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extensively cultivated around St. Brieuc, from 

 which it is exported to Paris, and even to England, 

 is quite hardy, and is well adapted to open-air 

 culture. ' ' ( Vilmorin ) . 



HASKELL'S FAVORITE. As grown at the South 

 Dakota experiment station, in 1888, no difference 

 was seen between this and Henderson's Snowball. 

 Seed was sown in hot -bed April 10, the plants set 

 out in well- manured soil May 24, and the first 

 heads cut July 13 from which time the plants 

 continued to head along through the season. The 

 introducer, George S. Haskell, of Rockford, 111., 

 writes: " The Early Favorite we sell is a variety I 

 found in Holland a number of years ago. It has 

 proved a very sure header in this section of the 

 country, and will yield more than other sorts. It 

 is not of the 'Erfurt family,' but about half way 

 between the Early Paris and Erfurt." 



HENDERSON'S EARLY SNOWBALL. A German vari- 

 ety, derived from the Dwarf Erfurt, introduced by 

 Peter Henderson & Co., about 1878, and which has 

 become very popular. Gregory, in 1890, said that 

 it was not excelled by any other variety, unless it 

 was Thorburn's Gilt Edge, and that it combined 

 the best characteristics of Berlin Dwarf, Extra 

 Early Erfurt, and Sea Foam. Henderson & Co. 

 state that it is now grown for forcing more largely 



