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10. Onions. Compare acreage with normal. With 1912. 

 Have usual quantity of sets been put out ? What varieties of 

 onions are used for main crop ? 



11. Peas. Give acreage as compared with normal. With 

 1912. What is present prospect as compared with normal ? 

 What are principal varieties planted ? Give prices per bushel 

 June 27. 



12. Spinach. Compare acreage with normal. With 1912. 

 Has there been an average crop? How does price compare 

 with 1912? 



13. Tomatoes. Compare acreage with normal. With 

 1912. What varieties are most in use ? What is the present 

 condition (compare with normal) ? 



14. Insects. Are cutworms doing much damage ? Are 

 other insect pests troubling market-garden crops seriously 

 (give kind, crop and extent) ? 



15. Frosts. Have frosts done appreciable damage to toma- 

 toes or other market-garden crops since May 26 (give dates 

 and damage done) ? 



16. Irrigation. How niany acres of market-garden land 

 in your vicinity are irrigated ? What crops is this practice 

 applied to ? What systems are in use ? How often is water 

 applied ? How much is applied per acre at one application ? 

 What is approximate cost per crop per acre? Give approxi- 

 mately the earliest date of application which appears to be 

 profitable. The latest. 



Replies were received from 30 correspondents and from 

 them the f ollomng summary has been compiled : — 



The asparagus crop has been a fairly good one this year, 

 the figures at hand indicating 87.5 per cent of normal. While 

 many report the crop as about the same as last year, and a 

 few as a trifle better, the greater number claim that it was not 

 quite as good. This is doubtless due to the fact that the rain- 

 fall of the month of May, 1912, was especially heavy, while 

 this year the weather during this month was cold and rather 

 dry. Six reports from scattered localities claim an increase 

 in acreage, but the majority report no change. 



The acreage devoted to string and shell beans this year is 



