CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM NOTES. 



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to forget the name of a variety, it has been 

 thought advisable to again pubHsh this Hst 

 with what changes another year's experience 

 warrants making. 



Asparagus. — Conover's Colossal is the 

 best all-round variety. 



Beans. — Golden Wax or Ward well's Kid- 

 ney Wax, for early crop ; Early Refugee, 

 for medium ; and Refugee or 1,000 to i, for 

 late crop, are the most satisfactory dwarf 

 varieties. Southern Crease-back and As- 

 paragus (early) and Golden Andalusia (late) 

 are the best pole varieties. 



Beets. — Egyptian Turnip, Eclipse and Bas- 

 tian's Blood Turnip are three of the best va- 

 rieties. 



Borecole or Kale. — Dwarf Green Curled 

 Scotch is the best. 



Broccoli. — White Cape. 



Brussels Sprouts. — Improved Dwarf is the 

 most satisfactory. 



Cabbage. — Early Jersey Wakefield (early). 

 Succession (medium) ; Late Flat Dutch, 

 Drumhead Savoy (late). Red Dutch (red), 

 is a select list of the best varieties of cab- 

 bage. 



Cauliflowers. — Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt 

 and Early Snowball (early) ; Kronk's Per- 

 fection (medium) and Large Late Algiers 

 are among the best. 



Carrots. — Chantenay and Guerande or 

 Oxheart are two of the best carrots, but if 

 a good extra early sort is required, the Early 

 Scarlet Horn can be planted with advan- 

 tage. It is a small variety. 



Celery. — Golden Self-Blanching, Paris 

 Golden Yellow, Improved White Plume, 

 White Walnut (early) ; London Red, Per- 

 fection Heartwell, White Triumph (late) are 

 among the best. 



Corn. — Early White Cory, Crosby's Early, 

 Henderson's Metropolitan (early) ; Perry's 

 Hybrid, Stabler's Early, Early Evergreen 

 (medium) ; Stowell's Evergreen, Country 

 Gentleman (late). In planting, the Country 



Gentleman should not be omitted, as it 

 lengthens the season very considerably, and 

 is of fine quality. 



Cucnmhers. — Peerless White Spine or 

 White Spine, Cool and Crisp, and Giant 

 Pera are three of the most satisfactory slic- 

 ing varieties. Boston Pickling is a good 

 pickling sort. 



Egg Plants. — New York Improved and. 

 Long Purple succeed best. 



Lettuce. — Black Seeded Simpson, New 

 York (curled). Tennis Ball, Salamander and 

 Golden Queen (cabbage) ; Trianon and Parts. 

 Cos lettuce make a good list. 



Melons, Musk. — Long Island Beauty, 

 Hackensack and Montreal Market, of the 

 Nutmeg type, and Surprise, Bayview, Paul, 

 Rose and Emerald Gem, of the other types, 

 are all good. 



Melons, JVater.—Co\e's Early, New Im- 

 perial, Ice Cream, and Phinney's Early are 

 early water melons of excellent quality. 



Onions. — Yellow Globe Danvers and 

 Large Red Wethersfield are two of the best 

 onions in cultivation. 



Parsnips. — Hollow Crown and Dobbie's 

 Selected are both good sorts. 



Parsley. — -Double Curled is as good as. 

 any. 



Peppers. — Cayenne, Cardinal, Squash and 

 Golden Dawn are four of the best. 



Pease. — Gregory's Surprise, Gradus, 

 Nott's Excelsior and Premium Gem (early) 

 McLean's Advancer, Improved Stratagem, 

 and. Heroine (medium). None of these are 

 tall growing varieties. June (dwarf). Tele- 

 phone, Veitch's Perfection (tall) (late). 

 Nott's New Perfection is a promising second 

 early sort, and Dwarf Telephone and Start- 

 ler two promising late varieties. 



Potatoes. — Extra Early : Early Ohio and 

 Early Andes (pink), Bovee and Burpee's 

 Extra Early (pink and white). Early : 

 Everett and Rochester Rose (pink). Early 

 Puritan (white). Medium : Carman No. i 



