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Testing 2s ew Varieties. 
BY THOMAS D. BAIRD. 
I have this season planted several new 
varieties of fruits and vegetables to see 
their value and to test their comparative 
merits. Among all that I am testing the 
Golden Down Mongo is pre-eminent. The 
first ripe pod was found and taken off Au¬ 
gust Gth. Its color is a bright golden yel¬ 
low, quite large and handsome. Its pro¬ 
ductiveness surpasses any variety I ever 
grew. There were 30 fruits besides blooms 
on the plant when this pod was taken off. 
NEW GOLDEN DAWN MANGO. 
Wherever there is a market for mangoes 
this would be found quite valuable, for 
there could be 14,000 plants set on an acre, 
and I feel certain my plants will average 
25 ripe fruits by frost, and wherever mar¬ 
ket can be found that will give $1.00 per 
hundred fruits, as some claim, the profit 
would be quite handsome. To set in rows 
three feet apart and one foot in the row 
would give about 14,0)0 plants which 
would net $3,500. Would ad vise a trial of 
-~a few hundred plants. Some of my neigh¬ 
bors who raised it say it is the most fiery 
they ever raised. I got my seed of Mr. 
Tillinghast and could chew a whole pepper 
without shedding a tear. It Is entirely 
.free from any fiery flavor. 
—If you don’t grot the $200 prize you may get $100. 
The Best Peas. 
OPINIONS OF AN OLD MARKET GARDENER. 
I will give you my impression about 
some of the newer peas, also some of the 
older sorts as far back as I can remember 
them, as I have tried almost all the new 
kinds as soon as offered for many years. 
Bliss's American Wonder. I think this 
is one of the finest dwarf peas we have in 
cultivation, not only on account of its fine 
flavor, but from its dwarf habits. A great 
amount of peas can be grown on a small 
plot of ground. I find it quite hardy. I 
sowed it last year same time as my other 
early peas and all came up. No trouble from 
seed rotting as some of the other wrinkled 
peas do. 
McLean'^ Little Gem. A tine little pea 
not so early as American Wonder but a fine 
cropper, and as they mav be all gathered 
at one picking they are soon out of the way. 
Rows may be 15 inches apart. This is good 
where ground is scarce. These dwarf peas 
require the richest soil to give the best re¬ 
sults. 
Now about the last novelty I may men¬ 
tion is the Telegraph ; a grand tall pea, im¬ 
mense long dark green pods well filled with 
large peas, a splendid cropper, and one you 
can quickly fill your basket from, but I 
can see nothing of that double row in the 
