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• table and undoubtedly deserves more notice thah it receiveSy 

 for table use. For stock feeding it is more extensively used, 

 and is considered invaluable. The early short horn is the 

 earliest and best variety for the table ; next to this, and 

 best for winter use is the Altringham. A deep, rich, sandy 

 soil is best adapted to the Beet and Carrot. 



Few vegetables are more palatable than good Beets, and 

 they deserve a more frequent visit at our tables than we are 

 accustomed now to give them. The best variety for all 

 seasons of the year is the early Turnip. 



Pumpkins. — While we would not discourage the raising 

 of the ordinary field Pumpkin for feeding stock, we would 

 earnestly recommend the small sweet variety for pies and 

 table use. Who does not wait with anxious longing for the 

 season of pumpkin pies to return, and with what a keen and 

 hearty relish are they welcomed and devoured; now if you 

 would have your palates tickled with a new and more 

 agreeable sensation, procure the sweet pumpkin, and let the 

 good lady of the house display her skill upon that which 

 nature evidently designed for pumpkin pies. 



We should be glad to follow out the list of vegetables on 

 exhibition to-day and speak of each in detail, but the grow- 

 ing length of our report forbids such a reference. In con- 

 clusion, we may add, that the present variety and excellence 

 of our vegetables has only been obtained by careful research 

 and persevering effort. Let then the spirit that has animated 

 the past, in this department of Agriculture, be applied to the 

 future also ; then we may hope that the time will come, 

 when the vegetable gardens that refresh and adorn the rural 

 homes of our land will bear some humble resemblance to 

 that which was planted more than three thousand years ago, 

 amid the bowers and fruits of Paradise. 



The show of vegetables to-day exceeds in quality and 

 variety any previous exhibition of the Society. We would 

 commend especially the fine collections of kitchen vegetables, 

 which while they added much to the interest of the exhibi- 

 tion, were equally creditable to those who raised them. 



