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Etna Bean. 
‘Mr. Hart inquired if any one knew anything about the Etna Bean, 
represented as something new. 
Mr. Jewell:—The Etna I suppose to be the same as Hale’s 
Eureka bean. It sometimes produces very heavy and sometimes 
does not. It is a small white bean. 
Transplanting. 
Mr. Harris asked if any one had observed benefit from trans- 
planting cabbages in the seed bed before setting in the open soil. 
Mr. Elliot :—Have done so with early cabbage with good results. 
With tomatoes the benefit is more marked still. The care and man- 
agement of tomatoes after they are planted out is also of impor- 
. tance. One method is to set early, train to stakes four feet high, 
and prune off all vine outside of the blossoms. In this way we get 
a great crop for the space occupied. 
Asparagus and Cauliflower. 
Mr. Smith:—Asparagus ought to be planted more generally 
among the people. 
Mr. Harris :—I sometimes get the best heads from Extra Early 
Erfurt cauliflower, sometimes from Early Paris, and sometimes from 
Le Normand’s, according to the weather at the time of heading. 
Asparagus is not more generally planted because the planting as 
generally described is such a difficult operation. A good enough 
bed need not be so much work. When I came to Minnesota I 
sowed seed on soil with only ordinary preparation for crops, and 
afterwards gave a dressing of manure to the surface, together with 
rubbish from the house, and now the bed is about four inches above 
the general level and it is just as good as one made later and dug 
deeper. 
Mr. Smith :—I dug two feet deep and applied 800 loads of ma- 
nure to my first bed. I cut it closely and late in the season. Next 
planted one-eighth acre, dug it three or four feet deep, and applied 
300 or 400 loads of manure. From these beds I sold last year 
1,206 doz. bunches. But they had been dressed with manure, gyp- 
sum and ashes, and six barrels of salt. It paid as well as anything. 
Would not be without an asparagus bed if I had only 50 feet of 
land. Would plant in that case 2x3 feet and manure in the ordi- 
