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Egyptian, but less desirable. Bassano still remains one 

 of the best second early varieties for home use or for 

 market where pink sorts are liked. Early Crimson is 

 similar to it, except that the tops are smaller and the 

 flesh a darker pink. Victoria is a half long blood beet, 

 of good quality, with keeping qualities." 



Following are results of a test of 36 sorts of cabbage. 

 " Landreth's Earliest, Everitt's Earliest, New Express 

 (Ely), New Express (Everitt) and Early 

 Cabbages in Etampes are much alike in appearance. 

 IMicKigan. They mature at the same time and are 

 equally valuable varieties. Early Jersey 

 Wakefield from Ferry and Henderson is more conical, 

 but in earliness and general value there is little differ- 

 ence. Closely following these varieties come Hender- 

 son's Early Summer, Early Summer Flat Head, New 

 Peerless, New Cassell and Succession. The last three 

 kinds are improvements on the Henderson's Early Sum- 

 mer, which they much resemble. The heads are large, 

 solid and even in size. Succession, in particular, is very 

 promising, as it is as early as Henderson's Summer and 

 produces heads one-half larger. Two weeks later the 

 Vandergaw and Reedland Early Drumhead matured, 

 both of which made a good showing. They will proba- 

 bly supersede Fottler's Brunswick. Of the later kinds 

 Bloomsdale Late Flat Dutch, Chase's Excelsior, Genu- 

 ine Surehead, Joseph Mason, Large Late Flat Dutch and 

 Louisville Drumhead all gave satisfactory results." 



In cauliflowers ' ' it was difficult to detect any difference 

 between Puritan, Gilt-Edge, Denmark, Prize Earliest, 

 Best Early, Snowball and Erfurt, as 

 Cauliflowers. they showed less variation than ap- 

 peared between the same sorts from 

 different seedsmen. 



"We received for trial from H. A. March, Fidalgo, 

 Washington, packets of American-grown Snowball and 

 Erfurt seed. They were large and plump, gave strong, 

 vigorous plants and furnished us results as good or bet- 

 ter than is usually obtained from imported seed. The 

 heads were large, solid and as perfect as could be de- 

 sired. We understand that this seed can be furnished 

 at a price much below that of European seed." 



38 kinds of sweet corn were grown. "Any attempt to 

 determine the comparative values of the different varie- 

 ties would be likely to prove misleading. 

 Sweet Corn. Among the earliest sorts are Amber 

 Cream (Cory?), Burbank's Early, Chi- 

 cago Market, Early Cory, Durkee, Early Marblehead, 

 Early White Cory, New Queen, Northern Pedigree, 

 Pee and Kay, and Perry's Hybrid. Of the second early 

 kinds are Early Bonanza, Early Conqueror, Minnesota, 

 Maule's XX, Roslyn Hybrid, Shaker's Early, Stabler's 

 Early, Acme and Triumph. Late sorts, Henderson's 

 Sugar, Hickox's, Honey, Gold Coin, Maule's Mammoth, 

 Old Colony and Ruby." 



Professor Taft finds the best of 36 leading varieties of 

 lettuce for hot-bed culture to be Grand Rapids, Black 

 Seeded Simpson, Bloomsdale Early Summer, Boston 

 Curled, Boston Market, Landreth's Forcing and Yellow 



Seeded Butter. For winter forcing none of them equals 

 the Grand RapiHs. Its upright habit admits of close 

 planting, and it matures two weeks quicker than Tennis 

 Ball or Boston Curled. 



In the open ground, the sorts that did well in the hot- 

 bed made a good growth, and would probably 

 give good satisfaction if used for this purpose. Lettuce. 

 Several other kinds, however, were slower in 

 sending up their seed stalks, and are better adapted to 

 out-of-door culture. Among these are Defiance Summer, 

 Hanson, Midsummer, Oak-leaved, Tomhannock (Ely). 

 The Deacon is also an excellent sort. Green-fringed and 

 New Queen made a good growth, but are rather coarse 

 for table purposes. The yellow or golden kinds are 

 rather soft and tender for ordinary planting, Chartier 

 is a strong growing variety with the edges of its leaves 

 a reddish green." 



Of peas, "the earliest varieties were Bergen Fleet- 

 wing, First in Market and Best Early, although ten other 

 sorts followed within two days. The most pro- 

 ductive of these early kinds were Philadelphia Peas. 

 Extra Early, Bergen Fleetwing, Alaska, Rural 

 New Yorker, First and Best and Maud S. Between 

 these varieties, the difference in earliness and general 

 appearance is very slight. American Wonder is a dwarf 

 variety which ripens about as early as any ; it is quite 

 productive, and better in quality than the half dwarf 

 sorts. 



Of the second early varieties the most valuable were 

 Everbearing, Dr. McLean, Fill Basket, Market Garden, 

 John Bull, Advancer, Pride of the Market, Quantity, 

 Stratagem and Saint Desirat Melting. Of these. Pride 

 of the Market, Market Garden and Dr. McLean gave 

 best results. 



" The late sorts, American Champion, Forty-fold Evo- 

 lution, Sanders' Marrow and Yorkshire Gem made a 

 strong growth, but were attacked by mildew before the 

 crop matured." 



Notes of radishes are also made, but no summaries 

 are drawn. 



Bulletin No. 25, Kentucky Experiment Station. 

 Stra'ivhcrries. Pp. 8. Of 25 kinds of strawberries tried 

 at the Kentucky Experiment Station, upon a rich garden 

 soil underlaid with clay, Bubach No. 5 alone receives a 

 perfect mark in a scale of 10 for market 

 purposes. For home use, Jessie, Render- Strawberries 

 son. Gold, and Gandy receive a 10. In in Kentucky, 

 quality, Henderson and Gandy stand 10, 

 and Parry stands at o. In productiveness, Itasca, Bu- 

 bach No. 5 and Lida receive a 10. "From our obser- 

 vations this year the following new varieties would seem 

 worthy of trial for market : Jessie, Bubach No. 5, Hav- 

 erland, Warfield's No. 2, Itasca, and perhaps the Craw- 

 ford ; and for a late berry. Gaudy's Pride. For family 

 use the Jessie, Warfield's No. 2, Itasca, Crawford and 

 Henderson, and for a late berry, Gandy's Pride would 

 be a good selection." These are interesting results, to 

 be commended for their definite character, and worth 

 comparison with other tests. L. H. B. 



