SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 



All the wrinkled sorts are superior to smooth 

 sorts in every respect except earliness; they are 

 more delicate in flavour, richer in saccharine 

 matter, and remain longer in season. The market 

 gardener, however, is not disposed to keep the 

 vines long in bearing, as he usually wants the land 

 cleared for other use. The earliest and the quick- 

 est-growing sorts are the best in that case. 



Amongst all the numerous varieties offered, 

 the very earliest is undoubtedly Rawson's Clipper. 

 When first brought forward, in the spring of 1886, 

 it had proved on our trial grounds to be the earliest 

 in cultivation. It has now been in the hands of 

 one of our most experienced growers for over 

 twenty years, and after careful tests has proved 

 earlier by several days than any other. 



It is very uniform in growth and distinct in 

 habit, about thirty inches in height, profusely 

 covered with well-filled pods. It is one of the 

 sweetest and best-flavoured of the smooth varieties. 

 The entire crop can be gathered in two pickings; 

 it is a very productive and valuable market 

 variety. 



Among the early wrinkled varieties Gradus, 

 Thomas Laxton and Sutton's Excelsior have 



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