132 THE SEED-GROWER. 
Beans—Bush varieties mature from 35 to 45 days 
according to variety; pole kinds, 50 to 90 days. A 
yield of bush varieties is from 70 to 80 bushels per acre. 
Beet—45 to 65 days, according to variety; mangold- 
wurtzel, 100 to 180 days; yield 200 to 500 bushels of 
roots per acre, according to season and locality. 
Broccoli—150 to 200 days. 
Brussels Sprouts—150 to 200 days. 
Cabbage—Early varieties from 90 to 100 days, accord- 
ing to variety; medium early, 100 to 120 days; late 
varieties, 150 to 200 days. Yield, 7,500 heads per acre. 
Cardoon— 140 to 150 days. 
Carrot—50 to 70 days, according to variety. 
Cauliflower—100 to 150 days, according to variety; 
10,000 heads per acre. 
Celery—110 to 150 days, according to variety. Yield 
20,000 to 80,000 plants per acre, five to eight stalks 
per plant. 
Chervil—60 days. 
Collards—50 days. 
Corn-Sugar—70 to 90 days, according to variety. 
Of a large variety like the Evergreen, 75 to 80 bushels, 
or about 8,000 ears have been produced to the acre. 
Corn Salad—50 to 60 days. 
Cress—30 days. 
Cucumber—50 to 80 days, according to variety. <A 
fair average production of slicing cucumbers per acre is 
200 crates; of pickles 125 bushels (200 pickles to a 
bushel) per acre. Pickle houses generally pay growers 
40 to 50 cents per bushel. 
Dandelion— 150 days. 
Eggplant—120 days; yield 8,000 to 9,000 fruits of 
two pounds each per acre. 
Endive—80 to 90 days. 
