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BTJLLiyi'IX Vol. IF, No. 7 (SECOjsl* SERIES), NOVEMBER, 1889. 

 PLVKLY CAHli.VliK CO.Ml'AHI.SON OF VARIETIKS, W. J. GrEEX (pp. 173- 



188). — "The test of early varieties of cabba^^e was eondiiGtecl for 

 the purpose of determining synonyms and of learning the relative 

 value of old and new sorts. The particular object in view was to 

 compare Early AVakefield with Etampes and Express. Former trials 

 had shown that there was little, if any, diiference in earliness between 

 Early Wakefield and Etampes, while the former produced nearly 50 

 per cent more marketal)le heads than the latter. The Express made 

 but little better showing than the Etampes." 



The results of tests of comparative earliness of these varieties in 

 18S8 and 1889 are given in tabidar foi-m and compared with results 

 obtained at the New York State Station. Their relative marketable 

 value Avas also reported. Brief notes on twenty-three varieties of 

 cabbage arc given and the comparative earliness and weight of heads 

 are stated in a table for seventeen varieties. 



Sunimary. — The Early Wakeliekl yields a ,m-ealer per cent of its crop at a 

 given early date than either Elani)>es or Ex;u-ess, and niatnres its entii-e crop 

 earlier than either of the others. 



In market valne the Early Wakefield has exceeded the Etanijies and Express 

 by abont 100 per cent, the entire eroji of the f,ornier being marketable, while 

 about one half the crop of the latter two varieties is soft and unsalable. 



Etampes and Express are recent European importations, and are un;d)le to 

 endure the heat of our sunnners. 



Buist's Eiirliest. Extra Early Advance, Everitt's Earliest, Faust's Earliest 

 of All, .Tolnison & Stokes' Earliest. Landreth's Earliest, Premier, Rawson's Vol- 

 unteer, and Salter's Earli(>st are closely allied to Etampes, and appear to be 

 selected strains of it. or that variety renamed. All are decidedly inferior to tlie 

 Early AVakefield in this latitude. 



The varieties most hij^hly recommended f(tr general cultivation are: All Se.-i- 

 sons. Chase's Excelsior, Deep Head, Early Wakefield. Early Sunnuer, Fottler, 

 Henderson's Succession. Louisville Drum Head. Low's Peerless, and Winning- 

 stadt. 



Cauliflower — comparison of \arieties, W. J. Green (pp. 18.3- 

 185). — "Tests have been made during two .seasons of nearly all 

 varieties of cauliflower offered by the leading seedsmen. The results 

 indicate that but few varieties are suitable for growing in this lati- 

 tude and that many of the so-called varieties are synonymous.'' 



Brief notes on fifteen varieties are given. '* The early varieties 

 have usually given better results than the late, whether ])lanted in 

 early sjii-ing or midsummer. Better results have uniformly been 

 obtained from late tlian from eai'ly planting. 



" The varieties, or strains, most highly reconnnended are Early 

 Puritan, Pearly Padilla. Long Island Beauty, Early Sea-Foam, Early 

 Snowball, and Tick's ideal. These all appear to be nearly identical 

 with Early Erfurt, and may be considered as strains of that variety." 



The varieties seeming to be imsuited to this climate are Lenormand, 

 Veitch's Autumn Giant, Early Paris, Eclipse, and Algiers. 



