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Referring to the figures relating - to the maturity of the different 

 lots, it will be observed that of the first two varieties, the percentage 

 of the cracked heads from the plants receiving deep cultivation was 

 noticeably large, giving evidence of a greater maturity of the deeply 

 cultivated plants; on the other hand the evidence of the third variety 

 is contradictory and of the fourth, neutral. The difference in the 

 percentages of immature heads gives evidence of the same fact; 

 in three instances the proportion of immature heads was greater 

 from the plants g-iven shallow cultivation. 



The effect of the different methods of culture did not seem to mani- 

 fest itself in the size of the heads, as in two cases the results favor 

 deep cultivation, while in the other two the larger heads were pro- 

 duced by the plants receiving shallow cultivation. 



Deduction: Deep cultivation appears to hasten the maturity of 

 the plants as evinced by the greater percentage of cracked heads 

 from the deeply cultivated plants and by the greater percentage of 

 immature heads from the plants given shallow cultivation. The size 

 of the heads does not appear to be influenced by the different methods 

 of culture. 



VARIETIES. 



Harvest Home: (Xorthrup, Braslan, Goodwin Co.) This is a late 

 variety of good size, heads fairly solid, nearly spherical in shaiDe. 



Ballhead: (Improved Danish Ballhead Winter, James Vick's Sons). 

 A rather small variety, shape nearly spherical, very hard and solid. 

 Medium early. 



Reynolds' Early: (Gregory). A medium early variety of good size, 

 moderately firm and vigorous. Said to be the result of an artificial 

 cross between the Scheweinfurt Quintal and Cannon Ball cabbag-e. 

 This is a desirable variety for its season. 



Lupton: (Maule). A sport form Excelsior Flat Dutch found in the 

 fall of 1888. It forms a large, solid, fiat head; plant strong and vigor- 

 ous with a short stem. A very satisfactory variety for late use. 



The other varieties mentioned above are satisfactory sorts but have 

 no distinctive characteristics and require no special mention. 



RECAPITULATION. 



1. The size of the seed seems to have some influence upon the 

 size of the head; the larger seed, as a rule, producing the larger 

 head. 



2. The tying up of the outer leaves appears to have no influence 

 upon the maturity of the head, while it produces a marked decrease 

 in the size and almost invariable' causes the head to decay. 



3. Mulching with straw or some similar material in a dry season 

 tends to increase the size of the head. 



4. Deep cultivation seems to have little if any effect upon the size 

 of the head, but plants so treated appear to mature earlier and more 

 uniformly than plants receiving shallow cultivation. 



