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a whole or tlie rind and pulp separately, is mixed with voTious spices? 

 etc., as a salad or pickle. The dish-cloth gourds, Sua-kwa (ivM^a cyliii- 

 drica) and Siug-kwa (L. acntangula), on account of tlie spongy fibrous 

 interior when mature, are eaten before they are rii)e, either sliced as 

 cucumbers or cooked like S({uashes. The vin(^s are cu(;umber-like, but 

 the fruit may be from 2 to 9 ft in length. The fruit of Sua-kwa is 

 smooth, but that of Sing kwa is sharply 10 ridged. 



Of the miscellaneous vegetables the Chinese pea, Ga-lon-ow, is an 

 ancient typeof our common species, Pisum satinini. The peas are small, 

 and vary in color from nearly white to dark brown, but were found 

 sweet and palatable. The darker seeds proved tlie earlier and bore 

 rose-purple flowers, while the lighter later peas produced white blos- 

 soms. The Chinese bean, Tou kok {Dolichns sesqu'tpedalh)^ has slender 

 few-seeded pods frecjuently 1*0 in. in length, and requires a long season 

 so that it may prove of value as a late string bean. The bean is native 

 to South America. The Hon-toi-moi {Amarantu,s [jangrticus) is very 

 closely allied to the American beet weed, and seems to be highly prized 

 in China for greens. The Yon-soi is a variety of the common coriander 

 (Corianflrum satirum), and the youug leaves are relished by the Chi- 

 nese as a condiment. 



Very few of these vegetables are considered advantageous for Amer- 

 ican gardens, the Pe-Tsai, Zit-kwa, audTou-kok being i)erhaps the best 

 for introduction. 



Variety tests of vegetables, L. K. Taft, E. J. Coryell, and H. 

 P. Cladden {Mieh'Kjan ^ta. Jiiil. 109^ pp. 4!)-G5). — Descriptive notes 

 and tabulated data for several kinds of vegetables, with remarks on the 

 culture. There were tested 48 varieties of cabbage, 11 of cauliflower, 

 33 of sweet corn, 50 of peas, 33 of tomatoes, and several each of beans, 

 celery, cucumbers, lettuce, and squashes. Nearly all Avere somewhat 

 affected by the drought of midsummer, but the respective fitness of the 

 varieties was fairly well established. Especial mention is made of the 

 cultivation of celery and salsify, aiul the more general culture of the 

 latter is advocated. The following varieties are recommended: Cab- 

 bage — Etampes, Lightning, ChaVleston Wakefield, Henderson Early 

 Summer, All Seasons, Succession, Autumn King, and World Beater. 

 CauUJioicer — Snowball, Dwarf Erfurt, Seafoam, and Mont Blanc. Sweet 

 Corn — White Cob Cory, Extra Early Vermont, Chicago Market, Stabler 

 Early, Egyptian, Konesuch, Gold Coin, and Country Gentleman. Peas — 

 Extra Early, Maud S, Blue Beauty, Early ^lay, Fill Basket, Heroine, 

 Eugenie, Sutton Satisfaction, and Chani])ion of England. Beans — Red 

 Valentine, Cylinder, Black W;ix, Mammoth Wax, Butter Wax, Dwarf 

 Horticultural, Goddard Bush, Speckled Wax, Golden Cluster, Golden 

 Champion, Horticultural Lima, and Warren. Celery — Golden Self- 

 Blanching, White Plume, and Bose. Cncnmbers — White Spine, ]^ord- 

 hook Improved White Spine, Russian, and Long Green. Lettuce — 

 Black-Seeded Simpson, Hanson, Grand Kapids, Prize Head, Onondaga, 



