AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 103 



Champion Bush Bean. 



Planted June 9th. Blossomed July 30th. 



Ripe Sept. 29th. Quality good. Fairly prolific. 



SWEET CORN. 



The following varieties of sweet corn were tested : 

 Burbank's Early Maine Sweet Corn. 



Planted May 24th. Spindled July 26th. Silked Aug. 4th. 

 Ears large enough to boil Aug. 30th. Quality inferior. 



New Gold Coin Sweet Corn. 



Planted May 24th. Spindled Aug. 13th. Silked Aug. 27th. 



This variety was very late. The kernels did not arrive at the 

 milky stage before the frost killed the crop. 



Ne Plus Ultra Sugar Corn. 



Planted May 26th. Spindled Aug. 13th. Silked Aug. 25th. 



Failed to produce ears far enough advanced for boiling before 

 the frost killed the crop. The variety is too late for this climate. 



PEAS. 



But one variety of pea was planted, the Dwarf Champion. 

 Planted June 9th. Blossomed July 20th. Large enough to 

 shell Aug. 4th. This variety is fairly prolific and of good 

 quality. 



BEETS. 



Mitchell's Perfected Earliest Turnip Beet proved to be of 

 superior quality. 



SQUASH AND PUMPKINS. 



Four varieties of squash were planted for testing and one 

 variety of pumpkin. The season proved so unfavorable that 

 none ripened before the frost killed the vines on Sept. 25th. 



