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sprout, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, sweet corn, cu- 

 cumber, dandelion, eggplant, endive, leek, mangel-wurzel, 

 muskmelon, onion, parsley, parsnip, pea, pepper, radish, 

 rhubarb, spinach, squash, Swiss chard, tomato, turnip. 



Returns were received from 32 correspondents, and from 

 these the following summary has been compiled : — 



Onions kept fairly well in storage in spite of the warm 

 winter. On May 1 there were on hand 8.9 per cent. 



Celery in storage was preserved very well with only one 

 report of poor keeping. The latest date reported of last 

 sale was April 15, at a price of 1 cent per pound. The 

 average last sale date was February 1, and the average price 

 received $2.06 per dozen bunches. 



Stored carrots kept well in the majority of instances and 

 only about 4 per cent were on hand May 1. 



Parsley lived over in the open, particularly when pro- 

 tected, while much survived the winter without protection. 

 The per cent of stand of normal was 85.8. 



Spinach lived over in the open, mostly without covering. 

 Its condition May 1 was 82.3. The percentage on hand May 

 20 was 7.7. 



As compared with the normal amount of manure there 

 was 98 per cent on hand April 1. 



The average per cent of outside planting done on May 24 

 was: asparagus, 87.8; bean, 54.8; beet, 65.7; Brussels 

 sprout, 26.2; cabbage, 48.2; carrot, 75.4; cauliflower, 54.2; 

 celery, 36; sweet corn, 63.1; cucumber, 46.1; dandelion 

 53.8; eggplant, 36.3; endive, 35.5; leek, 60; mangel-wurzel 

 51.2; muskmelon, 51.1; onion, 86.5; parsley, 84.3; parsnip 

 79.7; pea, 91.6; pepper, 50.3; radish, 71.2; rhubarb, 73 

 spinach, 74.7; squash, 30.9; Swiss chard, 52.7; tomato 

 53.1; turnip, 21.1. 



NOTES OF MARKET-GARDEN CROP CORRESPOND- 

 ENTS. 



A. H. Shepard, Alford (Berkshire County). — Onions kept well 

 in storage; 10 per cent on hand May 1, Carrots kept well; a fair 

 per cent on hand May 1. Ninety represents manure on hand April 

 1, compared with normal. Per cent of average outside planting 



