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were sown Sept. 30, 1890. In connection with the English 

 samples were sown two samples of winter wheat sent on by 

 the United States Department of Agriculture (Nos. 13 and 

 14). Names of varieties : 1. Carter's Millers' Delight ; 2. 

 Carter's Stand Up ; 3. Carter's Earliest of All ; 4. Carter's 

 Anglo-Canadian; 5. Carter's Pride of the Market; 6. Car- 

 ter's Pearl ; 7 . Carter's Bird Proof; 8. Carter's Prince of 

 Wales ; 9. Carter's Queen; 10. Carter's Hundred Fold; 

 11. Carter's Flour Ball ; 12. Carter's Holborn Wonder; 13. 

 Hybride Dattel ; 14. Hybride Larned. No. 4 was badly 

 winter-killed ; Nos. 8, 9, 10 and 11 suffered somewhat less 

 from winter-killing ; Nos. 1 and 2 were both in good condi- 

 tion. Most of the varieties began to blossom June 21. 

 Nos. 1 and 3 matured first. They were cut July 21. Nos. 

 2, 5, 7, 8 and 14 were cut August 5, Nos. 6 and 11 were 

 cut August 8, and Nos. 4 and 13 were cut August 12. Our 

 last year's experience with winter wheat has been discour- 

 aging, on account of serious damage by frost in all parts of 

 the field. 



Kansas king corn, one row. Sown with seed sent on for 

 trial May 20. It was above ground May 30, reached nine 

 feet in height September 19, and was killed by frost October 

 13, without being matured. 



Jerusalem corn, one row, on trial. Sown May 20 ; ap- 

 peared above ground May 30 ; was five inches high July 

 14; blossomed September 19, when sixty-two inches high, 

 and was killed by frost October 13, when still immature. 



Sugar beets, five European varieties. The seeds were 

 received from the United States Department of Agriculture 

 for trial. Five rows of each variety were planted May 20. 

 The young plants Were above ground May 27 ; they were 

 thinned out (from six to eight inches apart) June 22. The 

 crop looked well until the beginning of September, when a 

 brown fungous growth appeared on the leaves. The roots 

 were harvested October 19. They yielded as follows : — 



Pounds. 



Florimond Desprez's Richest, 710 



Bulteau Desprez's Richest, 690 



Dippe's Kleinwanzleben, 600 



Dippe's Vilmorin, . 620 



Simon Le Grand's White Improved, 650 



