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No. 4. Parsnips, planted May 20, above ground June 2; destroyed by rats. 



No. 5. Carrots, planted May 21, above ground June 8, harvested October 1. 



No. 6. Potatoes, planted May 6, above ground June 21, harvested October 21. 



No. 7. Lettuce, planted May 24, above ground June 5, harvested August 10. 



No. 8. Cabbage, planted May 24, above ground June 8, harvested October 16. 



No. 9. Onions, planted June 2, above ground June 15, harvested October 5. 



No. 10. Cucumbers, planted May 20, above ground June 12, and died in a few days. 



No. 11. Muskmelons, planted May 20; did not come up. 



No. 12. Buckwheat, planted September, 1899, in rich and carefully prepared soil. 



Did not come up. 

 No. 13. Parsley, planted June, up in fifteen days; now in the ground, and doing 



well. 



Remarks. 



No. 1. Early White Milan variety. Well adapted to this soil and climate; grew 

 quickly, and matured in forty days, and of good size. Cox Improved Yel- 

 low Ruta-Baga variety in the same soil, grew slowly; have not yet (October 

 23) matured, and have proved unsatisfactory. The Golden Ball always do 

 well. 



No. 2. Dwarf Green Curled Scotch variety has done exceedingly well; fit for use in 

 sixty days after planting, and is still growing, and looking well. 



No. 3. A perfect success. The white variety preferred. 



No. 4. Thorburn Hollow Crown variety; slow growing; perhaps old seed. 



No. 5. Chantenay variety. A success every way. 



No. 6. California seed, Burbank. Fully matured; ripe and mealy; native seed comes 

 up two weeks sooner. 



No. 7. California seed, Prize Head, variety from E. J. Bowen, California, is the best, 

 and last into winter. 



No. 8. Early Winnigstadt variety. Quick growers, and large, but all leaves; would 

 not head ; not adapted to this climate. Small Drumhead being much better. 



No. 9. Large Red Wethersfield. Do not mature except as green onions for table. 

 Bottom sets do better. 



No. 10. Early Green Prolific variety. At 1 inch above the ground died; climate 

 too cold. 



No. 11. Banquet variety. Seeds did not come up. 



No. 12. Triple Curled variety. A perfect success. 



No. 13. Buckwheat. Last year (1899) planted in the month of June; it grew well; 



height, about 2 feet. Flowers many and large, but did not pass beyond 



that stage. The attempt at fall planting was a total failure. Barley will 



grow and mature in sheltered places. 



All of the above seeds were planted in the open without any forcing. The soil 



was composed of sandy loam, well fertilized with barnyard and stable manure, deep 



spaded. Under cultivation for some years. Our surplus seed was distributed to 



whites and natives in the neighborhood. Thus far no reports from them have 



reached us. 



Henry S. Tibbey. 

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



ROOT CROPS DID WELL. 



Sand Point, Alaska, September 13, 1901. 

 Dear Sir: The package of seeds which you sent me this spring was duly received, 

 and can now tell you something of the results. 



All the root vegetables were planted on May 22, in newly broken ground with very 



