VEGETABLE NOVELTIES. 



By F. ^ym. Bane and II. F. Hall 



Seedmen's catalogues appear annually and the first thing 

 most people desire to know after a glance at their general 

 features is to find out what really new things are being 

 offered. These new things usually come first in the cata- 

 logue and are generally printed upon different colored 

 paper or emphasized in some way by the publisher. We 

 all are interested in getting better and improved kinds of 

 vegetables, and when we read the glowing descriptions and 

 see the finely illustrated specimens we are naturally inclined 

 to think that here is something better than we have ever 

 had and we are not contented until our curiositv is satisfied. 



With the rapid development of the seed business, we have 

 today many seedsmen, and to be able to test and know the 

 values of novelties that are being introduced each year is 

 an impossibility for the average grower. 



In order to acquaint all interested in keeping posted on 

 novelties, this Experiment Station carries out as complete a 

 test of them as possible each year. As the new catalogues 

 come in they are gone over carefully and lists are made out 

 of those things wanted. Most reliable seedsmen are anxious 

 to have their novelties tested at the station, as there is no 

 better way of getting worthy vegetables into general use 

 than to place them upon their merits and where people de- 

 siring better things can learn their true value. 



Some experiment stations believe the work of growing- 

 and testing novelties of questionable value. Our experience 

 is exactly the opposite. Practical gardeners and farmers 

 are depending more and more upon our experiments in 

 finding out their values. Students at the College, who are 



