166 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



Question. Are the samples in the room below a fair 

 sample ? 



Mr. Smith. They are smaller. I put them there to show 

 the quality. That is what is wanted in judging of vegetables. 



Question. Are they all as dry and hard as those? 



Mr. Smith. Well, of course those are exhibition speci- 

 mens, but I think the flat Danvers are as hard as those, but 

 not the round ones. Those are pretty good specimens of 

 the round ones. The flat Danvers are generally a little 

 earlier. 



Mr. . The gentleman has admitted he had trouble 



with the white maggot, but he does not tell us whether he 

 has any means of fighting it. If he has, I wish he would 

 tell us. 



Mr. Smith. Well, I do not know that there is any remedy 

 for it. This year we have not been troubled with it. Two 

 years previous to this year we were. I have taken more 

 pains in raising my cabbage plants. I do not claim that 

 taking care has had anything to do with it, but I have had 

 better luck. 



Question. What do you do for the onion maggot? 



Mr. Smith. I have not had any trouble since I have 

 raised onions, but I have seen various things recommended. 



Mr. Sage. A friend with whom I was conversing recently 

 has lost perhaps several thousand heads of his cabbages, and 

 he could assign no reason except the wet weather. The roots 

 were six inches under ground, and were cut off within an 

 inch of the head, and they were all rotten. What was the 

 cause ? 



Mr. Smith. I think they were planted too soon, and 

 were too ripe. Wet weather produces a diflerent growth 

 than a dry season, it produces a different flavor ; but at this 

 time of year there ought not to have been any trouble with 

 wet weather. 



Mr. Sage. Was this loss due to cutting off of the roots? 



Mr. Smith. I do not think it was. 



Mr. Sage. Was it due to covering deeply? 



Mr. Smith. It may have been. I do not know. It may 

 be because they were covered with dirt directly. 



Mr. Sage. No. They were placed one layer of cabbages 



