322 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



REPORT FROM HOONAH. 



Hoonah, Alaska, October 18, 1901. 



Dear Sir: I have lived at Hoonah since the year of 1884, and have raised vegeta- 

 bles very successfully, making garden nearly every summer. Radishes, lettuce, 

 beets, turnips, carrots, peas, potatoes, cabbage, and cauliflower do well. 



The ordinary garden flow T ers do well also. I planted all the seeds you kindly 

 sent me this summer, and nearly all came up and bloomed well, although it was a 

 very dry summer. I planted the following seeds the last of May: Sweet alyssum, 

 mignonette, marigold, zinnia, poppies, chrysanthemum, nasturtiums, collinsia, can- 

 dytuft, sunflowers. Pansies come up from year to year. My flowers are still in 

 bloom at this date. I wish I could bring them all in the house instead of letting the 

 frost take them. 



The U. S. S. Gedney was in our bay nearly all summer. I kept their table pretty 

 well supplied with vegetables and flowers. 



My flower garden was admired by every one; even the Indians would stop to 

 gaze upon it as they passed along. 



I hope you will cheer me again with some seeds next summer. 



With thanks for past favors, 

 Yours, very respectfully, 



Mrs. J. W. McFarland. 



Prof. C. C. Georgeson, Sitka, Alaska. 



EXPERIMENTS AT KODIAK BAPTIST ORPHANAGE. 



Wood Island, Kodiak, Alaska, September 25, 1901. 



As requested in your favor accompanying the seeds sent last spring, I herewith 

 submit report of what has been accomplished with the same. 



Asparagus was sown in open ground, very rich, April 27 and in cold frame April 29. 

 Again in open ground in May. All sowings did well, but the plants in cold frame 

 are much the best. They are a foot or more high at this w r riting. 



Wax beans, no good. 



Beets, few seeds germinated, and most plants throw up seed stock as soon as a 

 few leaves are set. 



Carrots, sown April 29 and May 7. Seed very slow in germinating; on old, rich 

 land plants that finally appeared made large roots. Seed on rich, new soil sprouted 

 better, but roots are small. 



Cabbage, sown in cold frame April 29. Few plants are headed. Cabbage sown 

 in boxes in the house and transplanted into cans, and then into garden, have made 

 the best heads I have ever raised here. Some heads will weigh 6 pounds. 



Cauliflower, same result as cabbage. Many plants now have a large amount of 

 foliage, but no heads. A few have made excellent heads. 



Celery from seed was worthless. Some plants secured from the A. C. Co. are 

 making excellent showing. 



Cucumbers were sown in a cold frame, and plants grew well but amounted to 

 nothing. 



Kale flourishes exceedingly w r ell, and produces a large number of tender leaves. 



Lettuce is one of the best and easiest to raise of all the vegetables. Sown in open 

 ground April 27 and in cold frame April 29, it has kept us supplied with large, tender 

 heads all summer. Some heads are more than a foot in diameter, and the centers 

 have been almost as solid as cabbage for a diameter of 3 inches. The leaves do not 

 get tough and bitter as they do in the States. 



Mustard was sown May 7, and grew well, and matured seed. 



