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lent quality with the Crescent, a variety wonderfully productive 

 and persistent in growth (it will beat twitch-grass, white clov- 

 er, and sorrel, in a game for life, three times out of five), but 

 not quite good enough to suit a critical taste. 



I have named only crosses between pistillate and staminate 

 varieties as being more easily made ; but the suggestion will 

 apply to crosses of staminate sorts. 



The query is often propounded by the novice, Why grow 

 the pistillate varieties, when they require to be fertilized with 

 some perfect flowering kind in order to secure a crop? The an- 

 swer is, There are among them some of the best, most beau- 

 tiful, and, when fertilized, most productive varieties ever pro- 

 duced. 



The different staminate and pistillate varieties may be planted 

 for field or garden culture in rows as indicated below, the marks 

 " P " and " S " showing which are pistillate and which stami- 

 nate sorts. It is not to be understood that only two rows of 

 pistillate plants can be fertilized when flanked by a row of stam- 

 inates on either side, as five or more rows would do equally well. 

 Seeds taken from these centre rows may be sown with the cer- 

 tainty of obtaining a new cross variety. 



^ S. Wilson. 

 . .. T; P. Crescent. 

 Plot 1- | P ; Crescent. 



S. Wilson. 



g S. Downing, Sharpless, or Cumberland Triumph. 



P1 , .5 P. Manchester. 



H P. Manchester. 



f% S. Downing, Sharpless, or Cumberland Triumph. 



z S. Bidwell, or Sharpless. 



pl .J P. Jersey Queen. 



' 6 ' 15 P. Jersey Queen. 



^ S. Bidwell, or Sharpless. 



S. Mfr. Vernon, or Kentucky, 

 -pi . A 3 P. Champion. 

 Plot 4. * p Champion, 



S. Mt. Vernon, or Kentucky. 



The crosses here suggested are only intended as a hint to the 

 beginner, and not as the best that can be made. Some sur- 



