown, Giant Red Rocca, Michigan or Ohio 

 (Jlobe, Pink Prizetaker, Prizetaker, and Southport Red Globe. 



At the station lettuce has been successfully grown only in early spring. In some 

 seasons when there is plenty of rain in the fall a late crop can also be secured with 

 but little trouble. The curly leaf lettuces seem to give better satisfaction as a class 

 than the head varieties. Of the curly leaf sorts Grand Rapids, Early Curled Silesian, 

 Black Seeded Simpson, and Simpson Early Curled are considered about the best 

 varieties, and of the head-lettuce sorts Early Prize Head, Silver Ball, Paris White 

 Cos, and New York. 



The Valentine varieties of beans are considered desirable for green or snap beans; 



