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Plats 1, 2 and 3 have been treated with the stated fertilizers 

 this year only ; plats 4, 5 and G have been treated two years. 



The following order in arranging the different crops was 

 adopted in 181)2, beginning in each })lat at its west end. 

 The rows run in all plats from south to north [SS feet 

 long) : — 



Two rows of celery, variety Dwarf Golden Heart. 



Two rows of lettuce, variety Hanson. 



Two rows of spinach, variety New Zealand. 



Four rows of beets, variety Edmund's Blood Turnip. 



Four rows of cabbages, variety Savoy (one row) ; variety Fottler's 



(two rows) ; variety Red Dutch (one row) . 

 Two rows of tomatoes, variety Essex Hybrid. 

 Five rows of potatoes, variety Beauty of Hebron. 



Potatoes were i)lanted May 9 ; spinach and beets were 

 sown ]May 10 ; lettuce and cabbage plants were set out May 

 13 ; tomato plants were set out May 21 ; celery plants were 

 set out June 9. 



The seeds in every case were taken from the same lot ; the 

 young plants were raised under corresponding conditions in 

 the same hot-bed, and a corresponding number transplanted 

 in each plat. All plats were kept clean from weeds and 

 treated in a like manner during the season. The crops 

 were harvested wdienever fit for the market. The subse- 

 quent tabular statements of the yield of the crops show 

 the date of maturity and the quantity obtained at different 

 dates : — 



Yield of Celery ( Variety Dwarf Golden Heart) . 



Number of 

 Perfect Heads 



Plat 1 (two rows), . 

 Plat 2 (one row), . 

 Phit 3 (one I'ow), . 

 Plat 4 (two rows), . 

 Plat 5 (one row), . 

 Plat 6 (one i-ow), . 



46 

 43 

 69 

 61 

 62 

 52 



The plants were set out June 9 ; they were harvested 

 October 20. 



