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high and timothy 3 feet high. All of which proves that gardening is 

 possible in Skagway. 



The following clipping was taken from the Daily Alaskan, pub- 

 lished at Skagwa}^ July 24, 1901. It indicates that the community is 

 supplied with native-grown products: 



LETTUCE. 



For the first time in the history of Skagway native-grown lettuce and radishes are 

 a drug on the market. There are so many good gardens this year that the novelty 

 of home produce has ceased. 



Nearly every householder has at least a small bed of lettuce and radishes, and 

 they grow so luxuriantly and with such little care that those who have planted these 

 succulent vegetables have a surplus to donate to their neighbors. Green peas, fresh 

 from the gardens of Skagway, are now plentiful in the market, and young onions 

 have been pulled daily for the past month. Anyone who is skeptical about the 

 adaptability of Alaska for gardening need only to take a walk about the city and see 

 the rank growth of vegetables in the kitchen gardens to gain full faith not only in 

 the fertility of the soil, but in the adaptability ot the climate for growth and matur- 

 ing of the hardier varieties of vegetables. 



GARDENING ON THE PORCUPINE. 



The Porcupine has, since the discovery of gold, had a considerable 

 influx of miners and prospectors. It may be explained that the Por- 

 cupine here referred to is not the Porcupine of the North which empties 

 into the Yukon and Fort Yukon, but the region north of Haines 

 Mission, including the territory claimed by the Canadians, and which 

 takes its name from Porcupine Creek. The accompanying illustration 

 (PI. XXIV) shows in a graphic way what is being done in the line 

 of gardening in that region. The photographs from which both plates 

 have been reproduced have been furnished by Mr. F. F. Clarke, and 

 they represent a view of his garden and some of his vegetables. The 

 cabbages were planted out in the latter part of May and the photo- 

 graphs were taken near the middle of September, consequently the 

 growing season would be extended by nearly another month before 

 killing frosts would occur. The products are highly creditable not 

 only to the grower, but to the region. Mr. Clarke furnishes the fol- 

 lowing information in regard to his garden. He states that he will 

 have about 6 tons of strap leaf turnips, about 25 tons of ruta-bagas, 

 and 1,200 head of cabbage, and that he raised oat hay 6 feet tall. All 

 of these facts are of interest and speak well for the possibilities of 

 Alaska. 



LETTERS PROM SETTLERS. 



I submit herewith a number of letters received from settlers in 

 nearly all parts of the Territory. They relate for the most part to the 

 experience of the writers with the seeds which have been sent them 

 from the agricultural experiment station. It will be noticed that all 



