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inches high; growing nicely. September 2, 4 inches high. Sep- 

 tember 16, 6 inches high. At this writing it is still green and seems 

 to be growing. I regard it as being very promising. 



flat pea {Lathyrus sylvestris). 



Seeded May 30, 1900, on new ground. On June 20 there were only 

 a few plants showing above ground. Stand good last fall. July 1, 

 stand fair, 2 inches high; growing very slowly. July 15, 6 inches 

 high. September 2, growth becoming spotted, 6-10 inches high. 

 September 16, 6-12 inches high; not growing much. At this writing 

 the plants are still green, but not growing any. The stand is good. 



POTATOES. 



Potatoes were grown in both raised beds and on the level ground. 

 There was no difference in the growth or in the yields. They came up 

 about the same time, green tops the same size, and potatoes as nearly 

 alike in numbers and size as two peas in a pod. They were planted in 

 ground which was seeded to oats last year. It was given a dressing of 

 fish guano this spring at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre. The yield 

 w r as about eightfold; between 60 and 70 per cent were marketable. 



The potatoes were planted May 18. July 1, just coming above 

 ground. July 15, stand good, 3-4 inches high. August 1, 8-10 inches 

 high; beginning to bloom. August 15, tops 1 foot high, in full bloom, 

 well set with tubers. September 2, tops 14 inches high; some still in 

 bloom. Nipped by frost September 3, but rallied and kept growing 

 till the 23d, when they were killed by frost. They were dug on 

 September 26 and 27. 



It is the custom of the Russians in Alaska to raise beds a foot or 

 more high on which to plant potatoes. In the experiment here referred 

 to part of the ground was prepared with raised beds in accordance 

 with Russian practice, and part of it was planted in the ordinary man- 

 ner in order to see if the raised beds had any merit. In this instance 

 the result shows they had not. 



VEGETABLES. 



The following vegetables were planted in a cold frame April 22: 

 Cabbage — Jersey Wakefield and Early Winnigstadt; cauliflower — 

 Snowball, Extra Early Paris, Dwarf Erfurt; Brussels sprouts — 

 Improved Dwarf; kohl-rabi — Large White; parsley — Extra Curled; 

 lettuce — Thorburn Maximum Head, Early Curled Simpson, and Vic- 

 toria Cabbage; broccoli — Early White. 



The cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kohl-rabi, and lettuce were trans- 

 planted in the open ground June 3. A species of caterpillar was very 

 numerous here in the spring and it ate up everything except about 



