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The Large Asiatic is a very fine variety, producing im- 

 mense heads of flowers. 



Brocolis. — The varieties of this vegetable have also much 

 increased, and the kinds now very highly recommended, are 

 Grangers New Early White, Boiole^s Sulphur, Miller's 

 Dwarf, Ne Plus Ultra, and the true Wilcove Brocoli ; the 

 latter very fine for spring use. 



Beets. — Whitens Superb New Deep Red. — It has always 

 been the aim of cultivators to procure beets of the deepest 

 and richest color ; and, in the selection of seeds, this has been 

 the end in view ; but the great tendency to degenerate and 

 become lighter colored, has required a great deal of care, on 

 the part of the seed- grower, to keep his seed pure. White's 

 new deep red is a great improvement upon the old Blood 

 beet ; the color being very much darker, and the growth 

 more vigorous ; we saw a bed of it last autumn, and although 

 the tops did not indicate a dark variety, upon cutting the 

 roots, we found them of the deepest crimson. We can rec- 

 ommend it as a very superior variety. 



The Bassatio Beet which we have already noticed (Vol. 

 IX., p. 99), is also a valuable variety for its earliness and 

 beauty, and should be planted for the first crop. 



Tomatoes. — The New Giant Red. — This is a very large 

 and splendid variety of the common tomato, producing fruit 

 which weigh a pound each. We first saw it in New York 

 in the fall of 1842, and mentioned it in our notice of some of 

 the gardens of that vicinity. In the autumn of 1843, Mr. 

 Maynard, of Brooklyn, gave us a few seeds, from which we 

 raised some splendid specimens last year ; it is equally as 

 fine flavored as the common red, and its great size gives it 

 a high value over that. 



A variety of small kinds of the tomato are now cultivated, 

 some of which are very good ; but none of them can com- 

 pare with the Giant red, only as forming a variety for the 

 garden. 



Cucumbers. — The great attention which has within a few 

 years been given to the cucumber, in England, has caused 

 the production of a great number of new kinds, possessing 

 all the good qualities of size, abundant product, and earliness 

 of bearing ; of the great number which have taken prizes, 



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