VEGETABLE NOVELTIES loT 



studying- along these lines, find the determining of values 

 in novelties of much interest. It is necessary, also, that 

 the teacher and experimenter be familiar with novelties 

 each year, thus being able to point out the merits of each 

 and whether any have sufficient value to recommen'd them. 



Strictly speaking, novelties are supposed to be new things 

 out for the first time, but this is not generally true. It is 

 not uncommon to see in many catalogues varieties that have 

 been on the market from one to five years, but still retained 

 as novelties. 



Bulletin, No. 99, March, 1903, entitled, '^A Selected List 

 of Vegetables for the Garden," was published to meet an 

 apparent demand for such information. We went over our 

 results from experimentation at that time and recommended 

 two or three varieties only of different kinds. These varie- 

 ties are well known by this time. 



This bulletin is published with a view of bringing the 

 general list of novelties of different kinds together. Any- 

 one interested in any particular variety, or all, brought out 

 in the last or recent years can here get our idea as to their 

 value. This data, of course, has come from growing each 

 in our trial grounds and is the result of our experimenta- 

 tion and experience with them. 



For standard varieties of value we refer the reader to 

 Bulletin, No. 99. Of course the varieties listed herein have 

 come largely into use since that time and do not supplant 

 the first list, except where it is so stated. 



The vegetables are arranged alphabetically or similar 

 to the arrangements adopted by seedsmen in their cata- 

 logues. 



The full address of each seedsman can be obtained by 

 turning to the list of seedsmen in the back of this bulletin. 

 Each variety marked (*) is illustrated herein. 



