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seed, and from that I set out 310 plants, but, owing to some weeks of very- 

 dry weather which followed, I only saved 130 kinds. Some of them gave 

 promise of being excellent yielders, but this last year has been so unfavor- 

 able to the potato crop, that they have to be further tested, so as to find what 

 will be their merits or faults. I find for a potato that stands hardships best, 

 that the Pearl of Savoy is the best of many kinds that we have yet tried. 

 In Beans, I find the Dwarf Mont d'Or, one of the best for cooking green,, 

 as it comes in very early. For early cabbage, Extra Early Jersey Wake- 

 field, and for late. Improved Drumhead Savoy are very good, with Winning- 

 stadt for a splendid midseason variety. I have tried most of the new kinds 

 of Cauliflower, and find that, taking one season with another. Early 

 Paris fills the bill very well, and as for lettuce. Premium Cabbage is as good 

 as any. Beets show a great difference in quality and shape, according ta 

 the soil that they are planted in. Carrots seem to grow too large with me, 

 but the Early Shorthorn is much the best. In corn, I have experimented 

 to some extent, always preferring the earliest, and I am now selecting choice 

 plants and ears from the Northern Pedigree Sweet, as a garden variety, and 

 for field. Angel of Midnight as yellow, and a large white variety that we 

 have grown for years ourselves, always selecting the best. I grow but few 

 cucumbers, and I prefer the White Spine variety. Egg Plant, if well 

 attended, and planted in a good warm soil, will well repay anyone for 

 their trouble ; Improved Long Purple is far the best. Melons were a com- 

 plete failure this year, and is a vegetable that should not be used too freely. 

 Onions. Every garden should possess a good supply of the English Multi- 

 plier, which is the best for early, and the Mammoth Silver King for late^ 

 Peas is one of our best garden luxuries ; Alaska is one of the earliest, and 

 McLean's Little Gem, Horsford's Market Garden, Prince of Wales, or 

 Stratagem, do well to follow each other in sucession as I give them 

 here. I have grown several kinds of pepper, and am now back to the Long 

 Red again. I did not grow any pumpkins, squashes, radishes, salsify or 

 garden turnips this last year, but we had the richest tomatoes we ever had, 

 and I find none better than the Acme. I have had, some years, as many as 

 eight different kinds on trial, and I found that the Acme was one of the best, 

 taking one season with another. The soil has a great deal to do with the 

 variety, and often in the same garden, where two kinds of soil exist, it is. 

 interesting to note the effects on the same varieties. 



East Williams, Ont. ' J. M. W. 



