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shape. A very fine one was sent us by our correspondent, Mr. R. Saunders, 

 gardener to C. Hoare, Esq. at Luscombe, Devonshire. It was raised by 

 him from seeds, received from Constantinople. (See Gard. Mag. vol. i. 

 p. 300.) The specimen sent {fig. 29.) measured nearly four feet six inches 



long, two feet round at the extreme end, and nine inches round at the 

 stalk end ; it weighed twenty-one pounds, and was of a greenish yellow 

 colour. Mr. S. observes, that, gathered young, it is a delicate vegetable, 

 and is valuable in dry summers in connection with the vegetable marrow 

 and other gourds as a substitute for common vegetables. One grown in 

 the neighbourhood of Taunton is thus described: 



Prodigious Cucumber. Mr. Winter, of Shurford, near this town, has a 

 cucumber growing in his garden, which measures 4 feet 8 inches long ; it has 

 grown 4 inches in length since Sunday evening last, and from its appearance 

 is likely to grow to the uncommon length of 6 feet. — {Taunton Courier.) 



Ca?-?'ots. In the garden of John Marsden, Esq. at Hornby Castle, near 

 Lancaster, were taken up, last week, several extraordinary carrots : one of 

 them, which was 17 inches long, and 12A inches in circumference, at the 

 thickest part, weighed 4 lb. 7oz. Three others were .20 inches long each, 

 and weighed respectively 4 lb. 1 oz., 3lb. 13oz. andslb. 8oz. The roots 

 were fine, firm, and in every respect eligible for the table. {Lane. Gaz> 

 Oct. 14.) 



A head of Celery, weighing six pounds, was exhibited in the New Market, 

 in Liverpool, on Oct. 7. It was grown by Mr. Gibson, a market gardener 

 atBootle. {Lane. Gaz.) 



Second Crops of Peas. On Nov. 2. a quantity of green peas was gathered 

 from a field at Petham, self-sown from the spring crop. Our informant 

 says, that by going over the field carefully, there might be collected several 

 gallons. There are also to be seen self-sown beans, in full bloom, and from 

 twelve to eighteen inches high, in many fields in the vicinity of Canterbury. 

 {Kentish Chronicle.) 



Golden Hotspur Pea. In a garden at Turley, Wiltshire, a fine second 

 crop of this variety, raised from seed of those grown in the present summer, 

 was matured for the table as early as the 26th of September. {Salisb. Jour.) 



Early Spanish Dwarf Pea. In the garden of J. Wilkinson, of Carling- 

 ton New Hall, near Batley, two crops of the Spanish dwarf pea have been 

 produced this year from the same seed. The first sowing took place in the 

 latter end of February, and the crop was reaped the first week in July. 



