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twenty plants of the Jersey Wakefield cabbage. These have done 

 fair±y well, a few heads being- large enough to use by September 10. 



The parsley seed failed to grow. 



The cauliflower and broccoli were transplanted in the open ground 

 June 17. The cauliflower did not get very large, but began to head 

 about the middle of August. First used for the table August 24. 



The broccoli did not head. It grew leaves 2 feet high, but set no 

 heads. 



On June 1 planted the following vegetables: Peas — First and Best 

 and American Wonder; beans — Broad Windsor, Golden Wax, Valen- 

 tine Wax; spinach — Long Standing, Thick Leaved; beets — Mammoth 

 Long Red Mangel-W^urzel and Lents Extra Early Turnip; carrots — 

 Half -long Chantenay and Half -long Dan vers; parsnips — Thorburn 

 Hollow Crown; onions — Large Red Wethersfield and Yellow Danvers 

 rhubarb — Linnaeus; asparagus — Conover Colossal; and mustard — 

 White London. 



The caterpillars destroyed, as they came out of the ground, the car- 

 rots, parsnips, mustard, and most of the beets. 



The American Wonder peas were 4 inches high and coming in bloom 

 July 15. They had edible peas by August 10. The vines reached a 

 height of 10-12 inches. 



First and Best began blooming about the same time as the American 

 Wonder, and had edible peas August 20. They grew nearly 4 feet 

 tall. 



The Broad Windsor beans made a vigorous growth and had numerous 

 pods by September 1. None of them became full grown. Killed by 

 frost September 3. The wax beans came up late in July, but were a 

 total failure. 



The spinach came up and went to seed. 



The beets which were not destroyed by the caterpillars did fairly 

 well. Some of them were 3 inches in diameter. The Mangel Wurzels, 

 2 inches in diameter and about 8 inches long. The onions did not do 

 well. They were only large enough for sets. The rhubarb did remark- 

 ably well for the first season's growth and not being started in the 

 cold frame. 



The asparagus seed was a long time coming up, but the plants are 

 about (3 inches high and thrifty. 



Early Purpletop Milan turnips were sowed June 17, but the ground 

 was so dry that they did not come up till about July 10. They made 

 a vigorous growth and were large when pulled, October 1. 



Respectfully submitted. 



H. P. Nielsen, 

 Super intendent, Kenai Experiment Station. 



Prof. C. C. Georgeson, 



Special Agent in Charge of Alaska Investigations* 



