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REPORT ON MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLES. 
1. Carrot ' Early Market ' (Harrison). — Root of medium size, almost 
like ' Intermediate,' but attaining maturity quicker than that variety. 
2. Chinese Cabbage ('Brassica sinenis,' var. 'Chou de Chine ') (Carles, 
Tientsin). — Leaves half erect, oblong, shining green, with pale leaf 
stalks ; foliage spreading, and not forming a heart as in the ordinary 
cabbage. Seeds sown on a warm border on April 3 produced plants 
ready for use on June 9. This should prove a useful vegetable, as it 
comes quickly into use, the large leaves being cooked as Spinach, which 
it somewhat resembles in flavour. To obtain a continuous supply 
it would be necessary to sow successionally, as the plants soon run to 
seed. 
3. Gourds (Bonavia). — A small collection of the large fruited 
varieties. 
4. Hybrid Squash (Van Orman, U.S.A.). — This was said to be a 
hybrid between the Squash and Musk Melon, but there was no evidence 
of the cross. 
5. Musk Melon (Van Orman). — Growth very similar to that of the 
ordinary Vegetable Marrow, bearing large oval dark-green ribbed fruit 
with orange-coloured liesh. It does not appear to be likely to have much 
value in this country. 
(5. New Sprouting Kale (J. Veitch). — A very hardy and productive 
Kale that received an Award of Merit, April 26, 1898, under the name 
of 'Read's Sprouting.' See Vol. xxii., page Ixviii. 
7. Onion ' Up to Date ' (Harrison). — A deep globular bulb of good 
shape, with a pale brown skin. 
8. ' Physalis Peruviana ' (Bonavia). — This is best known as the 
* Cape Gooseberry.' The plant is noc very ornamental, but produces 
pale coloured fruits freely, which make a very good preserve, and are also 
considered very palatable by some for dessert. 
9. Squash ' Pure Breed ' (Van Orman). -Growth similar to that of 
the Gourd, with medium-sized oval pale-green fruit. 
10. Turnip 'Exhibition, Marbled ' (Harrison). — Not a success. 
11. West African Spinach (Royal Gardens, Kew). — A species of 
Amaranthus of no value in this country, the small pale-green leaves being 
too small and sparsely produced to make the plant useful in its present 
form ; it might, however, perhaps be improved by selection or hybridisa- 
tion. The plants quickly run to seed. 
