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The Martin’s Amber and Extra Early Oakley were also superior varieties for the 
same locality. 3d Fs ; 
__ ‘Sorghwm.—Has been cultivated with marked success, both Amber and Ovange. 
_~ Cane yielding well, producing an excellent quality of sirup. 
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‘Tobacco.—The Connecticut Seed Leaf, the Orinoco, and the White Burley are 
spoken of in the highest terms for general cultivation in central Oregon. 
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Oats.—The Hargett’s White is of vigorous growth, the straw is stiff, the quality 
of grain good, and is the variety for central Pennsylvania. ; 
' Clover.—The Alsike wintered well. It grew thickly and yielded a fair second gee 
crop. =X 
a eae Dpciherna Roseum.—Succeeds well in the central portion of the State. Grows 5 Ft 
slowly at first, but when once started it is very satisfactory. ara 
_. . Vegetables.—The Red Cranberry Pole and the Early Mohawk Beans were excel- Ee 
_ lent. The Excelsior Sugar and Dark Blood Beet, the Excelsior Flat Dutch Cabbage, - 
- the Pride of Florida and the Cuban Queen Watermelon, the Emerald Gem and Gray fea 
Seeded Sugar Peas were very thrifty growers, and yielded abundantly. 
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_ ~ Rye.—The Multiplying Rye yielded a good crop, notwithstanding a very severe ; 
~_ winter. ‘ 
Wheat.—The Martin’s Amber yielded a good quantity of very nice wheat. 
Cotton.—The Jones's Improved has done much better than the Maxey in the cen- 5 
tral part of the State. ; ae: 
 Teosinte.—Has proved to be a good forage. plant and is likely to be of much 
value. i Es ee 
. Kafjir Corn.—Was experimented with only to a limited extent, but was very sat- = 
_ isfactory. The experiment was not perhaps sufficiently thorough to give an accu- 
rate test as to quantity. ae. 
Vegetables.—V egetable seed received from the Department has given universal —— > 
satisfaction in yield, in earliness, and in quality. Most of the varieties are well suited WING 
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Corn.—The Mosby is well adapted for general cultivation throughout the State. “ 
’ Oats.—The Hargett’s White has proved to be a very satisfactory variety. ; 
Wheat.—The Fulcaster yielded a good quantity of large clean grain of good qual- ; 
ity. The McGehee gave the best results of any variety planted in central Tennessee. : 
_.  Cotton.—Shine’s Early Prolific withstands drought better than any cotton raised ° 
in the central part of the State. One quart of seed yielded 53 pounds of seed,27 
pounds of lint, and has a fine staple. ey 
Sunflower.—The Russian was planted the 10th of May,in Houston County, north- yee 
» ern Tennessee, on upland soil, a light clay. It yielded at the rate of nearly 100 
bushels to the acre. : 
. _ Vegetables.—In central Tennessee the Mohawk Bean proved to be very early, “as 
large, and tender. The Pine-Apple Beet, the Berkshire Beauty Cabbage, the Alaska 
_ and the Edinburgh Beauty Peas, in fact all vegetables produced from seeds pro- 
cured from the Department are 50 per cent. better than those grown from seed ae 
raised here, Ags 
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Corn.—The White Giant Normandy was planted two weeks later than other va- sy : 
rieties, but it came up and outgrew them by two weeks. It yielded one-half more pra 
. than any other variety, in some cases yielding at the rate of 45 bushels to the acre, 
_ while other corn with same care made nothing. The Mammoth King yielded 20 
bushels. to the acre, while an old variety, planted two weeks earlier, yielded from 10 aw 
_ to 15 bushels. » The Mosby is very prolific. It would no doubt yield on bottom ie 
lands 50 bushels to the acre. It is an excellent variety. 
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