VEGETABLE NOTES. 



Some Sorts of Gardening appear to be rapidly pass- 

 ing from intense culture into extensive culture. Man}- 

 crops which we ordinarily call garden crops are now 

 more properly field crops or farm crops. Cabbages, to- 

 matoes, peas, string beans and melons are examples. 

 The advent of canning establishments has been largely 

 instrumental in bringing about these results. 



White Egg-Plant. — A Louisiana subscriber is puz- 

 zled bcause he "planted seed of a long purple egg- 

 plant, and one plant produced white fruit. It is fine, and 

 of a beautiful yellow color when cooked. " The peculiar 

 plant was due to nothing more, probably, than a mixture 

 in the seed. There are several white egg-plants cata- 

 logued, but they are commonly supposed to be inferior 

 to the purple sorts for table use. We made a careful 

 test of some of the white varieties last season, however, 

 and found them fully as good as the colored kinds. 



Best Sweet Corn. — On page 227, 1889, the query is 

 put, " In sweet corn, is it impossible to combine a high 

 degree of delicacy and sweetness with great earliness ?" 

 I have solved the matter by planting Farquhar's First 

 Crop Sugar for three seasons. It is all the originator 

 claims for it in earliness and sweetness. — Salis. 



Radishes and Bread and Butter are a tempting 

 combination to many persons who have great trouble 

 in growing crisp, smooth radishes. On old garden soil 

 it is almost impossible to grow them free from woodiness- 

 and worms. Your correspondent has found copperas to 

 be almost, if not quite, a specific. Before planting sow 

 the space with copperas, and no worms will attack the 

 radishes. It must also possess some fertilizing property, 

 judging by the results. Sow in the drills, with the seed, 

 superphosphate for forcing a rapid growth. A radish 

 must grow quickly to be tender. It may be in order to 

 add that many persons will find the unpleasant effects of 

 eating radishes entirely removed by eating the tender 

 inner leaves with the root. — S. B. D. 



Currie's Rust-Proof Golden Wax Bean — what a 

 name ! — is being introduced by Currie Brothers, of Mil- 

 waukee. It is not new, however, being "a variety of 

 ten years standing, a sport from Golden Wax. The dry 

 bean is a deep purple color. " It is strongly recommended 

 as an enormous bearer and as wholly rust-proof. 



Earliest Tomato and Pea. — Aside from any purely 

 business motives, can any subscriber tell us which of the 

 many and deservedly popular varieties of tomatoes is 

 without a doubt the earliest in higher latitudes ? Among 

 tomatoes and peas it is bewildering to choose where each 

 catalogue claims "first early," and ground room forbids 

 oftentimes a trial of the rival claimants. One week 

 with us makes a difference of a half in profit, one way 

 or other, in either of the above vegetables. — S. B. D, 



Hand-Picking Potato Beetles.— T. B Terry does 

 does not believe in poisons for the potato bugs, and sa3's : 

 "Take it all in all we have thought it cheaper and better 

 to pick the beetles as soon as the potatoes begin to come 

 up, and keep right at it for two or three weeks to prevent 

 them from laying many eggs. After that not much 

 work is required." 



Tomato Mildew is apt to be very destructive under 

 glass. It is known by the yellowing of vigorous leaves 

 in patches and spots. Finally the leaf dies and the plant 

 suffers. It can usually be prevented by keeping the 

 plants in a very vigorous condition, avoiding all draughts, 

 and preventing the temperature from going too low at 

 night. Has anyone observed mildew to be more prev- 

 alent when the plants are grown in beds than when 

 grown in pots or boxes ? 



The Most Profitable Crops are those which are most 

 difficult to grow. 



Pototo Synonyms. — D. B. Harrington, the potato 

 specialist, now of Delavan, Wisconsin, gives us the fol- 

 lowing synonyms in varieties of potatoes: "I have 

 brought Early Rose under the following distinct names — 

 Early Rose, Antwerp, Boston Market, Baker's Imperial, 

 Chicago Market, Cayuga, Carter's Early, Clark's No. i, 

 Early Vermont, Early New Zealand, Early Maine, Early 

 Dustin, Early Mohawk, Early Sunrise, Early Essex, 

 Howard, N. Y. Market, Pearl of Savoy, Roxanna, Sun- 

 lit Star, Summit, Spaulding, Vanguard, Waverly and 

 Watson's Seedling. 



' ' I have paid extortionate prices for Peerless and Mam- 

 moth Pearl by the names of Baraboo White, Biscuit, 

 Binnis Seedling, Beauty of Beauties, Conqueror, Dun- 

 more Seedling, Davenport, Eximius, Galva, Gypsey, Gil- 

 bert's Seedling, Gould's White, Iroquois, Invincible, 

 Jones' No. 8, Jumbo, Vermont Champion, West's Mon- 

 tana Beauty, Jewel, Luxury, Marvel of Beauty, Man- 

 son's Seedling, Patagonian, Rose's 74. 



"An expert cannot find any difference in Snowflake, 

 Big Benefit, Boston Cracker, Crawford's Seedling, Cen- 

 tennial, Chas. Downing, Mayflower, Early English, 

 Pride of America, E. Burlingame and Potentate. 



" Burbank Seedling, White Lion, Rochester Seedling, 

 White Star and Johnson's Seedling are all the same. 



' ' Early Beauty of Hebron has spread itself into Cham- 

 plain, Early Date, James Vick, Jones' Prize-Taker, 

 Washington, Vick's Prize, and a dozen other names. 



"Hemlock, White Elephant and Late Beauty of He- 

 bron are all the same. 



"Blue Victor is known by the names of Valley Chief, 

 Manhattan, Mitchell's Seedling, Knott's Victor, Blue 

 Ruby and some 8 or 10 other names. 



' ' Donganeil's Beauty, Mormon and Olympia are noth- 

 ing but old Red Mercer. 



" Early Ohio, Early Illinois, Prize, Royal Gem, Early 

 New York and Extra Early Ohio are all simply Early 

 Ohio. 



"Continental, Cuban King, Judson's Favorite, Red 

 Peerless and Stray Beauty are Bliss' Seedling. 



"Colorado No. I, Corless' Matchless, Everett's Eldora- 

 do, Late Vermont, Perfection, Red Ulink, Junkis, Seneca, 

 Red Jacket, Wells' Seedling, Western Beauty and Wins- 

 low are names that are following Late Rose." 



It is possible that some of these cases of duplication 

 came from purchases which were not true to name. 



