268 ITew Yoek at the "Woeld's Columbian Exposition. 



exposition, 5,316 specimens of this very popular vegetable having been 

 on exhibition. Sweet corn was shown in twenty-four varieties, popcorn 

 in nine varieties, beets, onions and salsify in all of the best kinds known. 

 On July twenty-sixth the station forwarded twenty-two varieties of 

 cucumbers, and at other times the number reached as high as twenty-six 

 varieties, 1,510 specimens being shown. From July twenty-eighth to 

 October thirtieth there were exhibited eighteen varieties of squashes, 

 with' a total of 658 specimens. 



Dr. Peter Collier, director of the experiment station, took a very 

 active part in making this an extensive and thoroughly practical exhibit, 

 and few who studied it failed to be impressed with the fact that the soil 

 of New York, if devoted more largely to the culture of choice vege- 

 tables, would yield much larger profits than in being Used so largely for 

 cereal production. This was the only station in the United" States 

 which made an attempt to show the results of its work in garden and 

 field, and these were studied with no less interest by the representatives 

 of other experiment stations than by the vast concourse of visitors who 

 carried from the exhibit many items of valuable information. The fol- 

 lowing condensed summary shows the contribution made by the New 

 York Agricultural Experiment Station to the combined State exhibit : 



No. of 

 Name. shipments. 



Radishes 7 



Lettuce 8 



Peas 7 



Beaus 11 



Okra 9 



Tomatoes 9 



Corn 13 



Beets 8 



Carrots 7 



Onions 6 



Salsify 3 



Cucumbers 13 



Squash 11 



Parsnips 1 



Cabbage 1 



Turnips H 



Egg plant .' 1 



Mushrooms 2 



Peppers 2 



Muskmelons 3 



Watermelons , 3 



Swiss chard 3 



Gourds [ 3 



Celery 3 



Cress 3 



Among other exhibitors of vegetables were PI. T. Lane, Yietor, Chas. 

 W.Ford, Fishers, and Geo. A. Bonnell, Waterloo, who showed many 

 varieties of potatoes. H. A. Burton, Ripley, Chautauqua county, showed 

 Early Ohio potatoes, and from the same town C. W. Rice showed 

 American Bell; Orra Christy Lee's Favorite; and J. M. Johnson 

 Early Ohio potatoes and White Spine cucumbers ; E. D. C. Tracey, 

 Ghent, Columbia county, showing Yellow Danvers and Red Wethers- 



