196 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Celery, White Plume, one row, set out June 1. The 

 plants were banked August 20 ; they were taken out Oetober 

 28. Plats 4 and 5 showed best and plats 2 and 3 worst. 



Kohlrabi, two rows, planted with young plants from the 

 hot-bed May 18 ; they were harvested July 16, with the fol- 

 lowing results : — 



Pounds. 



Plat 1, 105 



Plat 2, 120 



Plat 3, 115 



Plat 4 145 



Plat 5, 152 



Cabbage, Red Dutch in all plats, varieties of other kinds 

 only here and there in different plats. Judging from the 

 general appearance of the crop, it seemed that plats 1, 2 

 and 3 were leading. On the whole the yield was quite 

 satisfactory. No weights were taken, on account of the 

 different varieties in the plats. 



Tomatoes, Boston Market, two rows, set out May 30. 

 Plats 2 and 3 showed the poorest development of the plants ; 

 they had the first few ripened tomatoes August 5. The fol- 

 lowing weights of ripe and healthy tomatoes were collected 

 from different plats during the season : — 



Potatoes, Beauty of Hebron, five rows, were planted in 

 each plat May 1. The rows were three feet three inches 

 apart and the hills two feet apart in the row. The young 

 plants appeared above ground quite uniformly May 21. 



