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seed that germinated only seventeen per cent, and then again even 

 -as low as five per cent, and both seedsmen claimed to have the best 

 seeds in the world. Another thing, I would not advise planting Flat- 

 head cabbage; we had the very poorest result. Flathead rotted 

 badly, while the Early Winnigstadt came through all right. We 

 have found Paris green the best remedy for cabbage worms. We 

 take one pound of Paris green to fifteen pounds of flour, mix it up 

 well and put it in a cheese cloth bag, and then just go along the 

 rows and give the bag a jerk, which will sift out a little of the dust, 

 and in that way we have had very good success. Paris green is 

 all right, and that mixture is strong enough to kill the worms, and 

 you need not fear anything from the poison. We feed everything 

 that comes out of the field to the cows, and we never had any bad 

 result. 



Mr. Baldwin : A third as much is just as efficient : you hardly 

 need any strength at all. 



Mr. Husser : What do you recommend as the best celery ? 



Mr. Baldwin: I have raised perhaps $150 worth a year, and 

 I have found the Snow White, which is quite similar to the White 

 Plume — and perhaps you would not realize the difiference — to be 

 the best. It seems to be a little stronger growing and is never 

 troubled with being spongy. I never had that variety get spongy. 



Mr. B. M. Tesseni: How do you get rid of the worm that at- 

 tacks the radish the last few years? 



Mr. Balwin : That is the radish maggot which also attacks our 

 cauliflower, sometimes ruining, the whole crop of early cauliflower. 

 Prof. Washburn and others have made a great many experiments, 

 and they have not turned out to be much of a success, in getting 

 rid of them. A strong solution of something is sometimes poured 

 about the roots o£ the plants, but it does not seem to be a perfect 

 remedy. In the old country, where they have had to deal with 

 them for a long time and where they are bothered a great deal with 

 them, they make a practice of putting wood ashes in the drill with 

 the seed. Another thing, it seems to be quite beneficial to put them 

 in heavy soil. On my sandy soil, which is the natural soil for the 

 radish, they do very well, but the maggots will also flourish better 

 than in heavy soil, and we have to use ashes in the row. I can grow 

 them quickly in the cold frame where they cannot be grown in the 

 open field. I raise them much nicer that way than I can in the field 

 in the early spring. 



Mr. Merritt : How do you treat the tomato vines for blight ? 



Mr. Baldwin : I have tried putting on Bordeaux, but I believe 

 a good way is to give them a thorough mulch of strawy manure or 

 coarse straw after they have been cultivated once or twice. I have 

 seen rows of the same variety side bv side. Those that were mulched 

 •did not blight, but those that were not mulched blighted very badly. 



